• NatakuNox@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Oh sweet summer child… There isn’t going to be many elderly millennials. Most of us will die off from our fifth “once in a generation” financial crisis, WW3, or the collapse of the environment. Hopefully the younger generations use our bones to build a better society.

    • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club
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      22 hours ago

      A major problem is that the demographics for Millennial retirement are a lot worse than for Boomers. Boomers at least had a decent number of millennials to help support them in retirement.

      • outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        21 hours ago

        Oh my God not this birthrate bullshit.

        Birthrates aren’t down by much globally. Just learn a language and don’t be a piece of shit to the rest of the world.

        Maybe rationalize labor practices and add some automation while you’re at it.

        What’s really gonna stop us retiring is climate change

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      1 day ago

      On top of the fact that you need to have saved money to pay to live in a retirement home.

      Are… Are there people that sort of really hope to just go from their patents’ basement to a retirement home?

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        1 day ago

        Well if they bothered to submit those patents instead of leaving them in the basement then they might be able to live in a retirement home

      • A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world
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        1 day ago

        How many of us are still in our parents’ basements? I’m nearly 40, struggling through our 20s was one thing but by now…

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          I dunno. Depends on the acceptability of calling it a “multi - generational household” because Boomers locked up to much wealth and now have to live with the consequences.