Don't Worry About Retirement, Millennials

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• OnyxRex@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m not dying for rich people that got power and decided to break literally every stabilizing thing in geopolitics so that they could make more money and then started a war to cover it up.

  I might die because of them, but there’s no way I’m dying for them. If they draft, I’m running. call me whatever you want.

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  • My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    In totalitarian regimes—communism, fascism, religious fundamentalism—popular support is a given. You can start wars, you can prolong them, you can put anyone in uniform for any length of time without ever having to worry about the slightest political backlash. In a democracy, the polar opposite is true. Public support must be husbanded as a finite national resource. It must be spent wisely, sparingly, and with the greatest return on your investment. America is especially sensitive to war weariness, and nothing brings on a backlash like the perception of defeat. I say “perception” because America is a very all-or-nothing society. We like the big win, the touchdown, the knockout in the first round. We like to know, and for everyone else to know, that our victory wasn’t only uncontested, it was positively devastating. -Max Brooks, World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

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    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      communism, fascism, religious fundamentalism

      democracy

      Point of order, democracy is a mechanism for selecting leadership, not an ideology of governance.

      Democracies routinely produce Communist, Fascist, and Religious Fundamentalist leaders.

      Like, I know it’s a quote and all. But it’s just a Baby’s First PolySci view of how civilizations organize themselves. Not an ounce of Lockean Theory to be found.

      That’s before you get into the reality of Republican governance and practical enfranchisement. You can’t go rolling up on Thomas Jefferson’s slaves and announcing “Idiots, it’s a democracy, why did you vote for this?”

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  • architect@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’ll hide ya.

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  • Malica@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’d call you sane

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• avg@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’ve got bone spurs on my bone spurs.

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  • yermaw@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They jingle jangle jingle

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    • webp@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      (jingle jangle)

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  • lepinkainen@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    And you’re too tall and handsome like Barron Trump? 😀

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• funkreddit@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Oops ima bigo tranny

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  • HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Back in line Klinger

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    • Rhaedas@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Klinger's problem was slow reaction. Had he acted before they initially saw him, maybe. My dad was drafted in Vietnam and always told me to go right up and deep kiss the guy taking names. Although I don't think that would work as well now.

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  • EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Don’t worry, it’s only a matter of time before they toss you in jail for attempting to draft dodge and forcibly detransition you, thus making you eligible.

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    • ramble81@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Ever see M.A.S.H.?

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• BeerStainedBunny@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I got banned for being trans 😎

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  • terranoid@lemmy.cafe ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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    • BeerStainedBunny@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Then I’m turning friendly fire on

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• athatet@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Do it. Send me. I will frag so many officers.

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  • Wakmrow@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yes sir I can be trusted with a drone!

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  • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    So you just want to try to kill someone and be killed if not put in prison for life? Weird fetish lol

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    • ramble81@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      No, it’s about sending a message that immoral conscription has consequences. If it means sacrificing your own life to send that message, so be it.

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    • Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Not sure if you’ve noticed, but shrapnel-based explosives tend to not leave a lot of evidence.

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    • Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s called having a fucking spine

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    • athatet@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You like pancakes so you must hate waffles.

      You are meme sir. Good day.

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• Console_Modder@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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  • Draegur@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Of course never would i EVER frag a commandant of the New Reich in his own tent with his own ordinance, trust me bro! Why would I, a humble conscript, ever lash out at the fascist regime that’s rounding up so many of my loved ones for summary extermination? Golly that would be awfully mean of me, just too cruel of me by far, to return even the tiniest, barest fraction of the gut wrenching agonizing tragedy they inflicted on us all BACK to them. Goodness forbid.

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• Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Man, I did some light manual labor yesterday and I can barely stand today. I can’t go to fucking war without severely endangering every friendly around me.

  So no, 45 is not the new thirty fucking anything.

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  • ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    An impediment to the U.S. military, you say? Now you really do have a moral obligation to sign up.

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  • Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Actually, that sounds like you’re perfect for the American military.

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    • psycho_driver@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Or ICE.

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  • 777Prawn@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Don’t worry they’re passing out TRT and ibuprofen.

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• Wirlocke@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  When the draft hits but I’m trans.

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  • Stolas@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m sure undesirables like us who can’t be forced into the military will be forced into work camps.

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    • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/442nd_Infantry_Regiment

      The 442nd Infantry Regiment is the most decorate unit in U.S. military history. This is because they were all Americans of Japanese decent during WWII and were sent on suicide missions.

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  • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Autist here, can I join ya? I’ve got Fallout 1 and 2 on disk.

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    • xavier666@lemmy.umucat.day ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Sony: He’s got physical media! Get 'em!

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    • Wirlocke@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      On disk!? 👀

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• rain_enjoyer@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  what retirement, my retirement plan is dying in Greater European Water Wars (2041-ongoing)

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  • gandalf_der_13te@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    you mean because we have too much water or too little water?

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    • Triasha@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It can definitely be both.

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    • rain_enjoyer@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      these are two sides

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• psycho_driver@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia

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  • sydd@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    We’re at war with Westasia too though.

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• infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  So you’re saying I still might have a chance to frag a commander, after all?

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• ceenote@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Isn’t 35 also too old for the draft?

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  • kibblebits@quokk.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They increased the max to 42

    https://www.goarmy.com/how-to-join/requirements

    This is not a draft. Which is like 18-26ish typically.

