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"For a lot of people, what is even the point of living if there's no retirement to enjoy?" The point is you are supposed to be helping other people in some way

"For a lot of people, what is even the point of living if there's no retirement to enjoy?" The point is you are supposed to be helping other people in some way. Not just being a useless turd and forcing young functional people pay rent to you so that you can do nothing but sit on your fat ass and shit in your diaper. They also lived in a society that was much more prosperous than any young person ever will. Considering that now everything is ruined, it's hard not to look at them and imagine they share some small part of the blame. Maybe if people cared less about saving up a big sum for themselves to "enjoy their retirement", aka being a self-centered moron, then the world wouldn't be such a shithole today.

tomc1985 5y ago
> forcing young functional people pay rent to you so that you can do nothing but sit on your fat ass and shit in your diaper. They own the house, which they bought and paid for. It is their property to rent or not rent as they see fit. You pay money for said privilege. They are not squatting on communal property, and short of returning it to the market the property would otherwise sit unused and wasted. Are you saying that young "functional" people should have free housing? Most of you had some for 18, 20, maybe even 25+ years with your parents. Is it that you want that to last forever? Do you guys think you are Peter Pan or somethign? > Considering that now everything is ruined, it's hard not to look at them and imagine they share some small part of the blame. Don't let generational nihilism color your vision so much. There is a world of opportunity out there, especially here in the US, but young people think said opportunity looks like Twitch streaming or professional influencing or pretending that are innovating, but it's not. If those kids would pull their heads out of their asses and start learning how to be boring they will find there is lots of ways to get ahead in life, and that there aren't a lot of easy answers on YouTube. "Everything is ruined"... like, c'mon, if that's really what you think then you've barely even lived
- JaimeThompson 5y ago
  >Don't let generational nihilism color your vision so much. >but young people think said opportunity looks like Twitch streaming or professional influencing or pretending that are innovating Physician, heal thyself
munificent 5y ago
TIL that saving up so that one can afford to pay their own bills after they are too old and infirm to work is "being a self-centered moron". I guess the alternative is to not have any savings and rely on others to take care of them and that is somehow less self-centered?

tomc1985 5y ago

> forcing young functional people pay rent to you so that you can do nothing but sit on your fat ass and shit in your diaper. They own the house, which they bought and paid for. It is their property to rent or not rent as they see fit. You pay money for said privilege. They are not squatting on communal property, and short of returning it to the market the property would otherwise sit unused and wasted. Are you saying that young "functional" people should have free housing? Most of you had some for 18, 20, maybe even 25+ years with your parents. Is it that you want that to last forever? Do you guys think you are Peter Pan or somethign? > Considering that now everything is ruined, it's hard not to look at them and imagine they share some small part of the blame. Don't let generational nihilism color your vision so much. There is a world of opportunity out there, especially here in the US, but young people think said opportunity looks like Twitch streaming or professional influencing or pretending that are innovating, but it's not. If those kids would pull their heads out of their asses and start learning how to be boring they will find there is lots of ways to get ahead in life, and that there aren't a lot of easy answers on YouTube. "Everything is ruined"... like, c'mon, if that's really what you think then you've barely even lived

JaimeThompson 5y ago
>Don't let generational nihilism color your vision so much. >but young people think said opportunity looks like Twitch streaming or professional influencing or pretending that are innovating Physician, heal thyself

munificent 5y ago

TIL that saving up so that one can afford to pay their own bills after they are too old and infirm to work is "being a self-centered moron". I guess the alternative is to not have any savings and rely on others to take care of them and that is somehow less self-centered?