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10-27-2021, 09:33 AM | #166 |
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Yeah, none of us really want to do that. But the lifestyle advantages outweigh the downside.
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Boy this thread is a living monument to birth control.
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Sometimes I wonder how native villagers or neolithic cavepeople thought about work. They probably go out onto idyllic tropical bays to fish in their boats, or wander through virgin forests with their spears, and think, "Man, this is a grind. It would sure be nice to just sit in the village and make arrowheads all day." I think anything can be tedious if you're doing it all day, which is why I disagree with the "do what you love" mantra for today's jobs. A job is really about making your 24-hour existence optimal and your long-term future optimal.
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And even before retirement, if all you do is work pay bills and die, that’s on you man. There are 8760 hours in a year. If you work 2200 hours a year there are still 6560 hours that are all yours. Even if you sleep the full 8, that’s only 2920 hours. That means there are 3640 hours that are all yours. That’s 165% more free time than work time. If you sleep 8hours which no one does. If you’re going to let 2200 hours ruin the other 6560 hours, that’s just you being a miserable ****. That’s the reality of it. I work way, way more than 2200 hours, and I don’t feel like I’m just going to work, paying bills and dying. Moreover, I’ve done some taxes for retired folks that are a horror show. 20k ish Social Security LESS Medicare, and a little bit of retirement or pension or something else they can scrounge together. And they probably owe tax too because nothing is withheld. Living entirely on that late in life is reason enough to go work your ass off now. I just don’t buy that work bills die shit. Sure the path I chose isn’t for everybody (or many people at all), but that doesn’t mean you can’t achieve happiness. |
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10-27-2021, 11:22 AM | #176 |
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Kids, now days, don't take personal responsibility. It is never their fault. They always blame somebody/thing for their crappy situation.
Tell him life is about choice. HE can CHOOSE. Move all his stuff into the driveway and then change all the locks. If he tries to bust in, call the cops. A restraining order might be needed. You are not responsible. Tough love. Most of this has been commented already. Now it is time for you to choose. |
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It's the big thing that we as a society are trying to figure out now. If someone can't support themselves because they're frail or disabled, we as a society have committed to support them, and that's a very recent phenomenon. In the past, that was all on family and if you didn't have family you were screwed. But when society supports those people, you also have some able-bodied people who sneak into the dole. None of us wants to support those people, but we haven't figured out how to separate them out, and/or we begrudgingly don't want to see them starve. So we directly or indirectly support them through social services, shelters, and handing dollars outside our windows at intersections. I don't want to see starving people, but I also don't know that this is a good solution for society or the people involved.
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Sometimes you just get embarrassed by all the gold stars for showing up, and participation trophies. Getting your ass kicked feels great. I can feel I actually earned it.
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The contract is a good idea. You have to set boundaries and enforce them when crossed.
“we talked about this and came to an agreement and now you’re breaking that agreement so this is the consequence” In the end you can’t be codependent and enable. I know that’s hard, especially for your wife, but it’s true. You are not responsible for him at this point and neither is your wife. He has choices to make. Let him choose
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