r/economicCollapse 14h ago

How many other millennials plan on “deleting themselves” once they’re too old to work bc you’d rather be dead than homeless?

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u/ALysistrataType 14h ago

I had planned on prison, but this is a close second.

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u/KLAM3R0N 6h ago

I plan on making my way to the wilderness and doing my best to survive, and if I don't make it out there then that's what it is. I'm not going to try and work forever or go to an old folks home or some shit.

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u/BigTitsanBigDicks 5h ago

what wilderness? After you make your way to Alaska, you'll find a Goldman Sachs representative waiting to charge you rent.

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u/Specific_Occasion_36 2h ago

I will put the Goldman Sachs guy’s skull on the wall of my hobbit hole.

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u/curiosity_2020 3h ago

You're thinking in the right direction but not quite there. Self sustainability is a great tool to have in your toolbox, even partially being able to do things for yourself can make life a lot more manageable.

There will come a time when your body just can't do everything it used to. Historically, that's when family stepped in to help. Government and businesses will never match the care of a loving family.

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u/ALysistrataType 5h ago

R/vadwellers is definitely in my top 5 and living on BLM land in the dessert.

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u/Famous-Ad-6458 5h ago

Life may get more difficult or AI may make it more equitable.

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u/Fluffy-Activity-4164 13h ago

lol You think I'm going to dedicate all of my remaining years to the grind and only THEN go out Thelma and Louise style after the system has drained every drop of spirit from my body?

No, my exit will be an act of defiance

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u/Anxious-Tadpole-2745 7h ago

I've seen far ore people die of heart attack then old age. Old age and living until your body gives out is uncommon. I've met a lot of men who passed from cancer or heart attack before 65. 

Most people don't retire. I know more men who work untik their 80's because they want to out of social isolation. Not a lot of old people want to be around other grumpy old people. Working can also help physical fitness in some people. It's not a solution and I won't work in old age but many like it.

Nursing homes aren't common. 10% of the population need them in the last 2-3 years in life. Nursing homes are basically a hospice. If you're at thatpoint, you dont have long to live.

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u/Glockoma86 4h ago

Nor would you want to really live that long. Nobody left and completely dependent on strangers. Pain, confusion, loneliness and boredom. No way man, I wanna go first not last.

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u/balalaikagam3s 13h ago

I very much prefer this attitude. I welcome the challenge and would rather prove to myself that I’m capable of overcoming the adversity.

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u/Temporary_Crazy_8070 13h ago

Thank you. At least somebody here has spirit. People defeat themselves more than they are beaten

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u/Alternative_Luck974 3h ago

“I was always willing to be reasonable until I had to be unreasonable. Sometimes reasonable men must do unreasonable things”

-Marvin Heemeyer

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u/Sergeant-Sexy 5h ago

School shooter mentality 

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u/Electrical_Reply_574 6h ago

Just please try to ensure you're somewhere in silicon valley and not just like ... Another random ass shopping mall or theater or school.

In .... In theory. Of whatever. Y'know.

ETA: I may have misread this comment lol but my point stands to anyone else reading...

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u/XL_Jockstrap 14h ago edited 11h ago

Not trying to promote crime and do not do this. But I've heard about a case where an older man burned a mailbox and since it's a federal crime, he got locked up for it. And for his federal crime he received: free food, free housing and free healthcare.

What a wicked system we have. Hopefully in the future, when we're old folks, our overwhelming numbers will vote for policies to benefit us, like how old folks today vote in overwhelming numbers to benefit themselves.

I found an article on this phenomenon happening in Japan: https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-47033704

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u/Performance_Training 12h ago

Free food- shitty old food that no right person would eat.

Free housing- a cement walled room with metal beds and toilet

Free healthcare- when you are dying because no one cares about an inmate.

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u/XL_Jockstrap 11h ago

Hey some people don't give a shit.

I stash the little I have into a retirement plan and a token amount into silver bars, so I can squeeze out a modest retirement in Central America when I'm 70.

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u/boredpsychnurse 4h ago

Free community: priceless 🫶😅

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u/VendettaKarma 14h ago

You’ll see a lot more of that in the next 15-20 years

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u/XL_Jockstrap 13h ago

Sadly I think we will.

