Conditions are harder. People are less prepared than ever to deal with them.
The Job Market
From the company side:
Genuine talent is rare.
People are flaky: they ghost interviews, accept offers then disappear, lie on resumes with confidence, and spam applications with AI tools.
From the candidate side:
Listings are fake.
Pay is crap, conditions are worse.
Six interview rounds for a ghost role.
AI-driven ATSs are crap.
Both sides are right. Both sides created this.
The Dating Market
The value of the average young man has collapsed. So has the value of the average young woman.
Many people shouldn't be in loving relationships right now, mainly because they aren't worth dating. It goes both ways.
Everyone's to blame.
Housing
Houses are madly expensive compared to historical prices and people's salaries.
For a couple in the UK: you each put £4k/yr into a LISA, the gov't gives you £1k each on top per year, and after 2–3 years and some market appreciation you've got £21–34k for a down payment on a £200–300k house.
£4k/yr is £333/mo — the average car payment is something like £300–500/mo in the UK. Just earn an average salary, drive a crap car, and skip holidays for 2–3 years, and you can get a decent house. I know a guy on a £60k salary who's got a £1,020/mo car lease. It's hard, but not impossible. I live in the Midlands and there are plenty of terraced houses selling for £140–170k in genuinely decent condition.
Health
Problem: most food is poison. Fix: just don't eat the poison.
Problem: people's mental health is in the toilet. Fix: put the phone down, exercise, and socialise.
Life is pretty tough compared to 20–40 years ago, but people keep fucking themselves over. No one wants to help themselves.
