Money is for saving

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I guess that would be like that to someone who didn't play just a ton of Animal Crossing. I didn't even notice!

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as long as you dont have adhd and think this time you will invest in that hobby and thats the one thats going to keep you hooked for years to come

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Looking at my guitar, 3d printer, drawing notebooks, balls of yarn, flute and god knows what else I have buried in my many junk drawers…

Every one of them came with that feeling….
I feel like having a little cry right now

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You can draw a 3d printable guitar then knit a gigbag for it.
Finding a way to make my hobbies collide helped me a bit.

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Because sometimes one might actually need money for a necessity that breaks or is stolen or medical emergency.

Did COVID make everyone forget about the uncertainty of the future ?

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Life past 60 seems has always been a very strange priority to me.

Let's assume you make it there having not gotten hit by a bus or killed by cancer or your healthcare ensurer.

You've literally saved up so you could enjoy life when your senses are failing you, your mind is growing dull and confused, and your time is largely spent managing the ever growing list of symptoms of your impending death.

Sure there are exceptions, people who remain verile and sharp into their seventies, but they are not the rule. That's like planning your life around a future lottery win.

Live for today, especially if you're well into your 30s. Better to have memories of living when you could in the shitty home with bad food then having memories of working and saving in the good home with the decent food your failing taste buds can't really even appreciate anymore.

Oh gee I hope I get to live long enough to piss myself involuntarily again!

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American oligarchs would tell you if you don't spend your life eating cat food in a van to save for retirement on a peasant's wage then you're "irresponsible."

You know, the whole "you had a latte?! You ate avacado toast?! Of course you deserve to burn in the fires of elder poverty!" thing.

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You actually summed it up pretty well! The few things I buy for myself are mostly "tools" to do/learn something that indeed fit your comment.

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The key is moderation between enjoying life today and saving for the future. What's your plan for the future if you do live to your 60s and 70s but your body fails you, you can't work, and don't have any money banked?

I have real life examples of this in my life and it is not pretty. Most state and federal programs won't help you until you're literally at rock bottom broke living alone and disabled in your home, which they will take from you after you die to recoup the money they're spending just to barely meet your basic necessities and maybe have a nurse come and check on you a few hours a week.

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A shotgun in my mouth, which is still preferable to what we do with most elderly in the states. I used to deliver to nursing homes for 10 years all day every day. I have seen first hand, death is better.

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My primary directive is failing, Captain…

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Or perhaps remember the transience of the present.

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Yeah I didn't even refer to nursing homes in my comment because those aren't obtainable for people that didn't save up enough to spend $5k-$10k per month on them. I've also visited them and witnessed all the same things you mention. What I was referring to was living in your own house that you can barely still afford while being unable to really care for yourself.

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My wife and I budget and save over 50% of our salaries. Sometimes our friends think we're crazy because we "limit our options" by being frugal. I always have to explain back that it's exactly why we're saving money because it gives us new options that aren't available otherwise like buying a home last summer. That only happened through budgeting and saving.

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To that I would say it's just inhuman that we largely insist suffering people continue until the body they're trapped in literally gives out. It's a sad, pathetic, demeaning way to go, regardless of whether you can also afford groceries and meds.

I think any adult should be able to have a painless opt out option with a 30 day waiting period. We treat people's lives as if they don't own them to do with what they will. I don't think it's right to encourage or insist people who are breaking down to cling to their misery when there are painless options we refuse to implement.

It's a bit of a bad joke really, we don't care enough about one another to support one another materially tragically, but we also don't want those people to offend our imaginary sky daddies. It's perverse.

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Combining my hobbies is how I get the feds at my house.

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Assisted suicide is available in some areas. We've had it here in Oregon for a while. The scary part is when your mind goes, you can't partake in this process because they can't verify that it's what you really want because you're no longer of sound mind even though what's remaining into a husk of the person that used to occupy your body and your future will be full of confusion, isolation, and angry outbursts at everyone around you.

NeatoBuilds

What a great way to build a community

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Money, or cocaine?

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When will the Devs patch this? Literally unplayable!