If you had to make a choice....
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GasBandit
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"Damn, I'm sure glad I spent the last 22 years banging a different supermodel every week and altering the destiny of humanity instead of being doomed to labor in obscure futility for the next 40 years with nothing to look forward to other than increasing infirmity. Now I can die fulfilled and my prodigious offspring can tear the world to shreds fighting over my legacy."
Let me put it another way... the activities I would plan to take part in under plan A would actually be very likely to cause my death before 40 anyway.
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Chibibar
I have to agree. Taken in the original context (as in no other info)
I am still going with 40 and rich.
I have live poor and trying to survive (I assuming that is the life I would live if that was the choice) I BARELY knew when my next meal was or other necessity. I was force to be poor but I had a roof over my head. I presume I would have to work 2 jobs when I get older to cover basic necessity or don't have the education advantage to escalate myself (again assuming from the question given) that means I have no chance of elevating myself above poverty no matter what I do and get to live to be 80. I had a taste of that life and vow never to go back.
The rules say no matter how hard you work you always struggle... otherwise the question doesn't work.
Yeah, straight up in the beginning it was said live to 80, scrape by with very little your whole life. I've done my fair share of scraping, not knowing from one month to another whether I can afford the roof over my head. Fuck those days forever. Money may not buy happiness, but money removes the biggest stress causer in most peoples lives, lack of fucking money.
Live fast, die young. That's my motto!
I think you stress too much about money... unless you're actually in danger of starving to death it's not that important...
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Chibibar
Luckily I have never gotten to THAT level. We were hungry (not enough to eat) but barely have enough to eat but not starving.
I may miss a meal a day or two, but always manage to find something to eat. Now there are people who don't have food for days that is worst.
I am personally glad those days are behind me and wouldn't go back ever again.
when it comes to forums, I usually take the literal approach. I would assume from these two sentences that I can get to live to be 80 (no matter what happen) BUT I will be money scraping all my life. To me, that mean struggling just to survive day to day
that is harsh.
HUD, Food Stamps, and Unemployment for me...
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Chibibar
You only get unemployment if you were employed before
(naturally I would assume we are able to get a job, but not a good job)Fox News tells me daily that I can live fat and happy on entitlements for ever... They would not lie to me, would they?You only get unemployment if you were employed before
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Chibibar
Yea, if you play your cards right. I guess you could take advantage of welfare system (food stamps and aids)
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Chibibar
It can be stressful especially when you have a family and trying to do good with them
GasBandit
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And to complicate matters, getting the job might not even add enough income to cover babysitting.It can be stressful especially when you have a family and trying to do good with them
... what? I CAN CARE ABOUT POOR PEOPLE TOO YOU GUYS JEEZ
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Chibibar
It can get expensive (unless you have stay at home relatives) even the cheapest is around 400-600 a month (5 days a week)
Shannow
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Doubtful.
Great, if you only had 19 years to spend you own money.... You would do evil instead of good. nice.
GasBandit
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Evil is a label the small minded place on those with the willingness to realize their dreams.
this is why I am rapidly evolving into a mad scientist.Evil is a label the small minded place on those with the willingness to realize their dreams.
Pretty much my life motto right there.Evil is a label the small minded place on those with the willingness to realize their dreams.
It is what the broad minded label people that desire shallow ends, and desire to hurt those around them.Evil is a label the small minded place on those with the willingness to realize their dreams.
GasBandit
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It is what the mundane label the inspiring. It is what the pliant label the uncompromising. It is what the sheep label the wolf. It is what the bonded label the free.
That is what I label a load of horseshit.
GasBandit
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Haters gonna hate.
For all you guys worried about being 80 one day...
I present Dad on his 80th Birthday.
That's right, he bought a bicycle on his Birthday. And then proceeded to out ride his tween granddaughter.
I present Dad on his 80th Birthday.
That's right, he bought a bicycle on his Birthday. And then proceeded to out ride his tween granddaughter.
Quantity doesn't equal quality. Fuck it, who says you have to lead a hollow existence if you're rich? If I was born rich, and had all the money in the world, I could do what Bruce Wayne did in Batman and live like the poor for a few years to appreciate what I have. Screw scraping by with the bare minimum. Money doesn't buy you the important things in life, but it's sure nice to live stress-free without having to waste a solid 40 years of your life in a cubicle - ultimately making some asshole at the top rich with your blood, sweat, and tears.
You're going to die in the end anyway. What's the point of living 40 more years if you're scraping by? You're just mortar for the rest of humanity at that point.
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Luckily, I have found peace with my mortality from my visits to numerous and wondrous religious pilgrimages. Now I get to check out before old age ravages my mind and body. Enjoy shitting your pants at the old folks home when you're 80, you dumbass, play-it-safe fucks.
You're going to die in the end anyway. What's the point of living 40 more years if you're scraping by? You're just mortar for the rest of humanity at that point.
Added at: 19:57
Well, 39 years 364 days have come and gone. One day left on this Earth and due to my vast fortune I've been able to travel the world, meet interesting people, laugh, live, love, have children, a legacy, made an impact on this Earth that will ensure the memory of my existence endures like that of J.D. Rockefeller. I'm pretty much the living embodiment of this guy:
Luckily, I have found peace with my mortality from my visits to numerous and wondrous religious pilgrimages. Now I get to check out before old age ravages my mind and body. Enjoy shitting your pants at the old folks home when you're 80, you dumbass, play-it-safe fucks.
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Biannoshufu
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because you are dead a lot longer than you'll be alive. I still have books to read, and even the poor can hhve library cards. And actually, fuck yes I will enjoy shitting my pants when I'm older and have an excuse.
because you are dead a lot longer than you'll be alive. I still have books to read, and even the poor can hhve library cards. And actually, fuck yes I will enjoy shitting my pants when I'm older and have an excuse.
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Who is that guy?Quantity doesn't equal quality. Fuck it, who says you have to lead a hollow existence if you're rich? If I was born rich, and had all the money in the world, I could do what Bruce Wayne did in Batman and live like the poor for a few years to appreciate what I have. Screw scraping by with the bare minimum. Money doesn't buy you the important things in life, but it's sure nice to live stress-free without having to waste a solid 40 years of your life in a cubicle - ultimately making some asshole at the top rich with your blood, sweat, and tears.
You're going to die in the end anyway. What's the point of living 40 more years if you're scraping by? You're just mortar for the rest of humanity at that point.
Added at: 19:57
Well, 39 years 364 days have come and gone. One day left on this Earth and due to my vast fortune I've been able to travel the world, meet interesting people, laugh, live, love, have children, a legacy, made an impact on this Earth that will ensure the memory of my existence endures like that of J.D. Rockefeller. I'm pretty much the living embodiment of this guy:
Luckily, I have found peace with my mortality from my visits to numerous and wondrous religious pilgrimages. Now I get to check out before old age ravages my mind and body. Enjoy shitting your pants at the old folks home when you're 80, you dumbass, play-it-safe fucks.
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