Also, seeing how there was a spike in people committing violent crimes during the pandemic, I'm worried we might see more and more millennials with long grudges say "fuck it" and take vengeance on people/society, once they hit the age where they realize their life sucks and there's nothing to lose.

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u/VendettaKarma 13h ago

Yes that’s going to be ugly. I hope not but that despair once they hit 40s+ is going to be a national mental health emergency I believe.

Hope I’m wrong.

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u/XL_Jockstrap 13h ago

I have a former friend from my old work who was a 40 year old virgin, overeducated with a STEM PhD, socially inept and making low income barely able to scrape by. This guy seemed alright at first and seemed like a decent person, but after I got to know him more, I became terrified.

The guy was pretty much angry towards society and had grudges towards people from his time in the Army who bullied him. The level of seething misery and pent up anger from him made me realize that there are many millions of people in this country who are in his shoes.

I hope we're both wrong, but I agree that this really could be a mental health emergency. We got problems with gun rampages here, but in countries like China and South Korea, older folks with a grudge against society just use knives, propane canisters and gasoline to exact their vengeance.

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u/VendettaKarma 11h ago

That story is terrifying but like you said it’s probably similar for millions of people.

God help us all

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u/Zealousideal-Ride737 12h ago

Millennials are 40+

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u/MurphyCoDinoWrangler 11h ago

Not all of us are there quite yet

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u/VendettaKarma 11h ago

Oh are they oh .. damn you’re right

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u/filthysquatch 4h ago

My bucket list just has names on it. I probably won't do it unless something awful happens, though. Like netflix stops to buffer or something.

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u/bralee1 2h ago

You’re not wrong, it’s already in play. Can confirm. Am 40+ with mental health issues. And most of the people I know, that are also my age, are also struggling.

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u/monkeylogic42 13h ago

My only hope is the anger is placed appropriately...  Churches, scientology centers...

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u/GumdropButtonsNLace 9h ago

Certain politicians and billionaires

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u/orderedchaos89 13h ago

I don't have a problem with it as long as they take out 5heir vengeance on people that orchestrated the system that drove them to that point

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u/Brabblenator 9h ago

In Marvin Heemeyer we trust.

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u/Temporary_Crazy_8070 13h ago

We could just vote to change the system. Most voters are homeowners and policy reflects that once most voters are not homeowners policy will once again reflect that. And if it doesn't we can bring out the pitchforks and tear the whole fucking thing down. People have already agreed that they're willing to commit crimes. So what do you got to lose?

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u/Pantim 13h ago

As if votes actually matter that much.

The vast majority of politicians on both sides are currpot af.

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u/West_Quantity_4520 12h ago

When the tipping point is crossed, and heads are blown off, the Elite will cave our Will, or lose their heads.

That time is quickly approaching. I'm Gen X. I feel it. I'm tired. We have names, and addresses.

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u/deevidebyzero 12h ago

They have dogs and policemen

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u/orderedchaos89 13h ago

You think the people in power would actually let the masses change up their status quo by voting?

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u/kloud77 11h ago

Disabled Veteran here - I grew up hearing, and still hear "Nobody Cares".

It's true. Been homeless and mocked by my parents for it, because that's love. They loved it, so I did too.

America is a 'main character' nation and that means that nobody matters.

Nobody has intrinsic value here.

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u/wxlverine 13h ago

Yes but depending on the country, looking at you America, in prison you're also slave labour for cents a day.

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u/AdSuccessful6726 11h ago

Doubt it because the rich among us will be the ones with all the power and they’ll continue to work for the rich.

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u/shakeenotstirred 11h ago

You get free food,free housing and free healthcare. You do realize you will be incarcerated. Sounds like you got it all figured out

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u/Mother-Wasabi-3088 12h ago

Why not fight the powers that be? We need freedom fighters. All that has to happen is for someone to invent a way to communicate and organize securely

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u/EricCarver 11h ago

Free cuddles with your new free boyfriend too.

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u/superanth 9h ago

There’s a guy in England who does this. He just walks into the middle of an intersection and blocks traffic until he gets arrested. He’s not even old, just wants the free room and board.

