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If they don't listen, time to escalate to Webster.

Some older folks do that. They print them out to file away or draft their responses (that they then later type and send back). I don't think it's as common as it used to be, though.

A reference to Break Stuff by Limp Bizkit. (Notice the name of the doctor in the first panel.)

Hey good for you for taking care of them. There's nothing wrong with helping out if you're able and willing.

What the hell.

I would like to think I'm a decent developer. I know what I'm talking about when it comes to code.

I do not know what I'm talking about in other fields. So I don't speak like I know what I'm talking about there.

Hopefully PG learned this skill in the last 20 or so years.

In America, the older folks tend to have more money than the younger folks. So culturally speaking, we don't really think to send money to our elders.

The first way is pensions used to be common, so older folks get that. There are also retirement accounts that people would pay into their whole working life. (These are very commonly offered and are pretty set and forget.) Cost of living used to be a lot lower too, so they also had greater opportunity to save up as they aged.

Another way is that established people tend not to have to spend as much money. If you live in your own house and have for a while, your home goods are typically handled and you only need to replenish as needed. (I'm talking things like furniture, small fixtures... Stuff that would be a pain to move or replace if you are not as established.)

Also in the United States, current working age people pay into social security, which older folks can draw from. (There are rules and exceptions, but for the most part, this is how it works.)

So here, the older folks are in a better financial position overall. (There are of course exceptions, and with their advanced age it is harder to dig themselves out.

For myself, I am doing well. But even though I'm ahead of many of my peers, I'm still not doing as well as my parents when they were my age. The cost of my schooling was much higher than that of someone that graduated 30, 20, even 10 years before me. (But it did allow me to get a very good job.) The cost of living rose quite a bit higher than wages, so I wasn't able to save and invest like they did. I've had to take on second jobs to pay for healthcare. (My parents did not have to.)

I might be a bit biased though, because I was also told I would get no financial help from my parents after I became an adult. I would be far more inclined to help if they invested in my education, which would have made me be way more far ahead financially.

However, I do help my mom when I can. I visit. I help her fix things. I don't help her financially though.

Legs for days

It blows my mind when people do that.

"Hey, the way that you styled yourself makes me not want to have sex with you."

"Uhhh... Cool?"

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When Martha from accounting last asked me what my plans were for that night, I told her I was going to slap my chicken.

She won't look me in the eye any more.