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[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 33 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Once you retire, you will be too old and unhealthy to enjoy it.

If you live in America, then one health crisis has the possibility of eating up all of your retirement savings, and the longer you live, the more likely you'll end up dying destitute.

[–] ignotum@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Dying old and sick on the streets, that's what the american dream is all about no?

[–] 123@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago

Don't worry, with JFK Jr. Help you'll die old and sick on the farm.

[–] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Retirement... savings...? What language is this?

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

My retirement plan is dying 10 years before retirement age

[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Boss makes a dollar, I make a dime. That's why I liberate the company's time.

[–] swab148@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 month ago

I've said it before, and I'll say it again:

Boss makes a million, I make a buck. That's why I jerk it in the company truck.

[–] ji59@hilariouschaos.com 12 points 1 month ago

I have to admit, it feels like I have much more free time now then during studies. Now I finish my 8 hours and I do not have to worry about nothing. No assignments, no tests, no thesis... I even had the opposite problem, what should I do during the evening.

[–] squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Let me introduce to you: part time jobs

[–] cRazi_man@europe.pub 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But I like time and money both.

[–] Gork@sopuli.xyz 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's the beauty about part-time jobs: you only get part of the money part of the time!

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago

I need a no-time job with all money. I think that's called "landlord"

[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 9 points 1 month ago

I have literally never seen a part time job that paid a livable wage.

They're usually shittier pay per hour than a full job and I've no idea why.

[–] hedge_lord@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Suspiciously 86-percent-of-my-income shaped landlord: hello

[–] LordAmplifier@pawb.social 7 points 1 month ago

I'm trying to find a part-time job for that exact reason, but it's really tough to find one. I mean, it's tough to find a job in general at the moment, but the part-time requirement makes it even tougher. And like the other person said, it's always a compromise between time and money, and not everybody can make such a compromise because they genuinely need a full-time salary.

[–] inkzombie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago

Is this about Kiki?