Takeaway: it's actually mind-blowing that this many people own a home from the two most recent generations (Gen Z not pictured to avoid a horror story).

• It takes two incomes on average to own a home these days
• As a country, US has absolutely horrible childcare and after school care options. Many dual income household pay a high double-digit % of their mortgage for daycare
• Many young parents are literally forced to reduce hours, stop career advancement or quit all together if they want to maintain population growth
• Record number of people in their 20s and 30s living with parents

Thanks federal, state and local governments for collectively shrugging your shoulders while your most productive tax-paying cohorts are getting blamed for having it too easy, skipping homeownership, and not having kids. Good luck to all!

I was lucky to be in a position to just go out and get another pair at Best Buy during their BF sale while I was waiting for the eBay return to process. Agree with you that for someone that doesn't own a lot of Apple accessories, they may have a harder time telling that their fugazi Airpod Max aren't authentic without anything to compare to.

They do feel rather cheap, but the Apple warning + terrible sound quality really gave it away. The wired Apple headphone sound cleaner and have more range than whatever drivers were put into the fake cans.