• MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca
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    16 days ago

    A nursing home.

    My one grandma lived with my aunt in her later years and both parties clearly hated it.

    But beyond that, holy shit does it seem crazy to have kids as a goddamn retirement plan.

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        15 days ago

        Coercion runs so deeply through our ideological past that it’s formed toxic sludge of anti-intellectualism. It’s also, however, an effective way to castrate a population.

        If a new world is to emerge, I sure hope it hurries along.

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      16 days ago

      Bless you. You know you’re going to have the money for that when you’re old? Have you seen the quality of nursing homes?

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        15 days ago

        Have you seen the quality of the children, my guy?

        Children are no longer a guarantee that youll be taken care of in old age.

        I can pull out like 3 different news stories of where a child killed their own senior parents.

        Nursing homes arent the best, children arent the best either. Nothing is guaranteed anymore when it comes to care in seniority…well…except you taking care of yourself that is. Heck , now that I think about it even pensions and social security are in a state of limbo in so many countries cause greedy policitcians have to pay off the debts that they have to their billionaire puppeteers lol!

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        12 days ago

        What a bizarre piece of financial planning. Do you think kids are less expensive than saving for retirement?

        And yes, there are high quality nursing homes. Especially if I’m willing to pay a fraction of what a child costs?

        And the fact that he motivation is as a retirement plan, goddamn does that feel selfish and presumptive.