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The Duchess Smackarse
May 8, 2012

by Lowtax

Smythe posted:

8 grand a month are you kidding me i aint got that kind of cash

Usually these people have sold their house, cashed their investments etc.

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The Duchess Smackarse
May 8, 2012

by Lowtax
It works because the old age home is designed to murder you through neglect and incompetence JUST before you run out of money

The Duchess Smackarse
May 8, 2012

by Lowtax

Smythe posted:

ppl live forever in japan i wonder how they do it there

In the absolute most japanese way possible

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/mobile.nytimes.com/2017/11/30/world/asia/japan-lonely-deaths-the-end.amp.html

The Duchess Smackarse
May 8, 2012

by Lowtax

gary oldmans diary posted:

not japanese in the traditional sense (multi generational home) but their sad new western norm emboldened with the can-do spirit of graciously accepting your decades of isolation

I mean, it's sort of traditional

http://all-that-is-interesting.com/ubasute

http://www.businessinsider.com/japanese-people-reviving-granny-dumping-practice-2017-1

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Some charities around Japan have begun catering to the new crop of abandoned elders, even setting up "senior citizen postboxes" (offices where people can be dropped off) to standardize the practice as best they can. The charity will then transfer the family member to a local retirement home, where they can receive the care they deserve.

The Duchess Smackarse
May 8, 2012

by Lowtax
I'm going to die in my boots in the workplace like a real man

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The Duchess Smackarse
May 8, 2012

by Lowtax
Imma just wear a tie to work one day and get wrapped up inside a machine and crushed to death LIKE A MAN

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