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The real earning power of minimum wage (aka, the standard teenage job) has declined by, what, 70% since the 70s? If it's more expensive, in real terms, to have
by wittyreference 6y ago
The real earning power of minimum wage (aka, the standard teenage job) has declined by, what, 70% since the 70s? If it's more expensive, in real terms, to have a car, to rent a hotel room, to go out, then yes, it's going to be more difficult to get laid.
- the_af 6y agoYou can have sex while living with your parents, no car or hotel rooms needed. Not having money to go out might be a problem to meet people, true. Note that in many countries, teenagers owning cars (and related activities) are not as prevalent as in the US. When I was a teenager, almost nobody I knew owned a car, and we all used public transportation, so there was no (dating) car culture around this.
- PurpleFoxy 6y agoThere is a difference between “you can” and “you will bother to when there are plenty of easier and equally enjoyable things to do.”
- the_af 6y agoI know I did bother. Sex is very interesting when you're a teenager. Like I said, other countries don't have the same car-centric culture of the US. We've been managing to successfully have sex -- and find sex interesting -- without such an early access to cars!