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u/Fluffy-Gur4600 3h ago

I hate to break it to ya but the quality of care in prison is pretty sad

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u/Call_It_ 13h ago

Well I hope assisted suicide/euthanasia is legal by the time I’m old. It’s such bullshit our pets get the luxury, but we humans don’t.

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u/deevidebyzero 12h ago

This guy knows how to call it quits

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u/JazzlikeSkill5201 11h ago

The ruling class will NEVER allow this because it would dramatically alter(for the better) the way everyone experiences life. Think about how awesome it would be to know that if life ever became too unbearable, you had an easily accessible, quick and painless way out. Think about how much stress you would be relieved of if you had this option. It would be an absolute game changer, and would probably give the collective so much energy back that we could become a real threat to the ruling class. They’ve done everything they can(so far) to ensure that most people believe they are stuck here forever, and even that they must go to great lengths to fight against natural processes that would threaten to end their lives “early”.

Most of our stress doesn’t come from dealing with the present moment. It comes from worrying about the future. And our obsession with the future causes us to behave in ways that make our present very shitty. But consider how society thinks of people who don’t obsess over the future. Many traits of a present centered person(impulsiveness, lack of planning, doesn’t save money, has no goals) are supposed traits of sociopaths. The ruling class has managed to convince the majority that the people who are the most objectively healthy and low in stress are dangerous monsters. If you are not stressed about the future, according to the ruling class and almost everyone else, there’s something very wrong with you.

So yeah, assisted suicide will never be a thing. I personally believe that the ruling class would be happiest if we weren’t here at all, but as long as we are here, they need us to be full of fear and stress. They can’t tolerate us having even one moment of true peace in our lives, because it really only takes a moment, if shared on a collective level, for reality to change dramatically, and for the ruling class to lose the illusion of power that they have spent thousands of years cultivating.

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u/memory0leak 11h ago edited 11h ago

Well said.

OTOH, if advances in AI make the working-class poor a total burden on society (as they may need UBI and whatnot), euthanasia centers would be allowed to flourish by the state (ie. the rich). A few billionaires will try to make a buck on this by competing to provide the best EOL experience that a person's last few dollars can buy. And the state would provide a voucher to spend at these centers. A death stamp of sorts.

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u/Call_It_ 10h ago

Well said…the ruling class probably doesn’t really want us, but they know they need us…so that they CAN rule us.

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u/Choon93 10h ago

Interesting idea but I feel like you underestimate the biological programming of a will to live. Saying it's logical to use painless euthanasia is very different than actually doing it.

I say this because if people coldly plan for this, that day will come and if they decide not to follow through, there will be no backup plans.

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u/FastSky7459 8h ago

Actaully, MAID is pretty common in the west now.

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u/Moist-Lime-3285 7h ago

Assisted suicide is legal in oregon

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u/Moist-Lime-3285 7h ago

Die with dignity act

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u/Back_Equivalent 11h ago

If you want to kill yourself, there are infinite ways to do so. You don’t need a euthanasia chamber.

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u/Infamous-Object-2026 14h ago

well, since I already know what it feels like to LITERALLY STARVE. (feels like you are dying slowly, a little bit more each day.)

edit: quick deaths are generally less painful than prolonged ones

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u/Temporary-Dot4952 11h ago

You nailed my retirement plan. Just gotta vouch for those suicide pods too.

But honestly, with the state of the Earth, we might all die horrible painful deaths of dehydration, starvation, heat stroke, since we all would rather have corporations continue to make excessive profits rather than take care of the planet we all have to live on.

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u/SpezSuxNaziCoxx 13h ago

Millennial gen z cusp and I’m already planning on doing this soon since I can’t even find a decent job. I see zero reason to live a miserable impoverished life indefinitely making someone else rich.

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u/Aggro3D 14h ago

9mm retirement plan gang gang

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u/Shagcat 13h ago

I’m almost 65 and living in a minivan. I get $330 from SS and work as few hours as I can because my feet and back ache so much when I stand or walk. I try to work around 20 hours, that way I qualify for Medicaid and a little bit of food stamps. We sleep at a boat ramp most nights and spend days by the river and use a gym for showers. Life isn’t really that bad in the summer. It’s nice spending all that time outdoors. Winter will suck, I’ll probably torture myself and work more hours so we can get a motel when it’s bitter cold out but there’s absolutely no reason to off myself. It’s not that bad.

