Gob wrote:Why do you always make things so complex? It's an endearing, if baffling, trait.
Are you talking to me?
Or are you sending ideas into cyberspace for other participants to comment on and agree or disagree with with the hope that eventually your opinion will get to me and I'll respond with an opinion that you may or may not agree with?
I mean "you" as in American society. You give the EU a run for its money in terms of; " let's take a simple idea, and then expand it into 58584589493473839 pages of legalese."
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Sue U wrote:I would take a pay cut in a trade-off for guaranteed retirement benefits. If I didn't have to save for retirement -- and the potential costs of long-term care/assisted living -- I'd need substantially less income now.
I'm seriously considering stopping contributions to my 401k...there isn't a chance in hell I will ever see any of it.
Health problems?
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By 60, I'll be in a wheelchair, senile, or dead. (And if I'm not dead by my 60th birthday, I plan to suck my shotgun that day.)
My life ain't exactly a bowl of cherries, but commiting suicide solves nothing.
Hang in there, buddy.
A combination of a laundry list of health problems I already have, somewhere between a dozen and 100+ concussions, and a very poor family history (history of heart problems, ALS, and early-onset dementia) makes me seeing 60 unlikely. I'd rather suck a shotgun than live with ALS or dementia.
My life ain't exactly a bowl of cherries, but commiting suicide solves nothing.
Hang in there, buddy.
A combination of a laundry list of health problems I already have, somewhere between a dozen and 100+ concussions, and a very poor family history (history of heart problems, ALS, and early-onset dementia) makes me seeing 60 unlikely. I'd rather suck a shotgun than live with ALS or dementia.
Jarl, that makes me sad. But I understand where you're coming from. You're a good man!
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
My life ain't exactly a bowl of cherries, but commiting suicide solves nothing.
Hang in there, buddy.
A combination of a laundry list of health problems I already have, somewhere between a dozen and 100+ concussions, and a very poor family history (history of heart problems, ALS, and early-onset dementia) makes me seeing 60 unlikely. I'd rather suck a shotgun than live with ALS or dementia.
I trust your family are behind you on this Jarl...
Why is it that when Miley Cyrus gets naked and licks a hammer it's 'art' and 'edgy' but when I do it I'm 'drunk' and 'banned from the hardware store'?
My life ain't exactly a bowl of cherries, but commiting suicide solves nothing.
Hang in there, buddy.
A combination of a laundry list of health problems I already have, somewhere between a dozen and 100+ concussions, and a very poor family history (history of heart problems, ALS, and early-onset dementia) makes me seeing 60 unlikely. I'd rather suck a shotgun than live with ALS or dementia.
I trust your family are behind you on this Jarl...
Don't know. On the off chance I manage 60, I figure all the relatives I give a shit about will already be dead. (Offhand, my mother would be pushing 90.)
Jarl--if you do decide to take that route when you reach 60, please do any surviving family and friends a favor and try and do it in a way wnere they won't just walk in on a bloody mess. I've had experience with suicide of friends twice (one hanging, one gunshot), and in both cases the family was traumatized by finding the body. In the hanging, his 14 year old son walked in one his body hanging in the shed, and still deals with flashback many years later; in the other, a young (around 8) girl walked into the house and found her father's bloody body and part of his head splattered in the wall). I understand that she blocked it out of her conscious memory, but still has nightmares.
I understand your position, and might even reach that same conclusion myself in similar circumstances, but try to do it in a way that avoids traumatizing others. I've long thought suicide centers like they had in Soylent Green would be a good idea for those who want them, but I wouldn't count on seeing them anytime soon.
