What's a sad reality of being an adult that young people should know? (Page 2)

[Still-alive]

that most people are making it up as they go along.

[Likes2drive]

More responsibility, more health problems, more debt, friends start to move away and weight gain

[innerman]

This world is not a perfect place.
They will have to stop living in their dreams and come into reality,

[DryGermanGuy]

"There is no spoon."
- Neo, The Matrix

[allaboutyou2]

You very rarely get what you want without a lot of hard work.

[pizzalovershouse]

That bad things happen an that we have to realise there life lessons

[Shy_Steve]

That you need to keep working hard even after you leave school to be successful.

[Hispanic-Cool-Guy]

That this world is cold and dark and you are on your own.

[Londi73]

Work sucks. School time is usually the most stress free time in your life.

[BeenThereLovedIt]

That capitalism is equal to financial slavery. Slavery.

[Jersey2]

No it’s not. I enjoy work and enjoy my life with friends and family.

[BeenThereLovedIt]

@Jersey2 .. and mostly indoctrinated.

[Lionman95]

Could be so but communism is either.

[Jersey2]

I am not indoctrinated but rather happy. I can do what I want, as little or as much as I care to. I can live my life the way I want and do what I want. If I were in many other countries that wouldn’t be so.

[BeenThereLovedIt]

@Jersey2 Well good for you? Most people can't brag so easily about having such an easy life.

[BeenThereLovedIt]

@Lionman95
Communism is a not an economic system, it's a political one. Capitalism is an economic system that seeks to consume everything, including political systems. That being said, communism sucks too. I'd rather become a democratic socialist political system. Seems to work well enough in Denmark.

[Jersey2]

I have been to Denmark many times, have you? I noticed that people used a bike a lot. In the summer it was natural, then I saw women with short skirts on bikes in the snow, wind and ice. That’s when I found out that they didn’t do it because they wanted to which is what I thought. They did it because of the enormous taxes. A $50,000 car in the US costs them $150,000. And then the cost of gas is very high… along with most things.

[BeenThereLovedIt]

@Jersey2 Cost is relative to regions. Does it cost the same to live in California as Maine? Does it matter? The jobs pay for the area, or they don't. Clearly Denmark's jobs pay enough for their lifestyle. I was more commenting on how a much larger portion of taxes go towards society, literally everyone, instead of to the capitalists. They also tax their rich appropriately like the USA used to do before the 1970's.

[Jersey2]

The jobs pay for the area except if you want a car or a big house. There are clear trade offs. I have the money, cars and houses. You speak as someone who has no faith in their own abilities… perhaps for good reason though.

[BeenThereLovedIt]

@Jersey2 Quite the opposite, I've done well for myself, and no need to be snarky about my abilities. I don't think you are looking at this objectively, let's see...

Can you rationally and reasonably defend capitalism after this statement:

'Capitalism is doomed to fail. At it's core, it requires growth to succeed. It requires people to grow. Capitalism requires labor to create consumables for "labor" to create and "consumers" to consume.

On a planet with finite resources, overpopulation will lead to resource depletion until nothing is left. Capitalism is a zero-sum game. It will consume everything, wither, and then die, taking most planetary life with it.'

[Jersey2]

First, half of the population of this planet is dirt poor so that invalidates your first point. Second, people will consume no matter the economic system. It is government that will control how the planet is treated by making laws and taxes.

[BeenThereLovedIt]

@Jersey2 So rather than evolve and try to change our behavior, you just accept that humanity will basically kill the host. I would be surprised if today's kids survive to retirement age. That's the path we're on.

[BeenThereLovedIt]

@Jersey2
"First, half of the population of this planet is dirt poor so that invalidates your first point."

How so? I don't see these dots you are connecting

[TsAubreyKate]

There is no such thing as a guaranteed road to success just try as long as you’re trying something you’re good it doesn’t matter what it is just try

[TheorionMage]

"On a Fool or a Sadist tells the bald-faced 'truth' on social occasions."- the late Robert Heinlein

[MJtheCoach]

Life is not what your spoon fed parents taught them.

[AkshiJanjua]

That failures are inevitable and what matters is what you do after that

[Thatdude091699]

That in life, only 3 or 4 people really care about your opinion.

[andy530]

You don’t have it all figured out like you thought you would 😂

[Anonymous]

No safety net. You're on your own. At least as a man.

[jimmy2]

That its time to get a job and try to make it on your own. You might not like the job so keep it till you find a betrer job rule

[shadowarrior99]

Almost everything is fake, fabricated, a lie, or used to manipulate and control people.

[Tamera952]

That you have less time here than you think

[Guardian45]

C'est la vie! - That's life!

Now you KNOW you're an adult and you're all grown up!

[SweetDumplings]

Sometimes your dreams will never come true ~

[JohnK123]

I’m not an adult
but life ain’t fair
grow up
stop acting like victims

[Starla1234]

It’s not fun like you thought it would be 😩

[captain_voidwalker]

Life is along continuous sting of failures in a world that dosen't tolerate failure

[Dargil]

Don't get over your head with credit.

[XXblack88]

If you want something done right do it yourself.

[whosDmann]

Responsibilities are real!!!

[Staximus]

Idealism and fun don't pay the bills

[noohair]

Bills and taxes, OMG. More bills & More taxes.

[emperor90]

You have to pay taxes

[Anonymous]

If you are a loser you will still be the one for the rest of your life

[Joker_]

having bad calcium in your bones

[nawtee_me]

Bills have to be paid

[shanshu]

Working to earn movie to survive life

[princeofromance]

Life isn't always fair.

[ctgent]

That youth does not last

[malwins]

what is so scary abput adulthood🤷‍♀️

[melanieeeB]

Money is important

[Gravit1]

There are not many mature adults.

[InYourHead]

Taxes

[Waldoe]

Love is never as good as you dreamed...

[tigerdq1]

Finding a girlfriend is tough.

[Anonymous]

It's impossible to make new friends.