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I’m not afraid of retirement, I’m afraid of needing to work on the day of my funeral.
You and me both.
My mother is already kinda facing that and I feel like it’s almost treason for politicians to keep extending the retirement age on all of us.
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Retiring doesn’t seem like an option from my perspective… Better start gaming now
Instructions unclear, got fired for gaming at work. I guess its early retirement for me.
Never understood that attitude. As folks mention the math for most of us does not seem to include any type of voluntary retirement and when we do its going to be because we are so messed up we can’t work which likely means we won’t be able to game. Seriously though, even before our electronic age, there are so many worthwhile things to do outside of clocking into a job.
You’re dealing with a generation retiring where a significant minority dedicated themselves to their jobs 100% to fulfill their family duty of being a provider. So they became boring ass people chasing overtime and money to the detriment of developing themselves as people.
Once these people retire, they don’t know what to do with themselves.
I mean this is me to some degree. My job pays for everything. Is super important and I have to constantly be about the job in my life (unfortunately). I even like what I do to some degree, but all the same there is much more than it in this world.
I’m going to take up birdwatching and hope I die in the wetlands to the sound of a thousand red-winged blackbirds singing their mating calls.
It’s not the first day that’s a challenge. It’s the 100th day and beyond .
Yup. A hobby is fun because you do it on your spare time and as an escape from work. When it’s the only thing you do all day everday, the fun will eventually fizzle out. Obviously there are small exceptions.
You underestimate my ability to find new hobbies.
A hobby is fun because you do it on your spare time
Grim. Why not get hobbies you actually like
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I remember seeing news articles about how people were allegedly getting “stressed out from lack of social contact” and I’m over here with my family enjoying being left the hell alone, able to relax for a change and not deal with other peoples expectations and boring ass social events that we’re usually forced to go to. Being able to just play 100 days of video games and only work when I absolutely had to was great.
What it showed us was that all the bullshit about having to be “productive members of society” and the focus on productivity was exactly that. Western society could function just fine and be a lot happier if the 1% didn’t get handed yet another ivory back scratcher.
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Seems like both of you actually had social contacts. Many people live alone and weren’t able to leave their homes.
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Arthritis has entered the game
Please no.
by the time i retire i’m hoping we perfect brain interfaces (which looking at what we currently have isn’t too far-fetched)
Or that medecine advances enough to solve these diseases and make our late days a bit more comfortable.
And it sucks. Already got RSI and sadly isn’t anything that helps beyond resting…
I’m not even 40 and my elbows are totally ruined from using a mouse and keyboard, game controller and phone too much… My gaming days are nearly over and it SUCKS
