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7/26/2025, 8:48:34 PM
>>716506402
It happens more and more these days. I find myself lacking the concentration to get really into gaming.
It's not because of Tiktok or anything. I don't watch shortform content. I just have adult responsibilities. I can't ever game for more than 2 hours because I get the urge to go and do something. Gotta do my laundry. Gotta clean the sink. Gotta get lunch going. Gotta go and withdraw some money from the bank so I have cash on hand. Gotta mow the lawn. Gotta eat lunch. Gotta get dinner going. And on and on.
When I was a kid I could do a 12 hour gaming session on Pokemon Platinum. Now I'm lucky if I can concentrate for an hour and a half without checking the clock.
It happens more and more these days. I find myself lacking the concentration to get really into gaming.
It's not because of Tiktok or anything. I don't watch shortform content. I just have adult responsibilities. I can't ever game for more than 2 hours because I get the urge to go and do something. Gotta do my laundry. Gotta clean the sink. Gotta get lunch going. Gotta go and withdraw some money from the bank so I have cash on hand. Gotta mow the lawn. Gotta eat lunch. Gotta get dinner going. And on and on.
When I was a kid I could do a 12 hour gaming session on Pokemon Platinum. Now I'm lucky if I can concentrate for an hour and a half without checking the clock.
7/26/2025, 12:35:09 AM
7/4/2025, 3:37:25 AM
>>714443739
Because of pensions, idiot. Every country with low population growth has a pension system. Why is that bad? Because you need young people to pay for old peoples' pensions. On a macro scale, young and old people need the same amount of money to live, so you need roughly 3 - 4 working age young people to support 1 old person (taking 25 - 33% of their paycheck to give to the old person).
And you know what's worse? Old people will never vote away their pensions, so the youth will be outvoted if they become a minority. That means that the youth will be de facto enslaved by the elderly who refuse to give up their pensions. Zoomer and Gen Alpha are going to be the first generations to suffer from this in the West where you're going to be paying exorbitant amounts of money to keep the Gen Xers and Millennials alive into their 80s and 90s. It's very likely that anyone born after 1997 is going to lose more money to the pension system than they'll get out of it. And it'll only get worse until the Millennials are all dead circa 2090.
You cannot have a pension/welfare system and shrinking population. It's a recipe for disaster. Think of it like a noose around your neck. It's all fine and dandy when you're staying level or going up, but if you're descending...
Because of pensions, idiot. Every country with low population growth has a pension system. Why is that bad? Because you need young people to pay for old peoples' pensions. On a macro scale, young and old people need the same amount of money to live, so you need roughly 3 - 4 working age young people to support 1 old person (taking 25 - 33% of their paycheck to give to the old person).
And you know what's worse? Old people will never vote away their pensions, so the youth will be outvoted if they become a minority. That means that the youth will be de facto enslaved by the elderly who refuse to give up their pensions. Zoomer and Gen Alpha are going to be the first generations to suffer from this in the West where you're going to be paying exorbitant amounts of money to keep the Gen Xers and Millennials alive into their 80s and 90s. It's very likely that anyone born after 1997 is going to lose more money to the pension system than they'll get out of it. And it'll only get worse until the Millennials are all dead circa 2090.
You cannot have a pension/welfare system and shrinking population. It's a recipe for disaster. Think of it like a noose around your neck. It's all fine and dandy when you're staying level or going up, but if you're descending...
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