Wasn't this the boomer retirement plan? Societal collapse takes a lot longer than one would think.
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It's a legitimate conundrum, do I invest for comfortable retirement or comfortable middle age
The best approach is probly both - enjoy some now but still put something away, just don't go all-in on either extreme.
If you have a solid retirement plan and you are in a position where you can still save extra money, go for multiple retirements (sabbatical).
that just sounds like bad financial discipline with extra steps
One of my saving graces with being born into a time where retirement seems to become a myth for my generation and younger, is that I really like working. I look to my mom who has failed at retiring 6 or 7 times at this point and I just know that that will be me if I live that long. I dunno if I could ever sit back and be like "I have done my part, now I get to chill until I die".
I would honest to God become suicidally depressed, and holy hell am I glad my brain is wired like that because feeling the opposite way in this current state of the western world must be a nightmare. If you hate your job and hate working and just want to be able to retire someday but you most likely never will due to the state of the world, I feel so fucking sorry for you. That sucks.
My father was a workaholic. My brother and I were both worried he'd become depressed when he retired. Nope. He created all kinds of work for himself by starting a million projects. He said he never had enough time for all that he wanted to do. It was a great relief.
I'm glad to hear that for your father! ❤️ my dad has also been a little project-machine gun since he retired. He is always doing something, which is awesome to see.
Personally, I know that if I was given all the time in the world like that, I would wither and feel completely hopeless. I don't have a drive to start things if it is only for myself. For me, working is a relief because I'm needed by others and I feel a purpose.
So your saying your well on your way then..
Once we switch over to bottle caps as currency, I'll be both instantly rich and utterly distraught at the potential wealth I squandered over the years.
i focken HOPE so
And I'm already 50...
Money is already meaningless. Worthless is the correct word.
I had a free ticket out of here and I fucked it up by getting an organ transplant FML
I’ve already staked out the place im gonna turn into a post apocalyptic fort. I know where the tastiest rich people live nearby.
In all honesty, my retirement plan is to go out with a bang in an act of left-wing extremist terror. We have seen way too little left-wing extremist terror in the past few years.
Man, a lot of you are going to be absolutely fucked if we somehow don't have societal collapse.
No wonder so many people keep pushing accelerationist rhetoric.
The average lifespan in the US has fallen 3 years in a row and is the same as the part of the UK with the worst average lifespan. With the destruction of the CDC and the removal of food safety inspections they keep attempting, I don't think many of us will have to worry about it.
Besides, Berretas are cheap.
Sure, you can try one on yourself first
That was the implication. Somebody's getting a blow job on my 65th birthday, and it sure as hell isn't gonna be me.