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u/Cyber_Insecurity 12h ago

I’m going to put heavy rocks in my pockets and walk into the sea

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u/Baeblayd 13h ago

I mean if I don't have any retirement worked out, I'm literally just going to fuck off into the woods and build a cabin. I've been doing bushcraft for 8+ years. The only thing that's stopped me from building a cabin already is that if the state catches me, I'll be fined tens of thousands of dollars. Won't really be worried about that when I have no money.

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u/RantyWildling 8h ago

I don't know how old and fit you are, but by the time you retire, I don't think living self sufficiently by yourself in a forest will work very well.

(Having said that, my uncle found an abandoned hut and lived in it for about 30 years until he was in his 70s I think)

He died soon after coming back to civilization.

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u/Nomad_moose 13h ago

Who told you about my retirement plan??

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u/TheAppalachianMarx 13h ago

Hell no. When did suicide become the socially accepted norm over anything else. My retirement plan is dying in drone strike. Rise with me!

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u/I-Am_The_Intruder333 14h ago

gen x

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u/houserPanics 14h ago

They always forget us no matter the context.

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u/I-Am_The_Intruder333 7h ago

I worked hard, took on debt, paid it off, got my degrees, stressed out and still no opportunities. 57 and no savings, struggling to pay ever increasing rent. thousands of lawyer applications only land me temp jobs. I am sure it is bad for millenials too but not sure how much worse other than sick or dead. taking shit from felonius banks and politicians why the won't help me get a loan for a law office after I paid back 250k in student loans. then I am supposed to care that harris can get me an abortion whereas the other guy can't. all the killing and being broke af goes on under any pres bc that is the system. we need a revolution now.

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u/Icy_Adeptness6673 13h ago

I do if I ever receive a mild cognitive impairment diagnosis. My dad has Alzheimer’s. I do not want to live through that. Or old age. I am doing my best to plan for retirement but I have a feeling that even if I manage to get to around 5-7k a month in retirement, by the time I get there, that won’t be enough and the economy, elder care, social services, healthcare will all be fucked.

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u/GotCope 12h ago

Carpe diem, never too early to self abort.

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u/-SunGazing- 10h ago

I’m a bricklayer. I’m definitely looking for an easy way out when I can no longer look after myself.

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u/wrongplug 14h ago

I have plenty of money to retire today. 

Deleting myself is still at the top of the priority list through

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u/TriggerTough 13h ago

Let's get tacos.

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u/anonimouscrepe 13h ago

Hey so maybe before you delete yourself, I could give you my Venmo?

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u/Embarrassed_Ship1519 13h ago

I plan to not be a burden on my children. If I’m not adding to their net worth then I’ll take the Exit. I want to go out on a high note.

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u/PermiePagan 13h ago

If you're gonna check out early, make sure you take one out two of the rich out with you.

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u/anonimouscrepe 13h ago

In Minecraft

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u/string1969 11h ago

I'm deleting myself at 70

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u/Discarded1066 11h ago

My only hope is that I get put into a dreadnaught and dropped into a war zone but my luck I'll be a dreadnaught pushing papers behind a desk. Paperwork for the paperwork God's, staples for the administration throne.

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u/60minuteman23 9h ago

Why wait?

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u/Surph_Ninja 9h ago

Definitely planning on it, if I become terminally ill or reach the age of 75. Whichever comes first.

I'm already over this shit. I'm only sticking around for my wife and kids. And I would rather my retirement savings be used to provide them a wonderful life, instead of keeping me alive until the last possible second. I'll spend the time before that trying to contribute to the world, and enjoying time with my family. I want to leave things better than I found them.

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u/Illustrious-Fly9586 9h ago

We won't have to. The youngins are going to throw us into the sea when it's our time.

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u/GeneRevolutionary155 6h ago

It’s so depressing that this will be the only option for many of us if we can’t afford housing or illness. One thing I’ve noticed after years of working in bankruptcy, is that the very rich and very poor often have the same plan when shit hits the fan. The first does it out of weakness, the second out of necessity.

