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[–] 7 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

A goal is something you seek to achieve. Looks like a lot of people are no longer seeking to achieve the things previous generations have attempted to convince them to chase.

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  • [–] 3 points 16 hours ago (1 child)

    They're not seeking to achieve them* in the same way a homeless person who's been homeless for years might give up on not being homeless. They're not attaining enlightenment and abandoning their mortal coil here; they're being priced out of things they want to do.

    *Says you, at least. That's not what the article says; that's what you seem to want it to say.

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  • [–] 10 points 23 hours ago (1 child)

    It can be very hard to disentangle the cause and effect of 'not wanted so it doesn't count as a failure to not get it,' vs 'can't do it, so won't say I want it,' vs 'might want to do it but everyone and everything is getting fucked so hard these days and I don't want to watch my kid get fucked, so not going to bother having one.'

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  • [–] 2 points 22 hours ago (1 child)

    Why assume everyone wants a house, a marriage, and children to begin with?

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  • [–] 7 points 16 hours ago (1 child)

    Because by and large most people do? People are essentially hardwired for the second and third, and almost nobody rents because they want to rent.

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