• Zorsith
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    4 months ago

    Not like any of us expect the money to still be there or be worth anything when we’re 60+ years old (or whatever they move the goalpost to)

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    OMG people are dipping into their savings and using money just to get by.

    Want to read about it? Okay pay me plus see all the ads we have.

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    4 months ago

    Yeah, the world is too expensive to live in right now. Who can plan for a future when you can’t catch up with the past.

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    Good. The worse things get for the most people the better the chance for real change. At this point I don’t care if it’s societal collapse, revolution, corporate overlord ship or fucking whatever, just get to the point already, I can’t deal with another thirty years of circling the fucking drain and I’d really appreciate it if I could start Mad Maxing it while I’m young enough to enjoy.

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      It is indeed getting tedious. I’m under no delusions that the collapse of society is going to improve my situation at all, but it would likely be less fucking boring than showing up at work every day just to continue existing till the next payday.

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    This covers gen-X and millennials too. I’ve had more than a handful of friends that have had to do this during their lifetimes but I’ll grant you it’s definitely worse now than even a decade and a half ago.

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      I’ve pulled loans from retirement twice, and thank God I was able to pay them back. I dunno what I will do without my widele 401k.

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      Take a billionaire with you please. Or damage their property, go out in protest, whatever works I guess

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      Ahh the Smith & Wesson retirement plan. I’m on that one too, was only $99 during a Christmas sale a few years ago lol

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    I’m not sure what’s up with Z. Young men leaning hard towards trump, lots of backlash against female characters in movies, following toxic men like Andrew Tate and Jordan Peterson. It’s like they’re becoming boomers. (Not saying they’re ALL like this, just a very surprising and growing number are.)