You are not living in reality if you do not see the huge difference between THEN and NOW

I don't think that they think that. I do think that they think you don't deserve a house if you work at McDonalds.
- Or health care, or food and clothing
- This exactly. Their excuse is that these jobs are for teenagers, meaning that they should be exploited.
  
  They call it a job for teenagers, but will actually have a meltdown if mcdonalds isn't open during school hours. God help if they have to wait 2 minutes because staff is low
- Why would a teenager need a house anyway ?

No one can help when they are born.
- Except maybe time travellers
  
  I don't know the doctor doesn't even really get to pick much the tardis just takes him whenever

You can still buy a house by working at McDonald's. All you need to do is leaving your country. Here's a nice house in Tanjung Pinang, Bintan, Indonesia.
25000 euros.
https://www.rumah123.com/properti/tanjung-pinang/hos18668655/?price-unit-type=metersquare
- How much does McDonald's in Indonesia pay?
  I doubt it's enough to buy a 25000 euro house. And if you're talking about McDonald's in the US then I'm guessing not much is left over after food and rent in order to save the 25k.
  
  Never been in USA, but working at McDonald's here in Belgium while living at your parents, with 2000 euros net from a minimum wage job... Yeah after a year you can buy the house that I showed.
  I'm sure you can work while living with your parents.
  Having the 25k euros is only step one. Afterwards you need to build up capital for passive income when you are in Indonesia.
  The cost of living is very low. the median net worth in Indonesia is 5000 euros. So with your starting capital, you'll be ahead of the curve.
  With your English, you have some niches you can do. Like working for English speaking companies. Local or from your computer.
  most people that do this, go to Bali. But if you want cheaper areas, the place I showed is also do-able.
  Bali is popular because more people there speak English. For Americans, the Philippines is popular because English is an official language.
  My wife's indonesian so if she wants to, we'll go there.
  likely not, because I prefer Belgium. But I'm also not complaining about the high housing prices here in Belgium. I know why they are high. It's because people want to live here.
  Same reason why housing is more expensive in Bali.. People want to live there.
- Or if you are the CEO there.
  
  Buy McDonald's stock, fire the CEO and hire someone cheap.

Boomer: What?! Just walk into the building, go up to the receptionist or bossman, and demand to be interviewed for a job, and fill out an application form. Refuse to leave without a job offer. They'll be so impressed by your dedication, they can't do anything else, but to hire you! What are you waiting for?

"when I was your age I made -half- what they're paying at mcdonalds now, and I paid for a car, a house, college, and and supported my wife and three kids with it!"
me: blood pressure increases
- I've found it effective to follow this with, "yes, now you're starting to understand the problem"
- "Yeah and houses were 1/20th of what they are now. Sit down and shut up grandma, you stupid old racist cunt."
- When you were my age you could buy a house for less than the deposit on a rented bedroom.
  
  When you were my age
  ...when rich people eventually get medical immortality, that can be used both ways!
- I know old americans are the one saying this but this is not at all an americans problem. I work in an office, I make very good money, don't pay rent amd have no kids so all my money should go to investing right? Well I bought a flat (not even a house) and I pay 80% of my salary (i'll say it again it's considered very very good) in a short mortage. It wont last 30 years but fuck if this is not extremely expensive
- If only I wouldn't eat so much avocado toast.

Lol, change it to "buy groceries and pay rent" and it still works

Meanwhile Gen X:
- Forgotten as usual. 😉
  
  At least they let you take the debt we just did without? I dunno we’re both fucked

In reality many people who were boomers lived in shacks, some with no plumbing and dirt floors, until the 60's when liberal economics began to fully kick in. Reagan, and Republicans have schemed very hard to bring back those "good old days'. Try reading some actual history of that time. Bonus, if you actually talk to a boomer who lived through hard times.

How much could a house cost? $10?

I don't know why, but I really love the idea of representing Millenials as Shrek and Gen Z as Donkey, and that's how I'm gonna see us from now on.
You guys have fun fuckin' that dragon. I'm gonna go angrily bathe in my filth pool. ❤️

It blows my mind that gen z is old enough to be stuck in this mess with us.
The only chance I ever had to own a home was taking over the one I grew up in from my parents. I couldn’t raise my kids there though. The neighborhood went from being a nice little mining town to meth as currency town.
Good luck you guys. Maybe y’all can work on the boys following Andrew Tate off of a cliff and get this world going in the right direction.
Shit, in 40 years us millennials will finally be old enough to hold elected office. Hahahahaha

"That's only a job for high schoolers"
Also, "fuck you, got mine"
- "So you want McDonalds to close during school hours?"

Only if you can afford a 50% down payment of 2 million.

How I bought a house: Don't learn to drive, rent a bedroom for like 8 years to save up a deposit.
Where I live is considered incredibly cheap by city people.

Meanwhile, Gen X:

You can get a house working in McDonald's.
You just need to be the sole heir of someone who owns a house and either be patient, or proactive.
- General managers are paid enough. Just be the GM, duh.

Do people on Lemmy think that there was a time when one could afford a house on fast food worker wages?
- um yes? because it’s the truth? do some research before posting man. even if you were alive back then that doesn’t mean you knew wtf was up everywhere in the country with every demographic.
  apologies for reddit as a source but full time wage in 1974 for mcdonald’s was, coupled with aid like the GI program, absolutely more than enough capital to buy a family home. don’t spread misinformation. remember what was stolen, or for some never even given.
  
  There were houses in the US that were only 25k just before the great recession. Not everywhere certainly, small houses in major cities, we used to have cheap houses not too long ago. It was only after COVID that all the houses went up to a national minimum because of WFH and other things.
  
  You are gullible
- You mean a full time wage?
  
  Yes. Full time fast food worker wages
- The confusion is that fast food jobs have always been for kids. Not permanent jobs. Non kids work them now because of the millions of blue collar jobs in the manufacturing sector that left the country over the past decades. Those were the jobs that paid enough for you to buy a house. I wonder what policies might bring back those good paying jobs in manufacturing might be