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Tech stocks set to wipe out more than $1 trillion as concerns deepen about the AI boom (www.nbcnews.com)
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[–] 59 points 16 hours ago (7 children)

Us older millennials as well. We just don't have the advantage of working in the booming 80s.

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  • [–] 45 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (5 children)

    Neither did the vast majority of Gen-X. The cocaine 80's is peak Boomer shit.

    EDIT: I was born in 73. Started uni in 90. Let's say you wanted to ride that mid 80's wave, you should have been in the workforce by 84, that puts you born ~63. By the majority of lists, Gen-X starts on 65.

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  • [–] 12 points 16 hours ago* (3 children)

    Yeah. I went to school with rich kids who were suddenly worried about whether daddy could pay for college after that 1987 crash.

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

    Yeah, 1988-1996 was pretty bad. It was my computer hobby that saved my life. No idea where I'd be today had I not turned my side hustle into a career.

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  • [–] 2 points 15 hours ago

    I guess I was “lucky” in that I was too poor to be directly impacted my the market back then. But I was young, energetic and at my peak looks-wise, so I can’t shit on that era too much.

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