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[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 66 points 2 years ago (9 children)

Reminder that inflation isn't a phenomenon that's beyond our understanding or ability to control. Inflation is the result of business owners choosing to raise prices in order to increase their rate of profit. That's all it is.

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[–] rodbiren@midwest.social 39 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Bold of this article to think the fundamentals of the economy will survive the coming climate apocalypse. Where the hell can I invest my money in growth when everything is either burning or flooding. Coffins?!?

[–] killernova@lemm.ee 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, the future looks pretty bleak for young people. I'm in my 30's and my retirement plan is fighting for survival or, preferably, dying.

[–] rodbiren@midwest.social 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The good news is death is great for the environment.

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[–] faede@mander.xyz 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Don't worry, you will die of starvation long before your die of fire and flood.

[–] iHUNTcriminals@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Can you do me next? How do I die?

[–] killernova@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] chaorace@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ok, me next. What's gonna do me in?

[–] Im14abeer@midwest.social 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The world's most intractable case of dandruff.

[–] Zuberi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago

DRS GME to stop global financial fraud

[–] CascadeOfLight@hexbear.net 32 points 2 years ago (2 children)

My retirement plan is for a NATO-backed fascist paramilitary death squad to gun me down for harboring trans people

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago

Go Harriet Tubman and get strapped if you're going to bring the Underground Railroad back in style. JB-shining-aggro

[–] M68040@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago

My last words are going to be "Nice Walther PPK, NEEEEERD."

[–] Ho_Chi_Chungus@hexbear.net 29 points 2 years ago

Retirement? My "retirement plan" is subsistence rat hunting in a bombed out Walmart, what good will money do me? Campfire tinder?

[–] ikiru@lemmy.ml 20 points 2 years ago

No worries. I'm poor now but I'm going to be a billionaire next week anyway.

Capitalism works!

[–] library_napper@monyet.cc 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

These comments read like /r/collapse

[–] Grimble@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] boredtortoise@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

The rest of the world has the same problem but is not ready for eating rats and feces yet.

[–] GarfieldYaoi@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

grillman: "At least porky wasn't told what to do, better dead than red!"

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

God dang Porkys butthole. Every time Looney Toons come on, y'all put Porky's Butthole on. I figure last night and the second cartoon come on, it was Porky's friggin' ol' Butthole. I said surely y'all ain't gonna put last till Porky's freakin' Butthole. I don't see why in the heck you think these dang ol' youngins are - cause they gonna Porky's dang ol' Butthole time after time, after time, after that time, and don't ever get tired of it.

[–] HowMany@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 years ago

so... like the rest of us have already found out - they can never retire unless they choose to do so in poverty.

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago

Or a crowbar and some comrades

[–] NotErisma@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago
[–] robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

that's too much, where's jack kevorikian?

[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You could just move to Canada where their wonderful system will cure you of your poverty with a prescription of "Just kill yourself".

[–] robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago

i need an eeyore emote

[–] iHUNTcriminals@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Do you guys want to agree to do some mass suicide cult thing instead of retirement?

[–] Wookie@artemis.camp 12 points 2 years ago

Let’s suicide the billionaires first and we’ll go from there

[–] Venus@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago

I will agree to it but not follow through. Close enough?

[–] ElBarto@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Which one of us is going to be the first to commercialise the suicide booth?

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