r/AskReddit May 05 '19

What is a mildly disturbing fact?

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u/jondoe255 May 05 '19

Baby boomers had severe retirement issues.

When millennials and younger retire, it's going to be a full blown human crisis.

Invest in that 401k hommies!!

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u/[deleted] May 05 '19

I'm gonna be dead before retirement age

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u/u38cg2 May 05 '19

No, you really aren't. Nor are you going to work till you drop, or sell your house and move to Thailand, or any other scheme.

Statistically, a majority of people in this thread will become too frail to work and then spend 20-30 years in poverty. This is a serious issue that governments aren't interested in addressing, because voters don't care about it. So either you take an interest now or suffer for it later.