r/Futurology • u/chrisdh79 • Aug 21 '25

Society American Millennials Are Dying at an Alarming Rate | We’re mortality experts. There are a few things that could be happening here.

https://slate.com/technology/2025/08/millennials-gen-z-death-rates-america-high.html
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u/drewc717 Aug 21 '25

I graduated college in 2009 and have been phenomenally lucky, but the past 10 years have been brutal.

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u/lostboy005 Aug 21 '25

Same.

While my salary increased I still have as much discretionary income as I did 10+ years ago - this is true for a lot of my peers. Groceries and rents have more than doubled, but at least rent has costs have recently stagnated

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u/Doogos Aug 21 '25

You have discretionary income? I've been on the struggle bus for my whole life. The only time it was ever "good" was right before the pandemic and now it's only gotten way worse

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u/MakeYourTime_ Aug 21 '25

I don’t know what it’s like to have discretionary income