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grue , to aboringdystopia in think of the shareholders
Zuberi ,
@Zuberi@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

pls ignore me crying in my cutoff by 5 years corner 💔

bdonvr ,

When my Italian ancestor became a naturalized US citizen 5 years too late back in the late 1800s and now I can’t get an EU passport

angery

force ,

solution: learn hungarian (that place is a shithole but it works to get eu citizenship)

namingthingsiseasy ,

Impossible fucking language though, isn’t it? One of my colleagues is natively Hungarian and even he says he doesn’t like speaking his language because of how hard it is.

I probably shouldn’t extrapolate from a single data point, but that’s all that I know about it

faintwhenfree ,

At least you’re aware you’re extrapolating from single data point. That’s more than most.

novibe ,

Thank god my great-great-great-father lived in bumfuck nowhere and never bothered naturalising. Living in Europe while it lasts really is nice…

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

I’m fine! I can get citizenship elsewhere! My father was a naturalized American citizen! He came from… England. Fuck.

HootinNHollerin ,

What is that cutoff?

Kolanaki , to lemmyshitpost in oh snap.
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

So what you’re saying is, the “Up the Thanos” strategy could have worked if Antman simply flew up there while Thanos was emptying his bowels due to the changes to his gut biome. The only difficulty would be swimming up the stream of liquid shit ejecting out at high speeds.

EvolvedTurtle , to aboringdystopia in think of the shareholders

Solution Spend that time doing anything else lmao

If that’s the best you can come up with it’s not retirement it’s you

Unless ofcourse you enjoy those things Then you enjoy the fuck out of that lmao

Duamerthrax ,

The first two are what executives think of. The last one was added cause a pr rep said it needed to be more “human”.

meathorse , to aboringdystopia in think of the shareholders

I propose a counter article:

Why billionaires should not exist: “Mansions, supercars, megayachts and tax avoidance are not that fulfilling”

JustMy2c ,

Get rid of excess money ? Turns out being extremely rich isn’t that rewarding, especially once everyone knows.

Klnsfw , to lemmyshitpost in How Croissants are made

Bullshit. The croissants are not fried, but baked in the oven.

lars ,

American here who hadn’t realized just how much I could rhetorically love having a honey-glazed deep-fried croissant bucket in my life

SatansMaggotyCumFart ,

Americans would cram pulled pork into that thing and wonder why they are having a heart attack.

0ops ,

It has coleslaw so it’s healthy! Full disclosure, I really, really want to eat one of these rn, hold the bug though

SatansMaggotyCumFart ,

What do you do with all the time you save writing ‘rn’ instead of ‘right now’?

It has to add up to minutes a year!

0ops ,

Take the time to reply to you, I guess

BigFatNips ,

EPIC BURN lol

SatansMaggotyCumFart ,

Ouch and there’s definitely better things you can do with your time savings!

0ops ,

*there is

Edit: or is it there are? I do not even knoweth

SatansMaggotyCumFart ,
0ops ,

fr

SatansMaggotyCumFart ,

It’s interesting because chortle my balls is basically nonsensical but if I told you to perform that act it still makes more sense then trying to figure out with fr or rn means.

rickyrigatoni ,

To believe that a snack as low cholestorol as that would give us a heart attack. Such a sweetly intoxicating innocent.

aeronmelon , to lemmyshitpost in oh snap.

I’ll be honest, I could use a good powerblasting every once in a while.

Track_Shovel OP ,

Two words: taco bell

Digestive_Biscuit ,
@Digestive_Biscuit@feddit.uk avatar

I felt like I needed one this morning. Instead I got the longest turd I’ve ever seen. It hit the water before it left my arse.

Death_Equity ,

Magnesium cirate and sugar-free gummy bears combined will get you there and regret what you have done.

kryptonianCodeMonkey , to lemmyshitpost in oh snap.

Could have been a monkey paw situation. “Half of all life disappeared, you say?” every living thing suddenly missing their left half “Done!”

rynzcycle ,

Everything's all right then?

Death_Equity ,

Get out.

HawlSera , to aboringdystopia in think of the shareholders

This is satire right?

Track_Shovel OP ,
ChetManly , to aboringdystopia in think of the shareholders

Just got back from a pleasure cruise. I call bullshit.

weeeeum , to aboringdystopia in think of the shareholders

Ill be honest, I’ve seen people (mostly family) that work their ass off to retire and once retiring they basically give up. They don’t take care of themselves, exercise or do anything mentally stimulating. Just watching the news and tv then doing the bare minimum to stay alive.

Because of that their health is very poor and they physically cannot do much and honestly seem to live a pretty miserable life.

They also have lots of chronic pain from working so hard that affects them in retirement. My mom worked in a chair for 12 hours, 60 hours a week and has severe chronic pain from sitting. Being out of shape she can’t stand for very long and chronic pain means she can’t sit very long, she has to spend most of her life in bed.

Personally I believe it’s the best to live life now and have a “soft” retirement, reducing days and hours worked as you age. Human biology is made to work (physically and mentally) and the lack of it degrades our bodies and health.

So It’s technically “never retiring” but personally I think it’s the better option.

FireRetardant , (edited )

You can still have a very succesful retirement but just shift that working energy to yourself. Take up some hobbies and work on them often. Go hiking, cycling, skiing, or paddling. Spend more time with the family, maybe even moving in to help raise grandkids if space allows.

