• SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    I have enough to last 8 months after working 45 years and having a heart attack and having to spend my life savings on medical bills.

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        7 months ago

        It’s unclear why people took exception to that question. Retirement is commonly tied to your type of employment.

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          7 months ago

          What a strangely hostile response to a perfectly reasonable question. If you don’t want people to comment on what you say, you really shouldn’t participate.

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            7 months ago

            Is them saying 45 years of working not enough? If they would have thought their job mattered they would have said that. You guys are just horny to say they did something wrong and they are cutting you off.

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              7 months ago

              It is interesting that you assume that people are looking to break this person down, it really comes off as projection. In fact, we are curious about the type of job he had because that changes things. If he was a government employee, then retirement is required. If he was in public sector, then what you get will depend on employer. If you’re a contractor, then it is fully up to you to put money into it. We have no idea who this person is or what their experiences are like. Assuming the worst from us says more about you than anything.

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              7 months ago

              You’re projecting. I actually don’t care about the person or their story, but noticed someone have a little temper tantrum when someone asked a question in response.

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            7 months ago

            It wasn’t that hostile. And they never said people couldn’t comment, that’s a straw man you built entirely on your own.

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            7 months ago

            you really shouldn’t participate

            Participate in posting my personal work history which as zero to do with this thread and would do nothing to add to it except to invade my privacy? Ok Chief.

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            7 months ago

            It’s called having a conversation…… someone says something. Someone else asks a question to stoke the conversation….

            And like. Context as well. yes it is a diff conversation if they worked 45 years min wage vs 45 years as a mega corp ceo lol. It def is a valid question for someone to understand the conversation that’s happening.

            No ones being hostile by trying to get context to continue the conversation that was totally friendly until they got butthurt for some weird reason.

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      7 months ago

      Did you have retirement savings before the heat attack? How about insurance with a max you’d have to pay?