Thanks, conservatism. This is what you do.
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winks empathetically
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I, for one, simply don’t plan to live beyond 40.
I don’t think I even have the luxury of choosing. I think it will be decided for me, because I am a minority under an imminent regressive violent fascist regime.
If you’re much younger than, say, 35, it probably won’t be an issue anyway.
I would say we still have 10-20 years… 5 is a little pessimistic. /s
I get all the other ones, but how does being 40 with no savings happen? They would have been working for 20 years at that point, isn’t a promotion + reasonable pay raise basically guaranteed in that time?
Many ways to end up there. Falling chronically ill is an easy to understand one, even depression can leave you completely unable to get or keep a half-decent job, but many of the better-paying jobs also require some amount of physical fitness. And if you live in the US, any kind of emergency can single-handedly wipe out all of your savings.
Also spending some time in prison might do it, which often happens for bullshit charges. Or just plain old generational economic deprivation - it’s a feedback loop!
Did you read… the rest of the words?
even if you do get any of the problems diagnosed, not like you can afford to deal with them
Right? Gotta sell your blood to save your mind.
at least they have the Labrador B font to type with
🤣 I don’t have a response to this
Like looking in a mirror
Amen
