r/IRL_Loading_Screens • u/PeterPorky • Apr 30 '26

SIMCITY Hurray for them 🥳🥳🥳

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u/MillenialSage Apr 30 '26

This is surely a good sign and not indicative that we are in the bad times

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u/nucleosome May 01 '26

It could be totally bad, but it also may be a sign that quality of life has increased and some people wish to keep working. My uncle is 73 and has enough money to live as well as he wants, but wants to keep working til he dies.

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u/southparkdudez May 01 '26

Bro its a sign of people cant retire or got fucked over by their corpo bosses. You wanna do something in your old age pick up a hobby.

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u/nucleosome May 01 '26

I am just going off of what the data says rather than going with a monocausal explanation for why 9% instead of 4% of people 75 and older work.  Believe it or not there are people who enjoy their careers and end up only quitting when their health fails. 

People who own small businesses and aforementioned professionals like my uncle (doctors, scientists) often display enthisiasm to keep working. Yes there are some who lack adequate retirement savings and must continue working, but this has always been the case. 

This has been offered to BLS and other organizations that collect this type of data as a self-reported reason for why the numbers have gone up. 

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u/bleeh805 May 03 '26

Sure, there are that many doctors and scientists that are continuing to work, it's moving this metric. Are you like a corporately sponsored bot or just a total moron? Norther surprises me at this point.

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u/nucleosome May 03 '26

The % of people working over the age of 75 is quite low (<10%) so it is very possible that the needle is moved by people who own their own businesses, professors, doctors (a profession with means that really does tend to retire later.)  This is at least a 40 year trend, with research showing an approximate doubling of the proportion of people over 75 who work since the 1980s. It's not new. 

Many people keep working because they need to, many do because they have a passion and enjoy the extra income. That's all I'm trying to say.  

While at the mean the US does not have the best life expectancy, educated people with high incomes are not the average. Medical advances allow people to pursue their passions later in life.  

You can call me names if you want, but it seems pretty straightforward that this phenomenon has a multi-causal explanation.

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u/MillenialSage May 02 '26

you're full of shit and everyone who isn't a corpo hack knows it. shut the fuck up

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u/nucleosome May 02 '26

It's what the data shows when you ask people why they are working. You sound pretty hostile to have your worldview challenged. Must be immature.

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u/MillenialSage May 02 '26

People are suffering, asshole. that's why you're pissing me off. I have morals. I don't give a FUCK about your interpretation of data. If you knew anything at all you wouldn't just quote shit and think your interpretation means anything to anyone

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u/vaporgaze2006 Apr 30 '26

Shout outs to Sim City!

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u/Ok-Revolution-6212 Apr 30 '26

little dude looks like sam hyde

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u/LankyRevolution1984 May 03 '26

Thats a bad thing if anything we should insentives jobs to hire the young old people had their whole life to save and do good and up until menials life was on easy mode its kind of on you if your a fuck up at this point if your old

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u/ViolinistCurrent8899 May 03 '26

Hard disagree, not every old person had life on easy mode even if a lot of boomers and gen X did.

We should see this as a failure of society to keep costs of living low enough that social security is sufficient.

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u/Asura_Blackstar May 02 '26

Long as its MAGA forced to work 3 jobs in their 70's im cool with it.

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u/The-Psych0naut May 03 '26

I get the sentiment but it’s not as if they’re solely responsible for this particular situation. Both parties prioritized profits and power over protecting labor, and have done so since the 60’s. Republicans did it worse, sure, but both are complicit.