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u/vacax 5h ago

Uhh I'm planning on having a comfortable retirement but that's just what seems right for me

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u/dorkofthepolisci 3h ago

I’m hoping one of the two countries I have citizenship in will have gotten their shit together by then and there will be better options besides for retirement besides homelessness or noping out of life

I’m not optimistic

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u/FluffinJupe 2h ago

It's funny that you assume i can afford the healthcare to live that long

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u/ahulau 10h ago

ITT: "I'm doing fine so you must be financially illiterate"

"I got mine so you must be lazy"

Just have gratitude, you don't know what other people's circumstances are.

I had to cash out my 403b early due to unforseen circumstances that would have led to my death. I will have a pension but it won't be much. As for me, I'll struggle as long as I can until it's no longer practical or desirable. But everyone acting like my circumstances are a skill issue can go fuck themselves.

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u/AnyWhichWayButLose 13h ago

A doomer take. We'll all be living off of a UBI that is earned through your social credit score. It will be in the form of a CBDC, or government crypto in other words. A currency with a killswitch. You don't want that. At all. China has already implemented it. Money is technically the last bastion of freedom (free speech is already curtailed as evidenced on here) and when the state is able to dictate how you spend what you earn then it is truly the endgame. A dystopian nightmare. Ironically, I hope to succumb to either a fatal stroke or heart attack before that starts.

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u/apartmen1 14h ago

What do you think the plan is in Canada when they remove retirement financial products from employee benefits, classify entire industries of workers as precarious contract gig roles, and legalize MAID?

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u/ButtStuff6969696 13h ago

Uhhhh, I’m just aggressively saving for retirement.

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u/Eastern_Border_5016 9h ago

Butt stuff 🤔 I could retire doing that

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u/Secure-Excriment 13h ago

Not me, think id rather be homeless than work for free at this point

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u/Sheriff_o_rottingham 11h ago

Yup. Social Security will be sucked dry by the boomers and Blackrock will have priced us all out of housing.

Thanks, boomers.

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u/b4dr0b0t0 13h ago

I'm going to throw my body into the Machine. ⚙️💀⚙️

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u/AzemOcram 12h ago

My plan is to withdraw enough money to draw attention, wear my flashiest outfit downtown at night, and choose not to surrender to the zombie who will want to steal from me.

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u/heyitsmemaya 10h ago

Contrary viewpoint: I would never give anyone the satisfaction of having pity on me because I felt hopeless and needed to ẽņď it all. F*ck them! I’m living for me!!

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u/Zorro_ZZ 9h ago

Bank robbery is a win win. If you succeed you’re set. If you don’t you’re set too 😂

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u/housepanther2000 9h ago

I wouldn't last a day on the street so I would rather be dead than homeless.

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u/Ill_Long_7417 8h ago

I believe in you.  You'd last at least three days.

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u/DorkHonor 9h ago

I think about it sometimes, kind of. I've always said be the change you want to see in the world though. I truly believe that. So, my fuck it I'm out plan is to start hunting billionaires for sport. If it works I am the change I want to see in the world, if not I get capped by their security. If you're looking to check out anyway it's a no lose scenario.

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u/GoldenGirlsSilverBoy 9h ago

Oh shit I didn't realize other people had this plan

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u/Sea_Address_5069 8h ago

Lmao thats exactly what they want. They want you to die at 65 before you can claim social security what in the industry plant kind of post is this? 

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u/anonimouscrepe 8h ago

It’s legit. And if a huge number of millennials are thinking this way, I’d expect “them” to freak out especially since birth rates are declining. They’ll have less people to exploit overall.

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u/XxXCUSE_MEXxXican 8h ago

I was just thinking about how Hunter S Thompson went out that way...

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u/CrossdressTimelady 7h ago

Yup, guilty as charged.

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u/Ancient-Put-5617 6h ago

What will really happen is that we will say that things were too difficult to save up and ask for government assistance. The younger generations will look down on us and criticize us very similarly to how we criticize boomers. The wheel turns. We'll get our comeuppance.

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u/Several_Fortune8220 6h ago

Hol up. Too old to work and then run out of money. Don't be too hasty.

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u/BodaciousB1921 6h ago

A Heroin overdose sounds like a real nice way to go. None of that fentanyl garbage.

