#retired workers

[pencilscratchins]

i have reached the part of the steddie hyperfixation where i make them domesticated men in their 50s. having a blast! (twitter) [ID in ALT text]

[pachimation]

they lost focus and had a consensual workplace relationship 😔

[lukazade]

Sleepover with two puny mortals that you're in love with (and everything can go right).

Lowkey based on a fanfic I was writing, but as usual I haven't the confidence to post it! Yeah~

Had this in the drafts for months,,,, figured I'd finish it up now so it's done. I like to kinda have some Finished art on the page hahahaha

[unsanctitude]

cracks open my coffin lid to show my newest disgusting old person furry

[advancedlupineurology]

imdb is insane for putting this as the image for curriculum unavailable. wdym imdb care to elaborate or explain

[alighterwithlove]

if you talk to the average conservative voter, they'll always talk about their conservative representative with unabashed enthusiasm. "this guy is supporting my rights!!!!!" even when the representative is very much not supporting their voting constituents' rights in some cases (ie. poor white ppl not realizing they're getting poorer because of their representative)

and I bet that's why conservative candidates are so good at winning. any person listening to their voters only gets a great impression of the candidate.

and if you talk to the average liberal/leftist voter, they all hem and haw. "oh yeah, I voted for them but they're Okay, they're Disappointing. they haven't done this. they haven't done that." and I bet if you fucking pressed them to state some Good Beneficial Legislation they've passed, either the voter 1. can't name any, or 2. has to attach caveats. ("yeah biden passed student loan forgiveness BUT not ALL loans were forgiven")

why aren't we ever excited about incremental progress. why aren't we cheering to the sky about every win. maybe more people would vote if there was genuine excitement, the same type of excitement that conservative voters seem to have about anything labeled "conservative".

I'm just so fucking tired of hearing ppl be like "I'm just disillusioned with my leftist representative" EVERY TIME but are DEAD SILENT on the small victories, the progress. conservatives know how to do this, and that's why they build momentum into the next election. why does this seem impossible for the other side.

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Times have changed and waiting until retirement to enjoy life is no longer the milestone Canadian millennials and Gen Z strive for, according to a recent survey. A Leger survey commissioned by Canadian investment service Wealthsimple found that nearly three-quarters (74 per cent) of Canadians between the ages of 25 and 44 feel the conventional approach to retirement — to stop working at 65 years old to then enjoy travelling, leisure and time with family and friends — is an outdated concept. The online money management platform says the study reflects ambition among millennials and Gen Z Canadians for "a modern form of retirement" that lets them pursue personal and professional passions throughout their adult lives.

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Tagging: @newsfromstolenland

[pansyfemme]

just a heads up that enmeshment with your therapist is a sign that you need a different therapist. you go to these people to offload and heal, but if you're emotionally enmeshed and that's keeping you from bringing topics forward, that is no longer a healthy relationship nor a therapist that should be treating you.

just so you're aware. your therapist should not be an uncle figure you're afraid to talk about embarrassing stuff with, he's an impartial audience to help you heal. that emotional connection is now HINDERING you from healing.

honestly! me making one personal post! does not tell you the full story! while i defintly have an emotional connection with him- i have had other therapists in my life in and out the entire time. i seek help from other sources frequently! i said it was like talking to an uncle simply because of the fact he’s known me since i was a child, which makes talking about adult topics at times a little embarrasing because he knew me when i was 11!! he is not like an uncle to me in an other respect, i have a seperation. and i have openly discussed this with him and why im uncomfortable at times!! but we talk it out!! because its my therapist and me making one post doesnt mean you know everything!! geez!! also ive been embarrassed to talk about sex with every other therapist ive had!! not your call to make!!

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

By Stephen Millies

The 33,000 Boeing workers on strike since Sept. 13 are fighting a corporate giant with nearly $78 billion in sales last year. While strikers are concentrated in the Seattle metropolitan area, workers are also picketing in Portland, Ore., and Southern California. 

Ninety-four percent of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) members voted to reject Boeing’s meager wage offer that would barely keep up with inflation.

They also want their pensions back, which were stolen from them a decade ago. Instead of being guaranteed a fixed amount of money every month when they retire, Boeing workers had 401(k) plans foisted on them.

These schemes guarantee nothing. With them, workers’ retirement income is subject to the casino capitalism of the stock market. 

[mango-sideburns]

My fav thing about TAZ is that any aspect out of context sounds fucking bonkers.

Like, in the balance finale there's a scene in which Garfield (who is very specifically never described visually bc most people imagine him as like. The Lasagna Cat. Who in this universe is the most powerful warlock in the realm and also has a hobby of cloning people, which is great for the one character that got forced into haunting a mannequin) is summoned by an alien spaceship that runs on the power of friendship so he could beat up some flashing balls. In D&D.

And that was just. Such a normal scene in the narrative. No one blinked an eye. I would like to bow down to Griffins clear unmatched talent for making me feel such big emotions over ridiculous shit like a goddamned umbrella or a regular ass pair of jeans or the idea of a taco recipe.

[abrahamvanhelsings]

i think edward little would be great at emails actually. i think he'd love having to opportunity to think abt what he needs to say and formulate it well and concisely. i think he'd write perfectly ok emails, to the point but polite enough not to be blunt. in normal circumstances he'd receive normal emails and write normal replies and it would be fine. the problem in terror is that he keeps getting increasingly upsetting emails from his boss and they're all no-reply

[magicalgirlmascot]

every article I read about Canada Post makes me more enraged with the government than I already am

[trailerparkdad]

"oh grandma, what a hoarder you were."

[featheredomen]

LMFAO I TOOK MY MUM'S FUCKIN' JOB

[shamebats]

Lived in China for almost a decade. This isn’t a “everything was greener over there post”. HOWEVER, women retire between 50-55 by law, men a couple years later (not sure why the difference) and the quality of life this creates is PALPABLE, VISIBLE, and WILD.

Everywhere you go, healthy middle aged women living. Every evening on almost every corner or every tower plaza, groups of middle aged and older women line dancing to intricate choreography beside a boombox. They practice together. They go to meets and competitions. Every mall is packed with grandfathers and babies. Every gym is slammed with 50-something’s enjoying a second spring for their bodies. The women’s dressing rooms are a social SCENE for gossip, make up, high heel swaps, who’s going to lunch? These aren’t rich women. They aren’t Ladies Who Lunch. These were postal clerks. Secretaries. Data entry specialists. Cafeteria workers. Hospital orderlies.

Every young couple I knew who got married chose their new home based on whether they could find one with a semi-private wing for their retired parents. The pension joined the family’s income stream and voila, live in child care. At one point I worked with kids. I asked kids who their hero is an like 95% say grandma or grandpa because he/she will do anything with me, take me to the park whenever I want, play games with me, know my favorite tv shows.

Young women get to have careers and remain in the workforce because older men and women can fucking retire.

That’s what early retirement gets an economy. All of this. That’s the kind of trickle down economics that is REAL.

[alienaiver]

the heart specialists agreed to a 24hr monitor test and an ultrasound on my heart! great success, since he was very adamant about not testing me at all 🫠