• corroded@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Isn’t dying poor a good thing? I don’t want to live poor, but you can’t take it with you. I’d ideally spend my last dollar right before taking my last breath.

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        5 months ago

        The goal would be to spend my last dollar prior to ending up in a hospital where I die and the medical bills go poof.

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      5 months ago

      Problem is, that you normally don’t know how long you’ll live and cannot plan accordingly.

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        I know when I’m going to die, because I’m an independent free thinker. I refuse to face my death on anyone’s terms but my own. I intend to live a rich and fulfilling life, watch my family grow, and then end it at a time of my own choosing, after giving all of my grandkids the tools they need to go on without me.

        If I died to any means but suicide, I wouldn’t think it fair. You can’t fire me, I quit. It’s my life and I’m going to be in control until the last second.

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            5 months ago

            That’s true, but irrelevant. We’re talking about managing retirement funds. I’m not going to live longer than my retirement funds last. Dying earlier doesn’t change that.

            And if I did die of natural causes, it would be a tragedy. I only want to die by my own hand, I don’t want chance to take my death from me.

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            4 months ago

            that literally wouldn’t matter to them, if OP responds i would bet you a lot of a fucking money they would simply say “ok and?” and then leave.

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              4 months ago

              Big brain comment right here. Did you write that before or after seeing OP did that? Did you write it before or after seeing that I told someone I used the term goober because I was keeping it light hearted?

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            5 months ago

            The audacity to use the word goober as an insult in a comment this stupid is baffling.

            Of course you’re right. Obviously.

            Did you not get the point?