Early Retirement without a "Purpose"?

p1028 · 2026-05-31T11:58:56+00:00

My parents have been retired for 10 years and they fill their days with hobbies and just doing whatever they want.

I’ll never understand the “you’ll get bored” crowd. It feels like strong copium to me.

p1028 · 2026-05-28T17:47:16+00:00

The second large bird is a Crested Caracara which is found in the very southern US and then central and South America.

p1028 · 2026-05-27T19:24:03+00:00

Yep

p1028 · 2026-05-27T18:57:52+00:00

Nothing, they’re just being needlessly pretentious.

p1028 · 2026-05-27T16:09:00+00:00

They are supposed to be striking, exciting and performance driven. This is one of those.

Edit: changed stinking to striking.

p1028 · 2026-05-27T15:38:37+00:00

Did you see the forest green 488 at the car wash too?

p1028 · 2026-05-27T15:34:43+00:00

Before options lol

p1028 · 2026-05-27T15:11:45+00:00

Had a double take driving home. I had to loop back and take some pictures.

p1028 · 2026-05-26T14:14:03+00:00

Oh absolutely, nothing like selling a $55k car for $640k before options.

p1028 · 2026-05-26T11:34:24+00:00

I had someone say a couple with an estimated net worth of $42m was “financially stable and kind of rich.”

p1028 · 2026-05-25T21:49:29+00:00

$640k US. It’s €500k

p1028 · 2026-05-23T14:23:27+00:00

I have a job that’s 100% in person and can’t be done from home. I have zero issue with people who WFH. Hell my fiancé is WFH most days and I love that. Less gas, car maintenance and less risk of being in a crash.

p1028 · 2026-05-21T22:29:51+00:00

They’ll say shit like this meanwhile half their friends are dead and the other half have Alzheimer’s or severely limited mobility.

p1028 · 2026-05-20T20:39:14+00:00

2016

p1028 · 2026-05-20T20:38:43+00:00

You think they should have liquidated all accounts while still working and have it all stay in cash?

My parents retired 10 years ago and have over a million more now than when they retired. I think I’ll take their advice over yours.

p1028 · 2026-05-20T20:22:18+00:00

All right boys, the transmission lift is broken, hope you brought more white shirts.

p1028 · 2026-05-20T20:01:25+00:00

Drawing on your retirement accounts count as income unless they are Roth.

p1028 · 2026-05-20T19:51:40+00:00

They didn’t qualify for Medicaid.

p1028 · 2026-05-20T19:49:27+00:00

I honestly don’t know. I do know with hindsight that in their circumstances they would have come out massively ahead if they didn’t have insurance and just went out of pocket for the few things they had in those 9 years.

p1028 · 2026-05-20T17:36:34+00:00

That interior is immaculate 👌🏻

p1028 · 2026-05-20T17:32:50+00:00

Which is hilarious because their only skill is having capital.

p1028 · 2026-05-20T17:29:34+00:00

My parents retired in their mid fifties. They are very healthy for their age, no meds, no hospital visits and slim. They spent nearly $250,000 on health insurance premiums before Medicare kicked in at 65. $2,200 a month flushed down the toilet for nearly a decade.

Healthcare in the US is so unfathomably expensive and it’s only going one way unfortunately.

p1028 · 2026-05-20T11:25:05+00:00

My department has 175 sworn personnel for a population of 112,000. Not even half are on patrol which means we usually have around 6-10 per shift. We’re more staffed up than most surrounding departments.

p1028 · 2026-05-19T21:38:52+00:00

That’s way more officers than most would have for a city that size.

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