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Warpy

(114,650 posts)
11. People who dliver my groceries are in their 20s
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 09:30 PM
20 hrs ago

My contemporaries have worked until the age of 75, saving every dime they could get. Mot have retired now but you can bet they're not traveling. Their homes are small and convenient, they tend to drive things like electric bicycle instead of cars, and there is not a palm tree nor swimming pool in sight. All of them are hoping they don't outlive their savings.

Door Dash is a bit strenuous for most of them, we all wrecked our bodies instead of sitting in padded furniture at desks. Graveyard shift at a gas kiosk is more doable.

All of this is the result of the systematic looting of the Americans who work hard to keep this country running in order to create and maintain an aristocratic class that is rich enough to remain so through their heris in perpetuity. If this post makes you fearul and angry, good. The predators are not finished.

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Retirement in the USA meme: [View all] applegrove Yesterday OP
Yeah, that about sums it up! CousinIT 23 hrs ago #1
Remember this woman BlueWaveNeverEnd 23 hrs ago #2
That was hard to watch. I hope they raised a bunch so she never has work. OGBuzz 23 hrs ago #4
$250,000 BlueWaveNeverEnd 23 hrs ago #5
That's great. 👍 OGBuzz 22 hrs ago #6
Yet people have crowdfunded far more misanthrope 5 hrs ago #25
God damn this country sucks. FoxNewsSucks 17 hrs ago #14
Just scream "socialism!" and "tax and spend liberals" every time Democrats propose anything to help them, sop 8 hrs ago #18
So GoFundMe is our retirement/health plan now? CrispyQ 5 hrs ago #29
And people wonder... GiqueCee 23 hrs ago #3
Retirement has changed from enjoy, to survive! BidenRocks 21 hrs ago #7
Elderly are stealing our jobs. Deport the elderly! IronLionZion 21 hrs ago #8
More likely, radical noodle 8 hrs ago #19
That's sad..... BeneteauBum 21 hrs ago #9
Not a bad idea for a meme. Would've been better with real photos instead of particularly sloppy AI slop. highplainsdem 21 hrs ago #10
Not to mention DFW 9 hrs ago #17
People who dliver my groceries are in their 20s Warpy 20 hrs ago #11
I used to say I was a beneficiary of the Bush Economic Miracle Turbineguy 20 hrs ago #12
The current US government is running a reverse 'go fund me' of sorts. Aussie105 19 hrs ago #13
Oh, you definitely have a choice. OldBaldy1701E 10 hrs ago #15
Just really sad Johnny2X2X 9 hrs ago #16
They are always showing couples in affluent retirement. That isn't the majority lifestyle for older people in the US, valleyrogue 8 hrs ago #20
Mmmm. The groceries are being levitated. Intractable 8 hrs ago #21
Those of us who have good retirement plans padfun 6 hrs ago #22
Everyone isn't as fortunate as you misanthrope 5 hrs ago #26
..and this is one of the big reasons why sdfernando 6 hrs ago #23
Dems need to add "affordability of retirement" gulliver 5 hrs ago #24
Yup, Americans love their Capitalism. Joinfortmill 5 hrs ago #27
The elderly aren't rabid consumers misanthrope 5 hrs ago #28
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