A Boring Dystopia

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This 81-year-old still works at Home Depot to support herself and her 90-year-old husband (www.businessinsider.com)

submitted 10 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] Romkslrqusz@lemmy.zip 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Were they supposed to use their crystal ball to predict the 2008 grift and subsequent rebound?

In your list, nearly everything that comes after that is a symptom of trying to navigate financial hardship.l and being old enough to face age discrimination in the job market.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

In your list, nearly everything that comes after that is a symptom of trying to navigate financial hardship

Which symptom cause the husband to quit his nearly $200,000/year job in 1994 and start a band without saving for retirement first?