I have a sore foot that is not healing. The other day my mother said, "You should go to the doctor." That was when I realized that, for some people, going to the doctor is still seen as an option.
I said to my wife that night, "I'm never going to a dentist again, and I'm not going to see a doctor until I have what's going to kill me and I go to the hospital."
The world is a different place for most people under 40 than it has been, and most people over 40 don't understand that. Most of the over-40s still have their jobs and their employer insurance. Most of them still think destitution is evidence of a character flaw. Most of them think, "I got a bachelor's degree with little-to-no debt, then got two cars and a 30-year mortgage before I was 25. Now for some reason my children's deadbeat generation can't manage to do the same."
Old people: it's generally considered poor form to profit from a system, destroy the system behind you, and then disparage those who now cannot use the system. (To which the Baby Boom generation replies: "Hey, we've made no secret of our narcissism and egotism for over 60 years now. Everyone knew what they were getting." Fine, but stop blaming us for getting it.)
via oneofthebest
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