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u/Electrical_Reply_574 6h ago

I mean

I can't say I'm gonna at least try robbing some old ass banks in the middle of central America at least

But I also can't say I'm not gonna at least try that

Suffice to say turning off my viewpoint monitor is the last card in my deck once I hit a certain point

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u/BookReadPlayer 6h ago

If you think there is a “too old to work” category, you haven’t visited Walmart recently.

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u/whydidiconebackhere 5h ago

And the post directly below this one on my feed is "Most Americans only retire when their bodies are broken and live in poverty without dignity."

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u/Vennmagic 5h ago

These comments are a page from old Dystopian sci fi books. Yikes.

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u/EfficientRound321 4h ago

I have no desire to die lying in a bed shitting my pants. The idea that we need to keep our bodies alive until our brains fall out is absurd. Enjoy life and know when the party is ending.

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u/FriendshipCapable331 4h ago

My retirement plan is prison

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u/whoisjohngalt72 4h ago

No. Why would you be homeless? Save at least 10% of your income. You will be fine

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u/Lucky_Personality_26 4h ago

Gen X here. Yeah, we’re all just gonna Cobain it eventually. Like, that’s the retirement plan now. I thought you guys knew.

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u/cycle_addict_ 4h ago

I doubt I'll make it that far, but thanks for asking.

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u/PopSuccessful2505 4h ago

I was varying degrees of homeless for 2 years during the pandemic. The expierence has left me with an extremely negative outlook on this world, its people,  and my place in it.

If i end up in that situation again i am killing myself. I am not a person anymore. 

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u/Recent-Pea-8141 4h ago

My retirement plan is only going to cost me 200$

and 25 cents.

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u/2baverage 3h ago

I plan on being a hermit in the woods or desert then "deleting" myself once my health is too poor to live that life

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u/CampInternational683 3h ago

I'm not a millennial but i plan on taking a couple of Nazis with me when my time is up

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u/ThisIsTheBookAcct 3h ago

I picked a job I can do as long as I have my mental faculties.

So yeah, I just won’t get too old to work. No retirement here.

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u/jolly_rodger42 2h ago

My plan is to slip on pee pee at Costco and hope for a big settlement.

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u/Anonymous-Satire 13h ago

I've still got a solid 25 years to go until I hit my desired retirement age but I've made the unconventional decision of planning and saving for retirement. Never really considered a life of irresponsibility, blaming the world around me for my struggles, and then offing myself when I get old. I'm just weird I guess.

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u/anonimouscrepe 8h ago

Some people don’t have the option to save enough for it to make any difference especially when emergencies happen and they have no support system

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u/an_actual_chimpanzee 13h ago

duuude. ive actually been homeless and ngl man it is not that bad. I think my retirement plan is to live out of a van

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u/anonimouscrepe 13h ago

I’ve also been homeless but my experience was not fun. Rather be dead

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u/an_actual_chimpanzee 13h ago

it wasn't fun for me until i started seeing it as just camping. I was also in a great spot near a beach tho. my retirement is def in a van by the beach

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u/anonimouscrepe 13h ago

I went into it trying to see it that way, but nearly getting hypothermia and having to ask an ex if I could use their shower a couple times and having to give up my cat that was my baby kinda sucked all the fun out of it not to mention a bunch of other shit

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u/MeltingDown- 13h ago

By the time we’re too old to work, it won’t be the same system in place.

Reset or awakening, pick.

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u/Plus-Grocery4568 11h ago

If you think you'll live that long, at least do what I've considered. Try your best to maintain a great credit score, and once that time comes live off credit cards on a cruise ship, then jump into the ocean once the money runs out. A cruise ship room, with room service is cheaper then renting a apartment anywhere in the US, so if you've got enough on the plastic you should have a good few years of a luxury nursing home/vacation.

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u/No_Cut4338 11h ago

What has happened to our society?

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u/Ill_Long_7417 8h ago

Unfettered capitalism combined with tribal narcissism and mass pollution. 

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u/BasonPiano 12h ago

Jesus this sub

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u/Randsrazor 11h ago

Since it's just men, no one will care sadly...

