Submitted by Redpanther/Bad Kitty (not verified) on Wed, 02/06/2019 - 20:02
I've already been thru this with the collapse of demand for the skilled end of my trade. Had I finished what I started earlier, I would need VERY little $$, and would not need to live in my truck now for 5 years, renting out my condo/sucking blood. In 6 or 7 years I'll take Social Security (at age 68 or 69) while continuing to work. I can't count on this either - when Great Depression 2.0 really bites, i.e. the $$$-printing stops "working".
"Reverting to savagery" is severely PRACTICAL, as well as providing a higher quality of life. I also may be living longer than I planned. A long-term effect of all the "heavy LSD use" in my 20's - I am reverse-aging: abnormally fast healing from shoulder surgery, abnormally strong immune system for my age, abnormally slow atrophy of my back for my age when not physically working.
I've already been thru this with the collapse of demand for the skilled end of my trade. Had I finished what I started earlier, I would need VERY little $$, and would not need to live in my truck now for 5 years, renting out my condo/sucking blood. In 6 or 7 years I'll take Social Security (at age 68 or 69) while continuing to work. I can't count on this either - when Great Depression 2.0 really bites, i.e. the $$$-printing stops "working".
"Reverting to savagery" is severely PRACTICAL, as well as providing a higher quality of life. I also may be living longer than I planned. A long-term effect of all the "heavy LSD use" in my 20's - I am reverse-aging: abnormally fast healing from shoulder surgery, abnormally strong immune system for my age, abnormally slow atrophy of my back for my age when not physically working.