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[-] Chozo@fedia.io 126 points 5 months ago
[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 78 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Gen X checking in. What happens when I can no longer work or no one will employ me, but I cannot afford to retire?

[-] gdog05@lemmy.world 62 points 5 months ago

Retire? Is that some kind of a car thing?

[-] LSNLDN@slrpnk.net 28 points 5 months ago

Ohhh so that’s why I was told I’ll never be able to retire, because I can’t afford a car! Makes sense now

[-] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 21 points 5 months ago

I've been pondering this one myself for awhile. I knew a decade ago that, barring massive financial change, I would never be able to afford to retire. So these are the options:

  • Work until I die
  • Work until I can't (or nobody will hire me/pay a living wage), live off of savings until I can't, then die
  • Stop working, live off of savings until I can't, then die

The first two are the default and just kind of accepted by society as fair and just. The last one, strangely, gets all sorts of pushback, even though the only material difference is 20-30 years of mundane toil to make line go up.

[-] WeeSheep@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago

Pretty sure you just die. Of a heart attack. From stress.

[-] kumatomic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 5 months ago

Same and I was already homeless thanks to the W era and clawed my way back to mostly stable. It's a traumatic experience I don't want to repeat.

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