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The Harsh Reality of Modern Adulthood: Degrees, Debt, and Denial

Ameer Hamza
Last updated: July 8, 2025 12:10 am
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A generational crisis takes shape

The harsh reality of modern adulthood is no longer just a cliché—it’s a daily truth for millions. With skyrocketing education fees, crushing student debt, and a housing market that’s drifted far from reach, today’s young adults are navigating a vastly different landscape than the generations before them. What was once a steady path to independence has turned into a maze of financial and social complexities that previous generations struggle to fully grasp.

Contents
A generational crisis takes shapeAt the pub, generational lines are drawnTech confusion and taped-on PINsFrom tech tips to economic truthsEnter Know-All-Ron and the interest rate mythBella calls out generational inequalityA rigged system disguised as traditionFree university? Not anymoreEducation, once a ladder, now a weight“Hard work” isn’t the full storyA heavy silence speaks volumesHumor defuses, but truth remainsMick asks for help, Bella obligesAn ongoing struggle for fairnessOne generation’s struggle, another’s gainA call for national conversationTreadmills, taxation, and truthA final reminder: change is overdue

At the pub, generational lines are drawn

At the heart of this generational tension lies a pub scene full of symbolism. Bazza and his mates, representing an older Australia, hover around Bella, the local publican, who’s busy giving a crash course in mobile technology. Four phones line the bar, each one more outdated than the last, each one holding secrets to how generational divides play out—not just technologically but economically and culturally.

Tech confusion and taped-on PINs

Bella picks up one phone and squints at it.
“Now, Mario, why have you written your name, home phone number and P.I.N. on the back of your phone?”
Mario, without missing a beat, replies:
“Well, Bella, in case I lose it, people can ring me… and I always forget the P.I.N.”

From tech tips to economic truths

It’s a charmingly innocent answer, but it sets the tone for the generational gap unfolding. Bella, younger, sharper, and tech-savvy, proceeds to remove the taped-on note and introduce Mario to Find My iPhone and fingerprint access—tools as common to her generation as rotary phones once were to his.

Enter Know-All-Ron and the interest rate myth

As the tech lessons continue, the conversation pivots—naturally—to interest rates. And here comes Know-All-Ron, the embodiment of the baby boomer perspective, leaning in with the familiar tale:
“In my day, you were paying upwards of 15% interest rates to buy a house. It was bloody tough back then, I mean really tough. These days, they are whinging about paying 2 or 3%. I remember…”

Bella calls out generational inequality

Before he can finish, Bella removes her earbuds, cuts him off, and calls out the myth:
“You remember, do you, Ron? When you bought a house it cost under three and a half times the average annual income. It now costs more than ten times the average annual income. It means I have to work almost seven years longer to buy the same house and guess what? My extra seven years of income is ending up in your pocket.”

A rigged system disguised as tradition

This is the harsh reality of modern adulthood—not just in numbers but in lived experience. Younger generations are told to work harder, save more, and stop complaining, while navigating a system that’s not only changed but stacked against them. The dream of home ownership, once a hallmark of adulthood, now feels like a relic.

Free university? Not anymore

Ron straightens up, adjusts his glasses—still clinging to the old narrative. Bella isn’t finished:
“And another thing, Ron, whilst those seven years of income are ending up in pockets such as yours, I am still paying off a HECS debt, years after I finished studying. Ah, you must remember how tough it was when university was free, Ron.”

Education, once a ladder, now a weight

That single sentence carries weight. Free university, a policy once taken for granted, is now the fantasy of an indebted generation. As tuition costs rise and wage growth stalls, the promise of education as an equaliser becomes a cruel irony.

“Hard work” isn’t the full story

Ron attempts a final word:
“There is nothing wrong with a bit of hard work, Bella.”
Bella, unshaken, delivers the truth:
“There is nothing wrong with a bit of fairness in taxation either, Ron. From negative gearing and a 50% discount on capital gains tax through to superannuation, it’s weighted in your generation’s favour. No doubt we will also pick up the shortfall in baby boomer care as you age. All fine, Ron, but give me a break about how tough it used to be.”

A heavy silence speaks volumes

Silence follows, heavy and telling. It’s a silence that echoes through family dinner tables, online forums, and parliamentary debates. The conversation isn’t just about money—it’s about fairness, legacy, and accountability.

Humor defuses, but truth remains

Bella picks up the next phone, grimaces, and drops it.
“Bloody hell, Bazza, you need a new phone. This one has an aerial and looks like a brick.”
The humor breaks the tension momentarily, but the theme holds firm. The tools may differ—phones vs apps, handwritten notes vs biometrics—but the generational disconnect runs deep.

Mick asks for help, Bella obliges

Mick steps in with a humble request:
“I’m a bit ahead of the rest of these blokes, Bella. I just need some help accessing this Bluetooth thing.”
Bella obliges, hiding her frustration behind gritted teeth:
“No worries, Mick, go to settings, press this one here… there you go. Look up at the pub screen and the lot of you should listen carefully to this Lily Allen song, ‘Guess Who Batman’. Cover your ears, Ron, it might offend.”

An ongoing struggle for fairness

The scene fades, but the message lingers.
The harsh reality of modern adulthood isn’t just about having to pay more—it’s about having to justify that struggle to a generation that never had to face it. It’s about being told you’re lazy when you’re working two jobs. It’s about hearing that things have always been hard while you juggle student loans, gig work, and unaffordable rent.

One generation’s struggle, another’s gain

It’s about dealing with the fact that your financial struggle is someone else’s retirement plan.

A call for national conversation

This generational reckoning is far from over. The housing crisis, student debt, and cost-of-living pressures continue to mount, while wage stagnation and automation threaten the stability of future careers. And yet, through all this, today’s youth are still expected to play by rules that no longer apply.

Treadmills, taxation, and truth

Hard work hasn’t disappeared. It’s just being spent on a treadmill that’s accelerating faster than anyone can run. What’s needed now is a national dialogue—not just about the economy, but about equity. Not just about taxation, but about shared responsibility. Not just about the past, but about the future we’re building.

A final reminder: change is overdue

Because if we don’t address the harsh reality of modern adulthood now, we risk creating a society where progress becomes privilege, and fairness a fading ideal.
And as Bella, and many like her, continue to confront these challenges head-on—with humor, resilience, and honesty—they remind us that change is not just necessary… it’s overdue.

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