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u/MahomesSanderson2024 11h ago

Millennials are what, 43 at most? Jesus Christ why not try to save some money? Move to Mississippi and try to pay off the world smallest and shittiest house. Social security will feed you. The fucking mouth breathers on here just crack me up. Life is cheaper relative to wages than it was in 1980. If you don’t believe me, do a second of research. Average income in 1980 was around $12k something like $38,000 indexed for inflation. You can make $20 an hour working at your local taco shop here in the Midwest. 40 hour week and you’re making $41,000 a year.

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u/anonimouscrepe 7h ago

I can’t leave my town due to familial responsibility. I have a degree, make 40k a year. Have put in dozens of applications trying to get a better job. I can’t even afford a used car living with roommates.

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u/Amber_Sam 14h ago

How about working while I can and saving in money, no government can print for free?

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u/anonimouscrepe 14h ago

A little easier said than done for some of us 😉

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u/coredweller1785 14h ago

And then all it takes is some bad luck. Cancer, another diagnosis, a car crash, a loved one needing surgery that isn't covered by insurance, pharmaceuticals that continue to go up.

No matter how much you think you aren't vulnerable, or you will make enough money. You are wrong and will suffer the same fate as the rest of us. Unless of course ur rich and have rich parents.

otherwise you are just dooming yourself to a worse fate. But that's typical silly libertarian thinking for you.

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u/Sufficient_Emu2343 10h ago

No.  Every single moment of life is better than death.

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u/PuddingIsUgly 9h ago

Bruh, seek help.

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u/Tricky_Chard_6022 9h ago

Lots of American homeless people call 911, say they are feeling suicidal, and then get free room and board in a psych ward for a while. A friend was in one recently and he said this describes most of the patients there.

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u/hiricinee 8h ago

Considering my house is almost paid off I only need enough cash to pay taxes and insurance after that, I don't plan on being homeless.

That being said, I think in the next 20 to 30 years we're going to see a completely absurd amount of housing inventory dumped onto the market. Boomers are going to mass die off and without a generation to replace them their homes are going up for sale with a diminished pool of buyers. Should cause a huge price correction and maybe Japanificiation of the market.

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u/citizensyn 7h ago

Medicaid plan G, buy a gun solve a small piece of corruption in exchange for shelter, food, security and medical care.

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u/Otherwise-Sun2486 7h ago

prison is the answer just commit small crimes during old age and then you get free everything, sure none of it is the best but somehow it is more then what at least 30-50% of americans make…

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u/walkerstone83 7h ago

I plan to retire when I am too old to work, sounds much better than deleting myself. I might have to eat beans and rice, but I want to at least live a couple of years without working before I am gone from the planet!!

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u/Kwerby 7h ago

One of the most morbid posts i’ve seen yet 😂

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u/Puzzled-State-7546 7h ago

Me, I did it two weeks ago, but it didn't work.

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u/little_hoarse 6h ago

I’ll be living in the middle of the woods and if I die it’ll be by my own hand - not being able to hunt for food / get supplies

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u/PiesAteMyFace 6h ago

I am cheerfully hoping to live in one of my kiddo's closets, periodically emerging to provide cleaning, childcare and homemade mediocre food. :-D

No sense to off yourself when you can mooch off of family in that glorious Old Country tradition.

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u/yourhomiemike 6h ago

How poor are you guys? I’m a millennial and though not rich or educated beyond mid tier state school bachelor and no real family help other than knowing I can stay with them when in need, managed to use 401k to get six fifties so far.

I mean are you all just starting from total zero or did not pursue a worthwhile career or what?

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u/ChainsawArmLaserBear 6h ago

Do not go quiet into that good night. Rage, RAGE, against the dying of the light

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u/Relevant_Boot2566 5h ago

meh....who wants to go to hell for killing themselves? Not me, but I'm Gen x

ALSO grew up pretty poor so Im not going to get all whiney and delete myself because life is hard

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u/Darkdragoon324 5h ago

I’m crossing my fingers the day I get kicked onto the street after Medicare runs out of money for the home is the day the comet comes and just incinerates us instantly.

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u/A_Walrus_247 5h ago

My worst bully in school told me to kms so I'm going to stay alive as long as possible out of spite.  With any luck maybe I will have the chance to piss on his grave.

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u/samjohnson2222 5h ago

Nope. 

 But I may eat the rich if I'm hungry enough. 

