I think under 30s may have experienced the recession. Maybe not first hand in terms of job loss but I imagine the quality of life impacts on children will have been felt.

[–] skulblaka@kbin.social 25 points 1 year ago

Tons of those folks who lost jobs had children. I didn't know what a recession was but I do remember my mom crying a lot and then us moving from a nice house in the suburbs to an apartment in the bad side of town.

[–] 3TH4Li4@feddit.ch 24 points 1 year ago

I may have been a child in 2007-2008 but I did felt the recession when our house had to be sold, and we could barely feed our family just because the Lehman Brothers fucked up.

[–] BassaForte@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm 29 and I definitely remember Y2K. 2008 didn't really affect though since I was in highschool.

[–] CoggyMcFee@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah but like did you have to work on it for your job? Because nothing actually happened to anyone except people who fixed Y2k bugs leading up to it.

[–] BassaForte@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, but I do remember the panic. My parents were convinced that it was going to affect everything, missile systems, the whole nine-yards. They even invested in huge water tanks to put in our basement and stored years worth of food.

Were they crazy? Absolutely. But I can still say I was somewhat affected because of the panic.

[–] CoggyMcFee@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow. Your parents were not typical at all, but I can see how you would remember that!

[–] BassaForte@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I can agree with that.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Im 36 but never had money, so the 1997 AFC, Y2k, 2008 rec were just newspaper headlines I saw and ignored while continuing to eat chips.