    BUT, that doesn’t mean the draft is fixed at those ages. BUT, I doubt they would ever need to draft up to 42 based on the US population and the willingness of psychos to want to a) kill people or b) get paid to kill people via promises of a better life later as a veteran (Baby killer)

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    • Rhaedas@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      There's the ones who like to shoot things, but don't forget the c) it's either join the military for pay or live in poverty or worse.

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    • BigPotato@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I doubt they would ever need to draft up to 42 based on the US population and the willingness of psychos to want to a) kill people or b) get paid to kill people via promises of a better life later as a veteran (Baby killer)

      They need a draft once all those Action Hero wannabes get swatted down by Iranian drones and the Canadian troops start rolling in to annex the southern province.

      Who knew Fallout would be right about the annexation but wrong about which way it went?

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    • Arachnidbrilliant@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      This website says it goes up to 45

      usmilitary.com/from-18-to-45-a-comprehensive-look…

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    • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Well awesome for me I reckon, I’ll be 44 this Wednesday. 👍

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  • HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You’re never too old to soak up an FPV drone

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    • Hello_there@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Join the navy so that a single $300 drone can destroy a $50B Trump class battleship

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  • mkwt@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Draft age gonna change in any real war.

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    • chocrates@piefed.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah, they will forcibly recruit anyone they want if their hold on power is seriously threatened

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  • ChicoSuave@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Most of war is getting things fixed or moving to the front line fighting. For every battalion fighting there is another fixing cars, doing laundry, cooking, or getting the paperwork in order for all of those. Doctors are just as important to an army as soldiers. None of those jobs is too much for a 35 year old getting 4 years of service in.

    Ageist nonsense.

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    • PattyMcB@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      They used to contact out most of that stuff for us Marines

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  • StealthLizardDrop@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Russia entered the chat

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  • gandalf_der_13te@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    35 is the new 27

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  • 13igTyme@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Good thing I’m 35 in a few months.

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    • ramble81@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Except they just changed the enlistment (and by proxy draft) age to 42.

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    • Siegfried@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You and i my friend

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  • lyralycan@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    35 is too young imo, or should be the minimum age

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    • JasonDJ@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Nah we need the military as an option for poor 18yos with no job or education prospects after highschool. Which, despite the declining birthright, is still somehow a growing demographic.

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    • My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah, it should be, but 18-24 y/o’s are much easier to indoctrinate and radicalize, as well as far more reckless in their tolerance for risky activities.

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• SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If there’s a draft, I hope the MAGAs cry when their kids and grandkids get dragged off to boot camp.

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  • devedeset@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    A draft at this point would result in massive civil unrest. I’m pretty sure even casual MAGA people would lose their shit. The Iran war is already massively unpopular.

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  • Draegur@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Whether to boot camp or concentration camp, this Reich has camps for all of us ._.

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    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Turns out that while fascism fetishizes the ingroup in it doesn’t improve life for them except a small portion of unexceptional members whom it elevates to positions they really shouldn’t be in

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  • Prior_Industry@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Their kids have probably disowned them and cut contract, so they might be happy they are off to war to become “war fighters” and get testosterone shots

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  • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Plus what do they need to draft people for?

    They only need a few brainwashed children to fly drones from an air conditioned trailer.

    Empire of cowards.

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• cloudshouter@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  People don’t want to fight pedos war in Petey’s army so they expanded to recruit pool.

  Training will have to be different. I am already to fed up with crap to have a drill instructor yell at me. They can give instructions and support, but I’m not getting “instilled” with anything. Or maybe not. We see MAGA incel man cult guys paying thousands to get tormented at knock off BUDs training camps.

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• xavier666@lemmy.umucat.day ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  And here I was expecting that AI will allow people to be more productive and retire early. Man, I was so naive.

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  • JcbAzPx@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    No AI gets to make art and design systems which will leave us free to do the back breaking manual labor.

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    • EatMyPixelDust@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      AI does not make art. It makes soulless, meaningless slop.

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• technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Imagine being 42 and still willing to kill/die for this shithole country. wew.

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• LoafedBurrito@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If they start the draft, many of us will just have to become trans, get bone spurs, or have low T.

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• weps@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  recruit me at 39 and I hurt my back on day 1 tying my boots

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• Sunflier@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The Epstein class has to cull the proletariat somehow.

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• Fontasia@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Oh no my bone spurs are acting up again

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• khepri@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Holy shit you guys I can still join the Army and be out with full bennys by the young old age of 61! jfk

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• GalacticSushi@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  There’s one more reason to start HRT as soon as possible.

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• devedeset@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I just had my birthday and was excited to be no longer eligible for the draft. I don’t think this will actually go anywhere (we have evil trolls running everything, they’re probably doing this “for the lulz” or to “own the libs” or whatever)

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• EffortlessGrace@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I turned 43 a few weeks ago.

  Sucks to suck, Heg-suck.

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• Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  My aches and pains at 41 say otherwise.

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• captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Retirement doesn’t exist. Only hospice.

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• Avicenna@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I assume they target 42 as the median age for men midlife crisis

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• DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Haha, get fucked.

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• dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m an xennial and I was already figuring that I’ll never be able to retire.

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• Malica@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  35 is also pushing it

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