What if we just write a "feel good" story about the person being employed to write all these inane and furthermore, bullshit "feel good"stories?
Then reply with it each and every time.
It's heartwarming to think that you could live to be 100, and none of this relentless, soul-grinding work that guts one of all will to exist will ever cease.
Is she working because she wants to or is she working because she has to? There is a significant difference in whether it is a feel good story or something else.
Whether this was 100 years or 100 months, it would be almost equally bad. 100 months, you're just over 8 years old, but somehow you have a full-time retail job working with heavy equipment and sharp objects. The same 8-year-old also drives a forklift... and a truck. 🤨
Literally the sub header (left off here). Not saying wealth inequality is not to be addressed (!), or that she could choose other ways to spend her time (her choice), or that we shouldn’t address her driving (yes we should fund public transit better) but no excuse to be lazy.
It doesn't matter if it's her "choice." That isn't the point. The purpose of the media highlighting these stories is to spread propaganda to encourage people to work until they die, and to reinforce the idea that work is the focus of people's lives. Start being more critical about media intent.
Oh, I'm plenty critical of media intent. I also don't choose to bend things to fit a preexisting narrative either.
If you've worked with older people, one thing they feel lacking is purpose/dignity. If they choose to work to gain that-*as this woman is telling you she is*-I choose to believe her.
Is it her choice though? I've met a LOT of older people who have come out of retirement who did it for economic reasons but have gaslit themselves into saying it was just a lifestyle thing.
You start asking things like "why not volunteer" and cracks start forming, they can't afford to volunteer.
Of course, sometimes it is both financial and a choice, they could easily afford not to work, but they want things that they otherwise couldn't afford.
And let's not kid ourselves, the only way you can't afford to volunteer, something that costs you nothing but time, is because you need that time to earn money.
Agree about the framing. This click bait story centers an outlier. Who could do that at 100?? Very few. But then your framing denies her experience. Maybe staying in the game is why she has lived so long? Life liberty and the pursuit of happiness is for each of us to define. Don’t stop can’t stop
As a show of thanks from the company for decades of service, never missing a day, never taking a day off, she was granted a generous bonus of a $20 olive garden giftcard. Shareholders are saying this was too much and instead she should have been rewarded with the privilege to work weekends
Yeah “work till you die peasant” is exactly the message here. Dude she could be engaging in community work, a hobby, or just enjoying her retirement! It’s super not cool to try to glorify not being able to retire 😞
Hey, why didn’t you post an actual news article about this woman instead of the clickbait headline? I left Twitter to get away from right wing trash. I don’t need left-wing trash in my face every day here.
Aye, & maybe we're just different types of people, but if I hit 70 & want to work for the social aspect or to keep busy, or whatever, I'm 99.9%+ sure I'd be at a dog rescue or some other charity/non-profit.
Not working in a business for a wage, when state pension (here) should have had that covered.
This is just propaganda directed by the oligarchs to normalize the idea of working literally to death. Most young people now might never get to retire. It's gonna be a rich-people luxury.
I mean look at how pitiful the social programs we already have are at providing for elderly people's needs.
working to 100 is only a problem because of what work culture has normalized, if it was 20 hours a week it wouldnt be too bad, if healthy food and not scraping by and getting good sleep etc. But this is america. But yeah, look at japan's aging population right. Profit limits need to be set tbh.
In today’s heartwarming story a household in Birmingham Alabama has decided to donate their family dog to neighbours so they can survive this winter. AmazonTesla to donate 6 months subscription of their Robog™️ to each family.
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Then reply with it each and every time.
If you've worked with older people, one thing they feel lacking is purpose/dignity. If they choose to work to gain that-*as this woman is telling you she is*-I choose to believe her.
You start asking things like "why not volunteer" and cracks start forming, they can't afford to volunteer.
It’s not working
The sympathy juice has ran out
We want actual change
Not working in a business for a wage, when state pension (here) should have had that covered.
This is not the onion. What the fuck is this?
what a revelation
I mean look at how pitiful the social programs we already have are at providing for elderly people's needs.
It happens so often, there's a term for it.