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My uncles when asked if he will stop working before he dies:

"yeah, morning of."

my dad retired and now regularly tries to kill himself by felling trees that he thinks will fall on the house.

my mom refuses to stop going to work even though sitting for the hour drive to get there is giving her life-threatening blood clots.

this whole idea of stacking bitcoin is useless. we will all be working til we die.

the few people I know whose parents did the classical retirement thing seem to be struggling with dementia.

it must be nerve wracking to not have a job and just trust that an ATM is going to spit out some cash on a card that you have. and it's going to continue spitting out cash years into the future.
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Hexaduvo 1y ago

I’d say there must be a middle ground where you don’t have to work - but can if you desire, you have a large stockpile of saved labor so you’re not just barely scrapping by, and also you are physically and cognitively active in activities that are safer than a senior felling trees.

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gojiberra 1y ago

"activities that are cognitively active and safer than a senior felling trees"

hehehe, yes. it's apparent from this perspective that he shouldn't be felling trees. but clearly it's an addiction.

if i can challenge him to triangulate how tall the trees are and how far away the house is, perhaps that is a way to feed 2 birds with 1 crumb

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Hexaduvo 1y ago

😂 perfect