I mean, I call it "poetry".
Posts by Simon
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7Woke Up Feeling Poetic, so an ExJW Poem
by Simon income here you heavy hearted who departed from the truth your youth and family trapped you in.. no need to fear that armageddons near and you will be forgotten as a rotten failure to your kin.. the freedom that you took is nothing that a crusty book can ever realistically replace.. so stand up tall, tell all who need to hear that it is them who fear to look you in the face..
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Woke Up Feeling Poetic, so an ExJW Poem
by Simon income here you heavy hearted who departed from the truth your youth and family trapped you in.. no need to fear that armageddons near and you will be forgotten as a rotten failure to your kin.. the freedom that you took is nothing that a crusty book can ever realistically replace.. so stand up tall, tell all who need to hear that it is them who fear to look you in the face..
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Come here you heavy hearted who departed from the truth your youth and family trapped you in.
No need to fear that armageddons near and you will be forgotten as a rotten failure to your kin.
The freedom that you took is nothing that a crusty book can ever realistically replace.
So stand up tall, tell all who need to hear that it is them who fear to look you in the face.
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RIP Olivia Newton-John
by Slidin Fast insad to hear of her passing.
it's sad and weird when the images live on but the source succumbs to the human condition.. i'm sure canabis and plant based products helped her through the pain but i hope she didn't rely on them for a cure..
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Simon
Yeah, life gets everyone in the end.
Sad, she seemed charming.
Grease was a fun, but garbage movie (the flying car at the end? WTF? think of a way to end your movie for gods sake!). I remember my older sister and her friend going to see it 2 or 3 times. I'm amazed they were allowed because it had some pretty adult themes for JW kids back then.
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened inoriginal reddit post (removed).
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Simon
found this...
What a vile place.
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No pension no preparation for retirement
by Mikejw ina lot of my ex fellow servants must be now in their seventies, what can you do?.
no children no money no home.
it is so sad.. so many decided not to have children as the end was right around the corner and that was decades ago.
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These benefit claimants know all the angles.
Yeah, and the idea that pumping $billions into any system doesn't change people's behavior is laughable. They do it because they were incentivized to do it.
It is way past the point where that has to change if we're to keep a functioning society as it's unsustainable.
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3 years in the making
by Judgerussellford inthursday while i was at work, a new elder stopped by the house (almost 3 years after fading) to encourage us to go back to meetings.
said everyone misses us.
if you did, why not stop by and say hi every now and then?
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Simon
Just keep putting it off and bumping the date.
Screw them, so they can't screw you.
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No pension no preparation for retirement
by Mikejw ina lot of my ex fellow servants must be now in their seventies, what can you do?.
no children no money no home.
it is so sad.. so many decided not to have children as the end was right around the corner and that was decades ago.
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absolutely--the safety net of Uk social security. Makes no difference if the claimant has never worked a day in their lives...which is a fact in many parts of the UK.
He was 65 and received his full state pension, some € 1200,00 and the state pays almost all his rent. He is witness of course and always did some jobs on the side, cash.
Once people qualify for "a" benefit, it often means they receive other benefits too.
It really is ridiculous how much people can get who do nothing and contribute nothing. The same segment of people also consume the lions share of police and healthcare services - everyone else is too busy working and paying their way.
IMO everyone should contribute something, and work if they are able to. That way they have some "stake" in society. There should be a safety net but not a comfy mattress for people to spend years on.
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No pension no preparation for retirement
by Mikejw ina lot of my ex fellow servants must be now in their seventies, what can you do?.
no children no money no home.
it is so sad.. so many decided not to have children as the end was right around the corner and that was decades ago.
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Simon
Well, I wasn’t aware of the part about keeping ‘most of your income’ if you live in the USA. I’m spending money like water.
That's the point - YOU can spend it, in other countries the government takes it and spends it for you.
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No pension no preparation for retirement
by Mikejw ina lot of my ex fellow servants must be now in their seventies, what can you do?.
no children no money no home.
it is so sad.. so many decided not to have children as the end was right around the corner and that was decades ago.
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Simon
Well, here in the USA it’s not like that. You have to pay into Social Security to get anything (unless you are a spouse of someone who paid in or disabled and qualify for something else).
What people in the US / outside the US often miss is that workers in the US keep way more of their income than they do in Europe, Canada and the UK. There, the government takes money off you and uses it to deliver piss-poor services, LOL.
So yes, healthcare is more expensive in the US at the point of delivery. In the UK you already paid it, same in Canada.
Pension planning is one of those areas where the forced participation might actually be beneficial for many people, with allowance for those who want to opt-out of any state-run scheme.
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No pension no preparation for retirement
by Mikejw ina lot of my ex fellow servants must be now in their seventies, what can you do?.
no children no money no home.
it is so sad.. so many decided not to have children as the end was right around the corner and that was decades ago.
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Simon
If anyone is worried about their retirement you may want to checkout this previous topic:
Retirement Planning for ex-JWs
The key thing to remember is that many people haven't planned well or saved as much as they maybe should have, so you're likely not as far behind as you imagine.
Also, the pension industry wants your money, so they don't tell you that you might not need as much as some of the calculators predict - they tend to tell you the total amount you might need, forgetting to account for the fact that some of that may very well come from state pensions etc..., and you "only" have to cover the shortfall (or just plan on a more frugal lifestyle).
Retirement planning, like general investing, is like planting a tree - the best time to start was 20 years ago, the 2nd best time to start is today.
But ignore the P2P lending mentioned in that other topic - that kind of imploded with the Covid outbreak. It's important to keep up with what's happening with where you put your money - if there is a whiff of trouble, move it. Don't be the first one in and the last one out - preserving capital is more important than the promised returns (although "some" amount of risk is usually good to include)