• hedge_lord@lemmy.worldEnglish
    38·
    6 days ago

    Hmm I think that I will work all day and give my landlord money and then maybe be free for a few years once my body and mind are failing (or I might die before that)

        • lectricleopard@lemmy.world
          12·
          6 days ago

          At least we can enjoy avocado toast.

          I recently heard someone say lububus are popular because many people’s economic state is such that they just say “fuck it, im gonna at least enjoy myself with the few dollars I have.” The savings decisions people are faced with are hopeless. I can save to buy a house, but never reach the amt I need for a down payment as home prices skyrocket. I can save for retirement, but the math says I’ll be able to afford to retire at 85 for like 2 yrs. I can save for emergency medical bills, but it won’t matter if I get really sick because no one can afford the bad stuff. I’ll just have to go bankrupt if I live through it. I’d save for an education, but that doesnt actually guarantee I’ll make anymore money than I do now.

          Just gimme something fun for my money while I can still enjoy it.

          • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            6 days ago

            My own pet-food-retirement prospects depend heavily on social security and medicare, which seem unlikely to survive trump’s current term let alone long enough for me to actually draw on them. My plan is to continue driving a school bus until I die (which hopefully won’t occur behind the wheel of a school bus), although this plan is likely to be sabotaged by AI.

            So hell yes I’m buying another pair of hemp Sambas.

    • UnfortunateShort@lemmy.worldEnglish
      151·
      6 days ago

      I just don’t give a fuck anymore. My approach is nihilism. I do as much as I can (e.g. by donating, voting, not wasting ressources, avoiding factory farming, brightening peoples days), without inconveniencing myself too much. I am trying to be the best version of myself, but I’m also responsible for shit. If the latter happens to change, I will gladly try to use whatever influence I get for good. Until then, the world can kiss my ass.

  • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    6 days ago

    century of consciousness

    My parents are both nearly 90. They LOVE it when I mention that they’ve been alive for more than one-third of the history of the United States.

  • dohpaz42@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    6 days ago

    Gift? A gift is given to someone who wants it. I never wanted this. Take that shit back. Can’t? Won’t? Fine, leave me be then to make the best of this shit situation I never asked to be put in. And yeah, it might involve surfing the internet.