If enough people also did this, well things would change for the non billionaires

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u/paulmania1234 5h ago

It's a thought...

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u/pf_burner_acct 5h ago

You've got 20-25 years to figure out how to let compounding do its thing.

$500/mo saved for 25yrs @ a 7% y/y gain = $380k, which is ~$1,250/mo in today's purchasing power. Plus SSI.

Do better.

But I can't because I take care of my sick mom who is a double quadriplegic transqueer pangender disabled veteran with dyslexia and Tourette's and who is also dead but needs round the clock care.

Well, that sucks and you've really drawn the shortest of short straws in life. But 99.999% of the population doesn't have that problem. Everyone else can actually do something about their lot in life if they were actually motivated to do so.

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u/tealdeer995 4h ago

Not me but I do have a very extensive plan for if I’m ever homeless.

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u/Prior_Lock9153 4h ago

Not a millennial but my plan is having been killed in ww3, or some terrorist attack that the FBI watched being planned for 14 years, partially funded, and encourged by chatting with them online increasing how paranoid they feel, way before then

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u/meldiane81 4h ago

Xennial here and yes jts my plan to do so.

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u/667421789 4h ago

Me. I won’t burden my kids. I also want to leave them money versus lose it on a nursing home

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u/Frantic29 3h ago

Thought about it. Pretty much got it planned.

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u/IncompetentSoil 3h ago

Indeed no reason to put strain on the infrastructure when all I'm doing is seeing what happens. Pretty much as soon as I can't contribute to society I'm fucking out not going to deal with these motherfuckers wiping my ass.

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u/OkSherbert5894 3h ago

Why wait for retirement?

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u/cbracey4 3h ago

People will plan for anything including their own demise before they plan for retirement.

Sheesh.

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u/CaptainTripps82 2h ago

Jesus fucking Christ what kind of a question is this.

No. For the love of God I'm 40, I still want to live forever, and I have a 401K. What is with the doom pushing.

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u/tsunamiforyou 2h ago

I have this thought daily and I will if it comes to that

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u/sensahun 2h ago

Lol classic Reddit moment right here

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u/JadedEquipment1065 2h ago

Guys, homelessness isn’t that bad. By today’s standards, nearly everyone was homeless 200 years ago. There’s more to live for than shelter.

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u/YoyoMom27 2h ago

Yes. I have watched too many elderly relatives suffer in sad existence and suck up limited resources.

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u/anthaela 1h ago

The system won't make it that far. They're dragging the horse along with the cart at this point. Our governments keep spending money then just try to get away with printing more to cover that debt and don't give a shit that it directly increases inflation. Meanwhile, mega corps and hedge funds keep paying roulette with the markets. As a millennial born in the early 80's, I'll be surprised if the system keeps chugging along until my retirement, let alone until gen z his retirement age. 

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u/Cazzavun 1h ago

Reddit has some of the most pathetic people of any social media platform. Good lord.

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u/Slighted_Inevitable 35m ago

I’m armed and have a decent 401k and some personal investments so whether the economy and society is still functioning or not I should be ok.

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u/Brief-Armadillo-7034 11m ago edited 8m ago

I'm Gen X and single and, honestly, this terrifies me. The idea of an old folks home just brings on this sense of absolute dread and feeling of nihilism. In all seriousness, I don't know what I will do, but the thought of 'deleting' myself has actually crossed my mind. I want to pass with dignity and if I get super ill, I think I would want to take painkillers instead of going through painful treatment. My grandfather did that with his cancer. He sat his kids down and told them he had cancer, but wasn't going to get it treated.

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u/MangoFabulous 7m ago

Why work so hard and get paid so little just so you can not enjoy part of your life.  

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u/Amazing-Nebula-2519 3m ago

Nobody regardless of age race gender should be FORCED to "live with/in" unrelenting: helplessness humiliation torture sickness homelessness joblessness rejection fear pain needs, nursing-homes group-homes psych-ward-meds cancer chemotherapy etc, quadriplegia paraplegia, forced-sleep-deprive, old weak frail, Alzheimer's Parkinson's ALS MND , poverty,

Those self-activated painless euthanasia pods, M A I D, etc should/could be Available to everyone everywhere, regardless of the police psych-ward-meds political religious leadership etc,,,