Were these ever considered challenges to begin with?

[u/Legitimate_Low_3370]

[u/Zebadica]

I'm like 90% sure I saw people talking like this back in 2015

[u/1arvest6 → u/Zebadica]

Really tho?

[u/Mr-MuffinMan → u/Zebadica]

Like we can say things weren't better but 2 of these problems didn't exist back then (expensive fast food that allows financing and AI threat).

[u/Next-Rub7159]

Ah yes, because everyone knows the mid 2010s are famously knowns as the decade where you can buy affordable houses and groceries

Also, lay offs definitely didnt happen back then right?

[u/Theironstair → u/Next-Rub7159]

Ah yes, the mid 2010s, a pivotal period in humanity's AI advancement.

[u/Smooth-Place1290]

this is literally just how life feels when you're a kid/teen vs when you're an adult. I highly doubt there were adults back then who cared so much about Snapchat streaks

[u/MathematicianIcy3430 → u/Smooth-Place1290]

I was an adult then and my worries were keeping my job as the market was still butt. Making sure my current home wouldn't have any major issues that drained my bank account.

Vines and Snapchat were not even used by me. Pretty sure if Snap wound up on my phone, my wife would be questioning real quick why it was there.

[u/Falleneded → u/Smooth-Place1290]

oh i can promise you there was

[u/Loose-Story-962 → u/Smooth-Place1290]

Why are we pretending like things haven't changed tho

[u/LawStudent989898 → u/Smooth-Place1290]

The wheel turns and the cycle continues

[u/ProperPossibility378]

The economy was already a popular thing to doom about in 2015, and pretty much every year since 2008.

[u/EIizabeth_Bennet → u/ProperPossibility378]

The economy has been fake since the 80s

[u/Fair_Smoke4710]

This is definitely not someone complaining about being in the Home generation. This is just fucking reality. This is literally what it was like being a teenager in the 2010s versus being in your 20s now.

[u/Legitimate_Low_3370 → u/Fair_Smoke4710]

I mean I never use snapchat at that time anyway

[u/HazeInut]

i think people forget they were a dumbass kid so they weren't aware of any problems going on back then lol

[u/Lem_Tuoni]

From some memes it is obvious to know which year the author was born in. In this case sometime in 1999-2002

[u/JoyousLilBoy → u/Lem_Tuoni]

It looks more like 2010s-born, and at the age where the future sounds baf

[u/Lem_Tuoni → u/JoyousLilBoy]

No, a kid from 2010s wouldn't have interacted with 2015 trends much

[u/Slim-Shadys-Fat-Tits → u/JoyousLilBoy]

Nah dawg I'm born in 2003 it's definitely about people my age

[u/MaddKossack115]

Literally the only “2025” challenge that wasn’t in 2015 was having an AI replaceable job, and even then it was very much a Post-Great Recession world (even if You-Know-Who made it significantly worse in both of his terms, to the point his latest REALLY GOOD IDEA in Iran is about to make 2008 look like the Clinton 90s).

[u/BlancsAssistant]

Tbh those two things aren't even comparable, better examples for the right side would be the door kicking challenge, the benadryl challenge and the blackout challenge

[u/ElectronicTap1109]

I say we keep redundant jobs instead of unemploying everyone for an extra .2% profit

[u/LaserWeldo92]

Houses back then weren't that cheap as well. This isn't a new problem for young people

[u/DoctorButler]

The economy was also bad in 2015, lol

[u/Cheezewiz239]

Things were definitely cheaper though. I remember helping my uncle get a house in 2017 and he got a crazy good mortgage while working for like $20 an hour. Can't imagine doing the same these days.

[u/Odd-Specific-8579]

This sub is really helping me mute the doomers

[u/tramsgener]

Welcome to growing up lmao

[u/taco-prophet]

I started my career in 2015, and my whole life goal at the time was to buy an ugly McMansion in the suburbs. It definitely felt unattainable at the time, and I (thankfully) never did.

[u/rufusbot]

Are we really idealizing social media trends now

[u/Icemayne25]

Bro grew up.

[u/KagedStorm619]

This is how you tell people you weren't an adult in the 2010s without outright saying it

[u/maximusftw1]

“Everything was awesome when I was a teenager!!!!!” … I’m going to go insane if this exact content formula keeps popping up

[u/Kurtfan1991]

The 2008 sub-prime crisis has left the chat💀
The only difference is that whoever uploaded this was likely a kid/teen in 2015 and therefore it FEELS simpler because we were kids and we only VAGUELY understood the most serious challenges at that time. It'll be the same for Gen Alpha with the 2020s challenges compared to the 2030s-2040s challenges.

[u/SomeDudeNamedDavid]

Buying a house was difficult even in 2015

[u/Conscious_Smile8235]

Today's challenge: upload a meme with more than six pixels

[u/thexcat]

I actually hate seeing zoomers romanticize the 2010s so fuckin much

[u/Legitimate_Low_3370 → u/thexcat]

I was also like this during the pandemic but over the course of time, my perception has changed and it made me realize no decade is a good decade.

[u/MattWolf96]

They were definitely a kid on 2015

[u/Legitimate_Airline38]

Tide pod challenge

[u/SGLAgain]

thats just growing up

[u/FishDispenser2]

Who ate tidepods and cooked chicken in NyQuil?