Look, I'm not the type to tell people they shouldn't 'enjoy' retirement. But this concept of "consume the most frivolous luxuries imaginable for a decade or two and then hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of medical care to extent the worst period of your life by 10%" is a very new innovation, and probably not ideal for social thriving at large.
How common is this though? My grandparents did this but my parents aren't and relatively few of my friends parents are. They keep working part time (despite not needing to financially) and spend relatively little on consumption.
Is this perhaps a generational thing where it's true for older retirees and "younger" people are adjusting to something healthier and more productive than just rotting for 20-30 years?
Sure, the end of life care is a real problem that needs to be reined in but the picture that is sometimes painted here of retirees doesn't ring true to me.
Ioper
2d ago
But is in-group elderly care a parasitic relationship?
If it is sustainable over generations then no, if not then yes. This isn't a difficult question and it's clear that OP talks about the latter.
It's strange. I've lifted similar amounts but I've never even thought about grip strength being the limiting factor, like it's never crossed my mind as a concern. I've never specifically trained grip strength either.
I wonder why there are such big differences in seemingly innate grip strength that has only limited correlation with overall strength.
Just how heavy are you lifting? I don't really mind if people use straps or gloves but I just don't understand and interpret it as performative most of the time, since I've had zero issues and lift more than most people in the gyms I've been in and accessory usage doesn't seem to correlate much with with weight lifted.
Perhaps it's a hand size thing? I have large hands.
For barbells I don't really get any problems with calluses or torn skin. Perhaps things would be different if I did jerky lifts, but I don't.
but the entire medical establishment is pro-breastfeeding as a matter of policy and there's lactation consultants lurking behind every corner in the maternal wards.
The same is true in Sweden but they have become so careful about not putting pressure on women or shaming them that they effectively come off as borderline promoting formula.
Ioper
7d ago
That has not been my experience with my 3 kids. My impression is that there has been significant pushback against the push for breastfeeding so now the nurses and doctors are so careful not to push for breastfeeding that it feels like they are marketing formula.
I've talked with similarly aged parents (35-45) in other countries, including the US, and they shared similar experiences.
Ioper
7d ago
The absolutely huge gender disparity in medicine is a complete disaster because you need psycho hard working men for the whole thing to work.
And those men are either increasingly choosing to not work in medicine or have a different view on work life balance from their predecessors.
From what I've gathered from my doctor friends this issue is magnified in rural areas. Doctors choose to work there have a ton of leverage and their salaries are completely out of step with the local cost of living so just working part time still puts them in the local upper middle class, which many now choose to do. The local government can do nothing because most doctors want to work and live in the larger cities and they currently have no way of forcing doctors to work there beyond residency.
The exception to this is are smaller population centers that are effectively pseudo resort towns, like Östersund and Åre.
Night time shifts are another matter and don't seem like a problem for now, as apparently some people kind of enjoy them and the benefits they bring.
I'm not sure what of any music that Romero actually has composed for the game. The music they've revealed, including the main theme has not been credited to any composer and if Romero composed it I would think they would be loud in their marketing about that.
Furthermore, of the music I've listened to only the menu theme sounds vaguely Romeroish.
Ioper
11d ago
I meant more for your free time and all your projects. Relaxing more will probably leave you less high-strung at work as well.
I feel like the premise is false. Consumption takes a very small amount of resources.
The question real question is: would you be fine living in a low COL area with all the social isolation (moving away from family and friends) and lack of services that entails? Otherwise the question should be what amount of money for consumption do you need per year in order to be satisfied, to which the answer for me is almost nothing.
I don't work in order to be able to consume more, I work to pay for my house and as a meaning generator.
Ioper
13d ago
There is a little bit of that but giving it to trump also seems very premature, especially given his other proclivities.
Ioper
16d ago
Which is of course why there were more or less constant peasant rebellions until the industrial revolution...
It's just corporate management speech in text form. It existed well before LLMs and is where their speech patterns come from and are aimed at.
It isn't artificial as much as it is a bit soulless, which I suppose might be fitting for the output of a literal machine.
That is true but its also relatively rare. The vast majority of senior managers are extremely replaceable/interchangeable (not by anyone, of course) and the arguments for why their compensation is as high as it is could as well apply to anyone responsible for a system which's continued operation affects a lot of money, from something as lowly as system administrators to say the commissioner of the IRS (that apparently only makes some 200k a year).
A lot of the excessive senior managment compensation is friendship/class corruption and there are reasons beyond "justice" to care about this as well, like why the money isn't going to shareholders or reinvestment in the business.
Excessive compensation for labour is a bad idea. Driven and capable people should be incentiviced to start businesses and compete/disrupt markets, not capture positions for what essentially is rent extraction.
Some of the really budget single ply stuff is somewhat similar to sand paper tbh, and given that he works for the NHS I wouldn't be surprised if he's encountered literally the worst toilet paper ever produced by humankind.
Ioper
17d ago
I wouldn't trust Europe to figure out a way to manufacture toilet paper really. Low cost manufacturing or processing just isn't their strong suit.
Its funny you say that seeing as europe is the world leader in the production and export of toilet paper.
Ioper
18d ago
so it'll work well for the conscientious owner and poorly for the lazy owner.
That may well be true, but its also true that the conscientious owner doesn't need an invisi-fence, so what effect does their availablity really have?
Ioper
19d ago
I've not encountered their use. I've encountered conversations about them not working very well and essentially amounting to lazy owners abusing their dogs. This is from Americans exclusively, seeing as they're illegal or heavily restricted in much of Europe.
Ioper
19d ago
In theory sure, in practice it's a reliable signal that you're abusive. Furthermore, i don't want to give abusive people the social go ahead for using that tool and plausible deniability for going over the line.
I don't have a principle against physical negative feedback, I would support corporal punishment where there is a neutral third party evaluating and administrating said punishment, like Singapore style caning.
Is it better than the insect series?
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