Retirement does not equal sitting on your ass the rest of your life, that sounds more like a mental illness.

Adramis ,

I could be wrong, but I think the point that @weeeeum was making is that by the point you retire, your body and mind are so wrecked from having been overworked for 30+ years that ‘just go outside’ is an agonizing prospect. Yeah, if you make it to that point and can still go outside and do fun stuff then great. But if you retire at 65, are male, and American, then you’re retiring at the average healthy life expectancy for your group and on average have about a decade of declining health to ‘look forward to’. Chart

FireRetardant , (edited )

A lot of that can be attributed to poor lifestyle choices as well, like smoking, alcohol, drugs, or inactive lifestyles. Some of that can certainly be attributed to too much work, poor conditions and low wages, but humans can certainly be healthy past 65.

And even if people are too sick to enjoy themselves past 65, I don’t see how working longer is better than retiring in that state which is what the article ultimately wants.

weeeeum ,

Yes, this is what I meant exactly. My mom has the aforementioned chronic pain from working 60 a week for like 20 years, and my dad had a stroke, partial blindness and high blood pressure after being so stressed at his work. My grandpa is nearly deaf from his time on an aircraft carrier in the Navy to get his GI bill. My great uncle died from asbestos exposure (from the Navy), for his GI bill and never saw retirement at all. Everyone aspired to retire early with tons of cash but ended up ruining their bodies or outright dying.

Instead of looking for a cutoff point to “finally live life”, we should work comfortably and progressively easier as we age, mind and body intact.

madcaesar ,

Hobbies volunteering, travel, or whatever else you feel like doing other than grinding 9-5 for Mr. Johnson is a better option.

webghost0101 ,

I agree that human bodies need mental and physicial stimulation.

Work is often onesided by the end of a career one is burned out on one and uncomfortable with the other.

Your idea is an improvement but i see no reason why producing economic value should be the only way one can be actively healthy.

Many people struggle to staying fit, to make full healthy meals because of theid work/life balance, this is return has an effect on how normally is shaped around our children who lack healthy examples.

Its been shown that when provided with more free time, extra cash. Most people will spend it on improving their health, balance and start builidnf new active habbits based on their own aspirations that can last long into elderhood. Like gardening.

iAvicenna , to aboringdystopia in think of the shareholders
@iAvicenna@lemmy.world avatar

I feel like I would probably spend much of my time contributing to existing open source code or try making games if I did not have to work for a living. I do like what I am doing but when it becomes the only thing I am doing, its not so great.

Something_Complex ,

Have you tried alternating that with a run in the park

iAvicenna ,
@iAvicenna@lemmy.world avatar

I don’t like running, I go to the gym once a week or so mostly for health benefits

MacNCheezus , to lemmyshitpost in How Croissants are made
@MacNCheezus@lemmy.today avatar

Knowing what else the French like to eat, this could in fact be real

Tristaniopsis ,

Hey, a few snails are nothing compared to the disgusting shit the Chinese eat. And I’m not saying that to be racist. It’s purely a dietary horror I have for their revolting and cruel habits.

alehc ,

Mind elaborating?

Denvil ,

The century egg comes to mind

Tristaniopsis ,

Chickens feet?

Priapulida?

The random animals they either catch from wild or raise in horrific conditions to sell to eat because ‘some bogus reason to do with ‘traditional Chinese medicine’ or male erection insecurity’.

I mean how about the ‘wet market’ where C19 apparently sprung from; bats, pangolins, god only knows what else.

As I said, I am not racist in the least, but I will admit to being somewhat disgusted by many aspects of their culture. As others have discussed elsewhere, the Cultural Revolution destroyed the previous Chinese cultural norms and created a somewhat blank slate that did not include politeness etc. This seems to be by design.

To be fair, I’m also disgusted by many aspects of ‘Western’ culture, including regional variations and various hypocrisies. Again, nothing to do with race.

In fact, lots of human behaviour disgusts me. Hey, when was that asteroid due again?!?

Lath , to aboringdystopia in think of the shareholders

An older article complained that people are retiring too early and becoming a drain on the economy.

r00ty Admin ,
r00ty avatar

How does that work exactly? In most countries, surely you only get access to any state pension at the ever-increasing retirement age. My point being, if you are able to retire early, it's on your own dime, right?

Rinox ,

In most systems your pension taxes are not stashed away until you retire and then handed to you. Instead your taxes are used to pay the pensions of people currently retired, with the understanding that the next generation will pay for your pension. If you stop working too early and you stop paying taxes, the system breaks down.

That said, I really don’t think that this is a real problem. The real problem is that baby boomers are now retiring in droves, turning from the major contributors of the pension system to the biggest drain, and with a population shrinkage, it’s uncertain how we’ll be able to keep funding the system.

r00ty Admin ,
r00ty avatar

That's all true. But then they're not really a drain, and while not paying income tax any more they're usually spending their retirement in other ways which produces tax income still.

I'd agree we have a problem though. I'm Gen X and my state retirement age is already +4 years on what it would have been. I cannot see that getting any better any time soon.

Rinox ,

I’m Gen Y and with the birthrates as they are here, I’m not seeing myself ever getting a pension. The math just doesn’t work out

ILikeBoobies , to lemmyshitpost in Double Barrel
Track_Shovel OP ,

What can I say, except YOU’RE WELLLLLCOME

zalgotext , to lemmyshitpost in How Croissants are made

Welp, that settles it, I’m making croissants this week

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