Young Americans say friendship is too expensive; nearly half skip events due to costs: study
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A homeboy is having a house warming party on the 30th
Shiit is 3 hours away…
He asked me last weekend “Aye dog you coming?”
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I deadass came to post this exact scenario. Except mines happened Jan 5th. The uber price to their place looked like the headcount of a school.
I dated a chick that had a friend group like that. They were the aesthetic chicks and every time they got together it was always this over the top experience. They would rent out venues for tea parties, or always have a booth at the club popping bottles, that type of timing.The few times I went it never seemed fun and it was forced. Maybe it was my upbringing because I was used to kickbacks, playing cards, dominoes, and games talking BS all night. So I was outta place especially when I went to the car to get the Bicycle cards and nobody wanted to play spades
Yaboysix
That nikka
Lies!
If that was the case shyt wouldn't be so hot damn PACKED and congested here in Tampa.
SOMEBODY got friends and doing fun shyt...
If that was the case shyt wouldn't be so hot damn PACKED and congested here in Tampa.
SOMEBODY got friends and doing fun shyt...
Dog you hit it 1000% on the head.
The bolded for emphasis. This one chick I know is obsessed with spending like it’s 20 or 25 years ago planning these trips and always wanting to be out on the scene. She’s one of those girls from the Lil’ Kim Foxy Brown era…
She has a good job, but the majority of her friends and peers aren’t able to be out and about like her
This new gen wishes they can ball out but you can tell how they live that the numbers just don’t line up.
And being grown, lazy, unproductive, still living at home yet blowing $$ on Scat Packs, bundles, Chrome Hearts, extendo lashes, Amiri, nails, trips to Costa Rica, Gucci accessories, iPhone 19 Pro Max 1TB and colorways Jordan never even wore isn’t a flex AT ALL.
The minority do this gen handling their business is too busy to stunt — or should I say upload the footage.
I guess people don't get together and just smoke anymore. 
I guess people don't get together and just smoke anymore.
Man me and my boys don’t…
Those we're some of the best times I ever had.Man me and my boys don’t…
Facts. I thought about it a few weeks ago.
Life really has been life’ing in my 30s. My 20s were so much different and so much more free time, random ass missions, and just relationships with people I don’t even know anymore today.
Low-key I prefer to have my peace and quiet these days and can appreciate the memories. I just wish we were able to create some more memories.
Egos is what ruined a lot of hanging out.
Kinda like how video games made realism and graphics more important than entertainment.
nikkas want every moment to be some big over the top experience and that's just not possible. Nothing wrong with a game night, or just smoking and drinking while some music plays. It's just that simple shyt don't impress ppl so they gotta do all that extravagant shyt.
Kinda like how video games made realism and graphics more important than entertainment.
nikkas want every moment to be some big over the top experience and that's just not possible. Nothing wrong with a game night, or just smoking and drinking while some music plays. It's just that simple shyt don't impress ppl so they gotta do all that extravagant shyt.
A lot of ya’ll posting in here are older and took this as an opportunity to shyt on my generation and I can tell. 
It ain’t really about trying to live above your means or being able to stunt on IG. Most people are off that these days anyway, IG doesn’t really mean much to most people in my age group (mid to late 20s/early 30s) anymore. TikTok is where it’s at now for my generation and “flexing” ain’t really part of that app’s culture like it was on IG.
It mostly has to do with the fact that many of us work several jobs and are just trying to survive. “Hustle culture” is real.
I’m fortunate enough to not be in that predicament, but I know plenty of people within my age range from all types of backgrounds that are.
Most of the people I know are working 2 jobs just to survive, and these are people WITH degrees. Some are even STEM, many are not making as much starting out as they believed that they would because Nap’s people will do it for less.
People without degrees are working 2 jobs and then doing Uber or GrubHub in their spare time. Also, throw in the fact that many of us had our early adulthoods interrupted by COVID and that set many of us back financially and in our careers.
So, it’s not even about the money per se, it’s about time and energy. You got guys working 60+ hours weekly, you think they’re trying to “hang out” when they could be sleeping?
Only guys that I know who are chilling right now are in the military. Those brehs are living it up and I sometimes kick it with them.
It ain’t really about trying to live above your means or being able to stunt on IG. Most people are off that these days anyway, IG doesn’t really mean much to most people in my age group (mid to late 20s/early 30s) anymore. TikTok is where it’s at now for my generation and “flexing” ain’t really part of that app’s culture like it was on IG.
It mostly has to do with the fact that many of us work several jobs and are just trying to survive. “Hustle culture” is real.
I’m fortunate enough to not be in that predicament, but I know plenty of people within my age range from all types of backgrounds that are.
Most of the people I know are working 2 jobs just to survive, and these are people WITH degrees. Some are even STEM, many are not making as much starting out as they believed that they would because Nap’s people will do it for less.
People without degrees are working 2 jobs and then doing Uber or GrubHub in their spare time. Also, throw in the fact that many of us had our early adulthoods interrupted by COVID and that set many of us back financially and in our careers.
So, it’s not even about the money per se, it’s about time and energy. You got guys working 60+ hours weekly, you think they’re trying to “hang out” when they could be sleeping?
Only guys that I know who are chilling right now are in the military. Those brehs are living it up and I sometimes kick it with them.
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Boy you old nikkas glazing yesteryear 
And it’s always the same muthafukkas with the sanctimonious bullshyt
Everybody struggling with friend groups at all ages
You want to hang out but schedules are conflicted because we all working just to keep a car and roof over our heads
And if your schedules do align
nikkas be tired
Nobody wants to just do game night all the the time
People want to get out and enjoy a concert with people they love
A sporting event
A con
A nice dinner
This shyt ain’t all about flexing like you gumps keep posting in here
Even the free shyt starting to be expensive
You have to find parking and pay
We are all being sucked dry
And here you nikkas go
W-Well it’s all about flexing
nikka sybau
The world is crumbling at our feet and that’s all you can come up with
Then you geeks will backdoor and talk about no third places
Not factoring in why it’s no third places and why it’s a cool $100 everytime you walk out the door
nikka what
And it’s always the same muthafukkas with the sanctimonious bullshyt
Everybody struggling with friend groups at all ages
You want to hang out but schedules are conflicted because we all working just to keep a car and roof over our heads
And if your schedules do align
nikkas be tired
Nobody wants to just do game night all the the time
People want to get out and enjoy a concert with people they love
A sporting event
A con
A nice dinner
This shyt ain’t all about flexing like you gumps keep posting in here
Even the free shyt starting to be expensive
You have to find parking and pay
We are all being sucked dry
And here you nikkas go
W-Well it’s all about flexing
nikka sybau
The world is crumbling at our feet and that’s all you can come up with
Then you geeks will backdoor and talk about no third places
Not factoring in why it’s no third places and why it’s a cool $100 everytime you walk out the door
nikka what
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Thread is full of out of touch old heads
In 2025 "Chips and a soda" will cost the equivalent of 1 hour at minimum wage in some states and youth unemployment is at an all time high because all the grown ass immigrants working retail and fast food jobs.
In 2025 "Chips and a soda" will cost the equivalent of 1 hour at minimum wage in some states and youth unemployment is at an all time high because all the grown ass immigrants working retail and fast food jobs.
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