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This 81-year-old still works at Home Depot to support herself and her 90-year-old husband
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Welcome to what younger generations realized a decade ago or more. Most of us will never own a home or retire. I plan to end it when my life becomes unbearable in old age rather than be a slave to the system. That’s why, even though we (spouse and I) financially save for the future, I live for now. We (collectively) have no future. Accepting it is easier than being depressed about it.
Note: this doesn’t mean I don’t do what I can to try to save our (collective) future. It’d be selfish not to try.
Somebody launch my carcass through a billionaires front window please when I'm old.
Only if I can strap dynamite to you first.
Duh. Thank you MeatPilot
I think that goes without saying
Yes! Go full exploding beach whale!
Shove it in my ass please
A noble purpose 🫡
My retirement plan is assisted suicide (in Canada, of course). Feels weird to be saving for death, but this is the reality we live in. What else can I do? Wait until I can't work anymore and can't pay my mortgage and hydro bill? And then what, hang myself in the barn? Fuck that, I want to go out high af and feeling no pain.
Genuine abhorrence of violence. Even though I think (know) it's the only way we can overcome the lying, cheating, violent bastards on the other side, growing up in an abusive home makes the idea nauseating to me.
I do believe we'll reach a point where we have no choice, though I fear that will happen when it's too late.
Also, conditioning by mass media over a lifetime.
I couldn't agree more. That's why people love Luigi so much and why there's no sympathy for the Blackrock CEO who got killed at random. People are happy to see action; they just aren't ready to act.
Inertia
I plan to get a small bomb for when I had enough. Have some issues though so far.
I can't just search that up, that will raise red flags...
I'd say two decades ago, maybe even three. Pensions gone, social security inadequate, ira/401k sorta a joke.
You are in a dual income no kids situation and think you'll never own a home? Where do you live where a dual income can't support buying a house...
Ever been to Cali? I love it here but good god it's crazy
Cali, Colombia?
-Fornia
Californian here. Studios are starting around $3,200 where I live in socal.
I have a cousin who lives in LA. He rents a studio for something like $1100 a month, in a decent part of the city. Apparently it's rent-controlled, which is something I've never heard of as far as Los Angeles is concerned.
To be honest, I heard of all this through his mother. I kind of suspect he's lying to her and is actually a drug dealer and his place costs a lot more than he's letting on.
He's a drug dealer. There's nothing in LA for anything near $1100 lol. $3k is the minimum for a 2 bedroom place absolute minimum.
is it not possible to move to a place with houses which are lower in price?
In Australia it's not really possible because everyone did that and now houses are high in price literally everywhere but surely in America they would have more states and places that have lower house prices?
Bay Area, California. And before you tell me to move to a place where I can afford a cheaper home, I don't want to live in any of those places. I've lived in them and I hated them for various reasons. This is the one place in the USA where I feel absolutely at home.
it’s cool but so far 4/4 people have said they live in california, it’s clear it’s expensive for a reason
One reason is jobs. People with skills in tech can't always work full-time remote and have to come to the office at least enough to have to be able to drive there (and honestly, the best jobs are here by multiple definitions). Another is the culture. I literally feel absolutely at home here in a way that I might only experience in a few other places in the country (maybe Portland, for example, but there's a lot of racists in that state). Another is the weather. After living in places with ultra hot summers and ultra cold winters, I don't have any tolerance for dealing with that shit again. It's a nice trifecta of what I want / need to live the life that I want to live.
As an aside, living here also exposes me to a ton of live music that isn't accessible in other parts of the country. Take bands that come from oversees. Where are they almost guaranteed to play? Large coastal cities like NY, SF, LA. There are so many bands that come here that can't make a profit playing any but the largest cities because they aren't super popular in the states, but they can draw enough people in large urban areas to make it worth their while. Examples that I've seen recently (last few years): Air, Kula Shaker, Lords of Acid, Ladytron, Ott, The Presets. Good luck seeing all of them in Denver or Houston.