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Re:Ask HN: What is it like to be old? What advice would you ... by toyg on Sunday September 20, 2020 @06:18AM (#24533083)
I sincerely disagree.

Ever since I had kids, being forced to work for a living has been a massive weight on my life. Inherited wealth would be a great help.

Luckily, the fact that I don’t expect to inherit much of anything gets me out of the moral implications of wishing anyone’s death (which is actually the second biggest worry, at the back of my mind).

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Re:Ask HN: What is it like to be old? What advice would you ... by goatinaboat on Sunday September 20, 2020 @09:13AM (#24533820)
Ever since I had kids, being forced to work for a living has been a massive weight on my life. Inherited wealth would be a great help.

The problem with these kinds of hypotheticals is that had it been that way, you would not be the you that feels this way.

Aged as I am now, a windfall like an inheritance or a lottery win would probably be invested sensibly towards my retirement. But would a much younger me have blown it all on bitcoin speculation or something equally dumb that seemed like a good idea at the time?

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