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[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 35 points 1 year ago (2 children)

My method is hoping that I'm just old and western enough that I'll be dead before the real bad shit hits me. I'm 35 though, so... let's say there's a smidge of optimism in there.

[–] Anomalous_Llama@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just a smidge?

I’m 27. Could you perhaps spare a drop or two of that optimism? You apparently have truckloads of it lol.

[–] RandomPancake@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I spent my 20s basically in poverty. Whatever income I earned got sucked away by renting a home with insane heating costs, like $300 / month to keep the house at 55 in winter.

At 35 I applied for a government job in civil service. Fucking changed my life forever.

[–] LeylaaLovee@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago

I can't smoke cigarettes fast enough to keep up