How do you deal with the thought of having to work for 40+ years and then when/if you retire, you're too old to do much?

3 years ago by return2ozma to c/asklemmy

There has to be a better system than this.

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hollyberries 54 points 3 years ago

I dealt with it by choosing to not have kids years ago. I didn't ask to be born, and I refuse to force that on anyone else.

Once things become too difficult, I'm pulling my own plug.

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Duke_Nukem_1990 12 points 3 years ago

Incredibly based

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BaroqueInMind -19 points 3 years ago

How are you going to pull your own plug if the country you are in suddenly makes a law to prevent you from doing that?

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JoBo 43 points 3 years ago

Laws against suicide are notoriously difficult to enforce, for obvious reasons.

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hollyberries 22 points 3 years ago

It already is illegal, and euthanasia while "tolerated" is also illegal to perform by a medical professional.

What are they going to do, arrest a corpse? Fine by me.

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Moghul 16 points 3 years ago

What are they gonna do about it? Kill me?

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amio 16 points 3 years ago

A lot of places have those laws already. They aren't stopping anyone. What, someone suicidal is supposed to go "oh, guess that's not allowed" and regain their will to live?

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