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Restored my faith a little (infosec.pub)
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Reminds me that the whole concept of generations is something manufactured of whole cloth and meant to divide us, but more than that, that real people are compassionate and understanding. All that stuff is just fake.

It gives me hope for unity.

words-writ-in-starlight The most lingering comment I ever heard someone make about Millennials was an older man I was talking to about the way we think about finances - when he dreamed about being a millionaire as a young man, he talked about yachts and mansions and trips to the Bahamas; when I did, I talked about living debt-free and being able to buy dinner out without looking at my monthly budget. He heard me out, took me seriously. And at the end of it all, he nodded and looked at me and asked, "Do you know who you remind me of?" And I said no, no I didn't, and he nodded some more. "My mother. She grew up just before the Depression hit, and she saw people lose everything left and right. And whenever she talked about finances, she sounded just like you." He paused for a moment, and said, "I never really thought about what growing up like that would do to a generation." He still brings that conversation up, years later. He hasn't made a single derisive comment about Millennials since. Source: redcharade #capitalism
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[–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Ah. I was speaking of planet earth, the world is big. Americans may have their trends. Similarly, between the different states you might see trends that are masked over when taking numbers "globally".

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    Fair enough. Looks like "According to World Bank data, the global fertility rate was 2.4 children per woman in 2019. This rate is approximately half of what it was in 1950 (4.7), and more economically developed countries such as Australia, most of Europe, and South Korea, tend to have lower rates than do less-developed or low-income countries."

    https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/total-fertility-rate#:~:text=According%20to%20World%20Bank%20data%2C%20the%20global%20fertility,lower%20rates%20than%20do%20less-developed%20or%20low-income%20countries.

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