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  • My parents have long since passed on, so it’s not even possible. I may end up living with my daughter later down the line. I’m SO single and solitary (by choice) that I’m concerned about going all dementia/stroke/heart attack later on with nobody to tend to me, so I’ll likely lean on her when I’m in my mid to late sixties or so.

    She’s getting everything I own, and I should have reasonable retirement funds, so it’s not like I’m going to rely on her financially.

    My big mistake was fucking up on getting myself long term care, which I no longer can do unless I get a new job. My employer and I mutually fucked that up when I started at my current job.

    Fun quotes from my daughter, around age ten or eleven: “You’re going to be the cranky old man that we grudgingly take on vacation with us.” and “You can always live in my basement.”

    And yes, we have discussed this topic. I’m not unilaterally just saying this on the Internet.





  • Got_Bent@lemmy.worldtoHumor@lemmy.worldHistory repeats itself.
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    I saw some truck commercial yesterday where the thing was eighty thousand dollars AFTER all incentives and rebates.

    I thought to myself that the people who are screaming about inflation and how the Democrat president is ruining their lives are the same people who are lining up to make crazy monthly payments into a vehicle that will immediately be upside down on the note.




  • Are you asserting that nobody should ever have any preferences? Do you meet your own standard?

    OP didn’t say he’s throwing women out of bed for having piercings. He expressed a preference for them not to.

    I prefer dark hair. Sometimes it’s red or blonde or blue.

    I prefer pubic hair. Sometimes it’s there, sometimes it’s not.

    I prefer a few extra pounds. Sometimes those pounds aren’t there. Sometimes a few extra is more like a lot extra.

    In no example above did I shut down the interaction, nor did I experience any less pleasure.

    But I still have preferences. That’s all they are though.









  • I’ve found myself repatronizing half priced books lately. I’ve gone through five books since mid May.

    I was a voracious reader before mobile devices existed.

    I’d forgotten just how much more satisfying it is to let yourself go in a good story rather than bicker about minutiae with countless strangers all day every day.

    (Sidenote: I’ve been looking up reviews for the books I’ve read and am surprised to find indignation at sexual scenes in novels. Like, if you’ve ever read a John Irving novel in your life, and you’re surprised and offended that the next one has sex in it, you should maybe reconsider your chosen career path)