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  • Chapelgentry@lemmynsfw.comtoPeople Twitter@sh.itjust.worksUnbelievable
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    3 months ago

    I think that analogy is worse. If my scumbag sibling killed someone and I didn’t say they were a scumbag and distance myself from them and instead defended them and enabled them to continue being a scumbag I damn well deserve others’ ire.

    This isn’t the one bad cop in America, this is just one of many whose colleagues enable and approve of their actions. Often defenders of these shitbags say, “it’s just one bad apple” but they forget the rest of the saying that one bad apple spoils the bunch. In this case, too, the people that should hold themselves to a higher standard as a group are the ones making themselves look shitty by not doing so.

    Not sure how people with family and friends of “decent cops” can defend them as a whole, particularly when most of them call on their cop friend or family member to help get them out of tickets. They’re just as bad (lol).







  • Yeah, I don’t think it’s that. I agree people don’t save, and I’m sure there are a myriad of reasons for that, from bills to bad financial planning, but largely saving for retirement is a lost cause. I’ve put 15% in my retirement account since I was 19 and am projected to be short in retirement because the market average return is so close to inflation that my money won’t appreciate significantly enough to retire. Additionally, if I wanted the returns needed to make money on my retirement account I would need to invest in a disproportionate amount in high risk stocks, which isn’t sustainable.

    I’ve resigned myself to working until I die with my retirement going to fund my childrens’ 401ks.