Comment on what the heck is a pensioner in the UK and why are they the butt of so many jokes ?

TheBananaKing@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Old people. Cantankerous, poor old people on welfare - think Abe Simpson, but living alone.

‘Retired’ suggests a reasonable nest-egg of savings or superannuation to live on, and has a whiff of golf about it.

‘Pensioner’ on the other hand suggests skating the poverty line, and has old-people smell.

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