<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><title>Implausible Deniability wrote</title><author_name>Implausible Deniability (npub1q3…mfg5m)</author_name><author_url>https://yabu.me/npub1q35eqc6rvdeejcwn47j0cgjp6mmxttx3yj3rlsvf43cy6a8y6zfq5mfg5m</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://yabu.me</provider_url><html>A story that i read I had to share&#xA;&#xA;&#34; My boomer dad asked me last week why I&#39;m still renting at 43.&#xA;&#xA;I told him a starter home in our area is $410,000.&#xA;&#xA;He said &#34;so save up.&#34;&#xA;&#xA;I said the down payment alone is $82,000.&#xA;&#xA;He said &#34;that&#39;s not so bad, break it into pieces.&#34;&#xA;&#xA;I said after rent, insurance, and daycare I put away maybe $400 a month.&#xA;&#xA;He did the math out loud. Got to seventeen years. Went quiet.&#xA;&#xA;Then he said something I didn&#39;t expect.&#xA;&#xA;&#34;I put down $3,200 on our first place. I had it saved in eight months working at the plant.&#34;&#xA;&#xA;Then he just sat there for a second.&#xA;&#xA;&#34;I always thought you kids were exaggerating.&#34;&#xA;&#xA;That&#39;s it. That&#39;s the whole conversation.&#xA;&#xA;He wasn&#39;t being cruel. He genuinely had no idea. Nobody ever showed him the number.&#xA;&#xA;Most of them aren&#39;t defending the system. They just never looked at it.&#34;</html></oembed>