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Wait, you guys get to retire?
My retirement plan is 10 grams of lead
My retirement plan is society collapsing on itself
Real (real)
Ahh the old "Smith & Wesson Retirement Plan"
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I'm gonna turn my on / off switch to "off".
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I’m not afraid of retirement, I’m afraid of needing to work on the day of my funeral.
You and me both.
My mother is already kinda facing that and I feel like it's almost treason for politicians to keep extending the retirement age on all of us.
Retiring doesn't seem like an option from my perspective.. Better start gaming now
Instructions unclear, got fired for gaming at work. I guess its early retirement for me.
You think people our age will be able to afford to retire? Ha.
That's something the boomers and upper classes took with them.
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Arthritis has entered the game
Please no.
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Never understood that attitude. As folks mention the math for most of us does not seem to include any type of voluntary retirement and when we do its going to be because we are so messed up we can't work which likely means we won't be able to game. Seriously though, even before our electronic age, there are so many worthwhile things to do outside of clocking into a job.
You're dealing with a generation retiring where a significant minority dedicated themselves to their jobs 100% to fulfill their family duty of being a provider. So they became boring ass people chasing overtime and money to the detriment of developing themselves as people.
Once these people retire, they don't know what to do with themselves.
I mean this is me to some degree. My job pays for everything. Is super important and I have to constantly be about the job in my life (unfortunately). I even like what I do to some degree, but all the same there is much more than it in this world.
you can, though, at any time and (mobility permitting) take up any kind of bizarre hobby.
clowning, clog dancing, building box cars, collecting skulls, yodelling...
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I'm going to take up birdwatching and hope I die in the wetlands to the sound of a thousand red-winged blackbirds singing their mating calls.
Damn dude I hope you die that way too.
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It's not the first day that's a challenge. It's the 100th day and beyond .
Yup. A hobby is fun because you do it on your spare time and as an escape from work. When it’s the only thing you do all day everday, the fun will eventually fizzle out. Obviously there are small exceptions.
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Is it? During Covid lockdowns I gamed like there was no tomorrow. Sure, a little burnout at some point, but taking a break for a couple days usually fixed it and then I could start again to game as hard; I think that being able to go outside at will would help much more with the feeling of burnout, so I don't see gaming during retirement being not fun at any point haha
I remember seeing news articles about how people were allegedly getting "stressed out from lack of social contact" and I'm over here with my family enjoying being left the hell alone, able to relax for a change and not deal with other peoples expectations and boring ass social events that we're usually forced to go to. Being able to just play 100 days of video games and only work when I absolutely had to was great.
What it showed us was that all the bullshit about having to be "productive members of society" and the focus on productivity was exactly that. Western society could function just fine and be a lot happier if the 1% didn't get handed yet another ivory back scratcher.
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The idea of fearing retirement because you don't know what you'll do with yourself is incredibly depressing and really reflects how much of our lives revolve around making others rich
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I hope people aren't counting on playing games that require fast reaction speeds. If your jam is turn-based games you're in luck, you should be good to 100. But, if you're a competitive online gamer, you're in for a rude shock if you think you're going to retire and compete against the 20-somethings.
Nah, I'll just move to toplane and become a garen otp
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Every competitive game has a ranking system. I do not see any issue playing and trying to improve, just reduce your expectations.
A lot of 20 year olds are trash in a lot of competitive games
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I knew gentleman that was 100 (he literally turned 100 the year I met him). He was one of the most sharp people at the retirement home; I think a lot of it was the fact he loved the internet and gaming.
Edit: If any of you are history nerds with a good concept of time, you may have thought of something:
HE SAW CIVIL WAR VETERANS; HE WAS THAT OLD. I say "saw" because he only ever saw them in parades, never spoke to them. I asked him if they let the confederates on the floats and he just laughed and said "no" (I wish people had that common sense nowadays) . He also thought I was asking if he FOUGHT in the civil war, so that got a good laugh out of him aswell. Cool dude all around. He used to give me a lot of shit, but now he's just another grandpa to me.
It makes you wonder how much things have actually really changed under the surface when you realize that it's only their great grandkids that are still in charge of things today.
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I thought I would never tire of vidya. And then one day I realised I was basically done gaming. Maybe when my body starts failing me I will come back to it, but I don't know...
This was me for many years when I joined the military. But then it fucked me up and gave me PTSD and now it's about the most productive thing I'm capable of aside from posting terrible memes so I can totally see how our generation will retire back into video game connoisseurs now.
As long as my old consoles still work. Imma be playing them.
It's a weird thing. I never really stopped playing video games. There were games I played pretty kuch daily, if only for half an hour or so. Then if i stop for some reason (vacation, girlfriend, no time, whatever) and i didn't play any video games for a week or two, i don't have any urge to go back really. And then i fire up a old ir brand new game and i remember how much i like it.
@BruceTwarzen @Kushia @Flyberius, i'm 70 Jears old and i still like good Videogames in a spare time. Keeps the mind fresh.
I would probably party all day.
Well not all day. I also need a pause to regenerate and stuff. Also it's not fun doing it all the time
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I'm not even 40 and my elbows are totally ruined from using a mouse and keyboard, game controller and phone too much... My gaming days are nearly over and it SUCKS
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thinking you'll get to retire
lmao
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