Canada

Bad news, it's people over 30 too. Kinda obvious when you aren't able to hit milestones and afford the life society "promised" you. One day you ask yourself "what's the point?"

You think they're unhappy? Go ask the parents of these under-30s, who should be retiring but are likely still working to support their adult kids, how they feel!

Every one of us is losing right now, except the rich pricks who still aren't happy with billions in the bank.

don’t feel bad. the kids over 30 aren’t very happy either.

I hate to break it to you, that’s a sentiment the human race shares as a whole.

Thank God I'm not in Canada. Here in Europe everyone is happy as a crab 😐

That whole "future looks grim" thing doesn't really help being happy I guess.

I have no future. Nobody does. Everyone knows it. Liberalism has fucking murdered any chances of future prospects for any of us.

Sometimes i'll find the energy to go out and try and meet people. I get nowhere because everyone is either depressed or an outright fascist. You can't even go out to meet people any more because of perpetual plagues, and the online space is full of grifting apps designed to fuck you.

Even if I did find someone, then what? Nobody wants to have kids, and get a home? Nope, that's only for rich investors who have no intention on living in them, or corporate landlords who want to fuck you up the ass and turn you into a Maoist. Jobs? "Nobody wants to work" more like nobody wants to hire. "Now Hiring" signs everywhere but impossible requirements or unlivable wages. They'd rather just farm the government for 'we can't find employees:(((' handouts. Don't say it isn't happening, that's literally what my last job did, and it's not just them; everyone does it. You have to do it to be competitive in this garbage economy.

I'm watching my local town gentrify in real time. Rents are going up, food is going up, forests are being cut down to build more fucking suburbs. What was once a community of diverse peoples is slowly turning into oops all white liberals because they're the only ones who can afford to live here anymore. And you want to know the best part? Nothing is being done about it. The more we cry we need help the more the government responds with more fucking liberalism. People worried about the environment? Redistrict to "lower" emissions. People want more homes? Did I hear rental properties? More rental properties that nobody can afford!! Affordable housing? Sure, have some slums. Indigenous reparations? How about business courses instead! Poor/mentally sick? Now you can legally kill yourself.. if you don't do it yourself because mental health hotlines literally run for profit and sell your data to evil corporations. Like holy shit I can't even begin to get into just how fucked things are.

Sure we're not the states which is literally death-sliding into fascism, but being marginally better than pure evil is still really fucking shitty.

EDIT: Also we can't even retreat to the internet to escape any more, because everything is either shutting down or turning into nazi bars. Corporations have so much control over the public consciousness and they use it to suppress socialist voices and protect actual pedophiles. Social media feels so fucking fake between all the artificial users, ads, astroturf, narcissist-posting and widespread censorship it exposes us to.

EDIT2: And i'll add another one: you can't even be fucking real with people anymore because the instant you show any level of weakness or honesty there's always one scum of the earth (yes this shit is even worse in real life) who will jump to punish you for opening up.

“One possible reason why we’re seeing this decline in happiness among youth is that I think we need to really think about whether or not our younger folks feel hard work can bring success,” he told Global News.

He added the cost of living and housing affordability may make some people feel like working hard won’t necessarily get them to achieving what they consider a “good life.”

I don't understand why he says things like 'feel like' here - it's not a question of feeling it's a fact. Working hard won't get you success.

Also what the actual fuck is this:

the cost of living and housing affordability may make some people feel like working hard won’t necessarily get them to achieving what they consider a “good life.”

Who the fuck considers living with roommates until you're moved into a public old age home, assuming they even exist by then, a 'good life'? Kids today are worse off than kids 20 years ago, fact.

• Between the two Canadian censuses of 2016 and 2021, the portion of Canadians living in owner-occupied homes fell from 69% to 66.5%.
• The homeownership rate of 66.5% from the latest census is the lowest since 2002.
• Baby Boomers are the biggest homeowner age group, accounting for over 40% of all homeowners in Canada.
• Just under 60% of new homes were owner-occupied in 2021.
• Approximately 35.5% of Canadian homeowners have a mortgage in 2023.
• The value of owner-occupied homes grew by almost 40% between 2016 and 2021.
• House prices were down by 4% from the previous year in May 2023.
• Couples, high-income earners, established immigrants, and university graduates are more likely to own their homes in Canada.

Here's who own homes by age:

Data collected in 2011 and 2021 shows that Canadians were less likely to own their place in 2021 than in 2011 in almost all age groups. The rate of homeownership decreased the most among 25-29-year-old Canadians from 44.1% in 2011 to 36.5% in 2021. The rate fell from 59.2% to 52.3% for the 30-34 age group, which was the second biggest decrease.

While the ownership rates fell among the older age groups, too, the changes were more subtle. For example, homeownership fell by just 0.7%, from 75.5% to 74.8%, among Canadians aged 70 to 74. The ownership rate increased among the over 85-year-olds largely driven by the ageing population’s high homeownership rates. 41.3% of homes are owned by Canadians aged 56 to 75, the largest home-owning age group.

2001-present hasn’t been the best of times

More like fuckin pissed. 2 degrees, professional job. "Established." ... and renovicition means im living at home again in my 30's. Either something gives or uprisings will start.

The Offspring have been telling us this since '98.

Well yeah no shit. need I even say why?