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[–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 33 points 5 months ago

"Retweet this"

Sir, this is a Wendy's!

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 23 points 5 months ago

Upvoted, and I'm 60.

[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Death in the water wars is my retirement plan

[–] Aneb@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Do you mean from dehydration, or in the literal wars as a causality?

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

If you die from dehydration in the water wars, you're missing the point of the water wars. Don't stop charging until your thirst is quenched.

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[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 1 points 5 months ago

Yes, probably

[–] sanbdra@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

Dark humor aside, I think a lot of people are just trying to figure out the future one step at a time.

[–] plyth@feddit.org 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

Option B could be to make civilization good enough that retirement is not needed. Basic income is one thing but enough jobs and affordable medical care could make sure that age is not a problem.

[–] LemmyTryThisAgain@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I wish I had your optimism mate

[–] plyth@feddit.org 4 points 5 months ago

I don't have it either. But that shouldn't prevent us from thinking about what could be done.

[–] Asafum@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago (10 children)

Sure, I mean literally millions of people want this, but like 20 billionaires don't want to lose an insignificant amount of their wealth so that means we don't get to have it. :(

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[–] MBech@feddit.dk 4 points 5 months ago

I'm not sure why those things would eliminate the need for retirement. Affordable medical care and jobs aren't a problem in Europe. People still don't function all that well when they get old.

[–] Billy_fuccboi@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Knowing my luck, I'll work until I drop dead and then money will lose it's value

[–] Zacpod@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I'm just going to keep working until I die at my desk, as our capitalist overlords intended. Maybe cause of death will be natural, or nuke, or zombies, or whatever. It doesn't really matter in the end.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago

My plan is to be rich enough, old enough and western european enough that the collapse won't really hit till after I'm dead.

[–] greedytacothief@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 months ago

My father had the same retirement plan. Will the cycle ever break

[–] bitteroldcoot@piefed.social 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think you are being optimistic about things lasting till you're 65.

[–] faercol@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 months ago

I don't know, they might be 64 currently

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 months ago

In what Marxist paradise are you allowed to retire at 65?

[–] IratePirate@feddit.org 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If you're still on Shitter, you're part of the problem you're dooming about.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think that tweet is from a time when most of twitter still thought musk was one of the good ones trying to save the world.

[–] IratePirate@feddit.org 2 points 5 months ago

Ah. More innocent days, eh? When we could still tell apart what was sarcasm and what was prediction.

[–] dumbass@piefed.social 1 points 5 months ago

I mean, I'm not wrong.

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