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[-] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

How does that work when you don't live with your parents?

Rents are extremely expensive and would slow down the "build a safety net" part of the cycle.

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[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

[off topic]

I am a fan of the Travis McGee novels by John D. MacDonald. Introduced to them in childhood and still worth a re-read.

Travis was a 'salvage consultant' who would rob loot back from criminals, and then retire for as long as the money lasted.

[-] exasperation@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

What's funny is I just typed a comment trying to analyze what types of jobs would allow for this, and one category was the "discrete projects that have a defined beginning and end" type jobs, and it did cross my mind that movie-style heists tend to have this kind of arrangement.

[-] chemicalprophet@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago

Boomers were trying to ruin it for us.

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