• NatakuNox@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    Oh sweet summer child… There isn’t going to be many elderly millennials. Most of us will die off from our fifth “once in a generation” financial crisis, WW3, or the collapse of the environment. Hopefully the younger generations use our bones to build a better society.

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      11 days ago

      On top of the fact that you need to have saved money to pay to live in a retirement home.

      Are… Are there people that sort of really hope to just go from their patents’ basement to a retirement home?

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        11 days ago

        Well if they bothered to submit those patents instead of leaving them in the basement then they might be able to live in a retirement home

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          10 days ago

          I dunno. Depends on the acceptability of calling it a “multi - generational household” because Boomers locked up to much wealth and now have to live with the consequences.

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      10 days ago

      Right?! I don’t know any millennial whose retirement plan isn’t just hitting a certain age and killing ourselves.

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      10 days ago

      Hopefully the younger generations use our bones to build a better society.

      Knowing people, they’ll use them to bash each other in the face, more likely…

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      10 days ago

      A major problem is that the demographics for Millennial retirement are a lot worse than for Boomers. Boomers at least had a decent number of millennials to help support them in retirement.

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        10 days ago

        Oh my God not this birthrate bullshit.

        Birthrates aren’t down by much globally. Just learn a language and don’t be a piece of shit to the rest of the world.

        Maybe rationalize labor practices and add some automation while you’re at it.

        What’s really gonna stop us retiring is climate change