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I’m worn out hearing people moan, “Our grandparents could buy a house on one paycheck, but now we can’t even afford rent on two!” Yeah, maybe because Grandma wasn’t dropping half her income on $14 iced lattes and avocado toast shaped like art projects. Back then, if they wanted coffee, they boiled it at home in a dented pot. It tasted like burnt rubber and regret — but it woke you up and cleaned your pipes. And Grandma wasn’t “out to brunch.” You think she had time for mimosas and hashtags? She was making something called whatever’s left in the fridge and feeding six people with it. Don’t even start with Uber Eats. You think Grandpa was out here paying $38 to have a burger delivered three blocks away? Please. He grilled mystery meat on a rusted barbecue, and everyone called it dinner. Now people cry about being broke while sitting in a house full of gadgets. Two SUVs in the driveway, six streaming services, three air fryers, and matching tattoos that cost more than their light bill. You think Grandpa had a tattoo? He did. It said “Korea, 1951,” and it came with trauma, not Instagram likes. And the kids—Lord help us. “We can’t make ends meet, but Brayden needs the new iPhone!” No, he doesn’t. You’re handing an $1100 device to a child who still eats crayons and forgets to flush. When we were kids, there was one phone. It hung on the wall like a family relic. The cord stretched just far enough for you to whisper secrets before someone yelled, “Get off, I need to make a call!” And guess what? We lived. The TV? One. In the living room. With three channels and a dial that clicked like a safe. And if Dad wanted to watch bowling, you were a fan of bowling, end of story. Now there’s a flat screen in every room, the baby’s got an iPad, the dog’s got a camera, and everyone’s wondering why they can’t afford rent. Because you’re living like rock stars on retail salaries, that’s why. Grandpa wasn’t leasing Teslas or buying $12 smoothies called “Green Zen Awakening.” He drove a truck that coughed smoke, rattled like a storm, and smelled like oil and hard work. They lived within their means. Whatever Grandpa brought home on Friday — that’s what they had. They weren’t keeping up with the Joneses; they were keeping the lights on. So yeah, Grandpa bought a house on one salary. But he also didn’t have a gym membership, three delivery apps, and emotional support crystals on his nightstand. His only support system was Grandma, who told him to quit whining and mow the yard. Nowadays, everyone’s broke, anxious, and “manifesting abundance” while ordering tacos on DoorDash for the fourth time this week. It’s not the economy — it’s the lifestyle. Wake up, turn off your subscriptions, make your own coffee, and maybe—just maybe—you’ll smell the truth. Credit to original author, unknown

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One of my favorite lesser-known factoids of Lord of the Rings, Middle-earth, is the Red Book of Westmarch. The Red Book of Westmarch is what the lens through which JRR Tolkien presented the world of Arda and the continent of Middle-earth to us. He presented it as a book that was found in an unknown language and he found an equivalent of the Rosetta Stone and deciphered it and then translated the Red Book of Westmarch, giving us the stories of The Hobbit, the Lord of the Rings, the Silmarillion, and all the other tales of Men, Elves, Dwarves, and Hobbits, showing us what our world looked like in a more ancient time. The entire ‘ancient history’ of our world was captured by the world’s most unassuming people, the Hobbits—Bilbo Baggins, Frodo Baggins, Samwise Gamgee, his daughter, Elenor Gardner. That is how Tolkien presented his fantasy world to our world. I feel it was appropriate to present that factoid as my final post. It’s a very little-known fact about that world. As for me, I’m sorry, friends, but I have grown tired of putting in so much effort for little in return. I tried to motivate the audience, and I guess my posts and I are just not that engaging. I pivoted to a gentle push, asking people to please like, comment, repost. The latter was the most important thing that an audience can do to help a content creator grow—hands down. The likes and comments assist greatly. It didn’t work. Last week, I explained the situation as kindly and gently as I could, and it spelled it out for my audience. It didn’t work either. So, with that, I close my own personal Red Book of Westmarch. It failed. I apologize to those of you who did exactly what was needed to help this continue, and you few are greatly appreciated. I’m sorry for you. Thank you for coming along this far. For everyone else, please remember, for the next content creator who creates things for you, that if you love their stuff, likes, comments, and REPOSTS, are how you pay them back for their time. Otherwise, people give up. Nothing is for free, and what takes .006 seconds of your time, pays them back for all they do for you. With that said, thank you for the support for this year and 2 months. I hope you learned a lot about the beautiful world Tolkien ‘discovered’ and gave to us. The road goes ever on.

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