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This 81-year-old still works at Home Depot to support herself and her 90-year-old husband
(www.businessinsider.com)
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Welcome to what younger generations realized a decade ago or more. Most of us will never own a home or retire. I plan to end it when my life becomes unbearable in old age rather than be a slave to the system. That’s why, even though we (spouse and I) financially save for the future, I live for now. We (collectively) have no future. Accepting it is easier than being depressed about it.
Note: this doesn’t mean I don’t do what I can to try to save our (collective) future. It’d be selfish not to try.
Somebody launch my carcass through a billionaires front window please when I'm old.
Only if I can strap dynamite to you first.
Duh. Thank you MeatPilot
Shove it in my ass please
I think that goes without saying
Yes! Go full exploding beach whale!
A noble purpose 🫡
My retirement plan is assisted suicide (in Canada, of course). Feels weird to be saving for death, but this is the reality we live in. What else can I do? Wait until I can't work anymore and can't pay my mortgage and hydro bill? And then what, hang myself in the barn? Fuck that, I want to go out high af and feeling no pain.
I'd say two decades ago, maybe even three. Pensions gone, social security inadequate, ira/401k sorta a joke.
I plan to get a small bomb for when I had enough. Have some issues though so far.