The last film in tonight's triple feature is Theater of Blood starring Vincent Price and Diana Rigg. I saw this one in the the theater when it was new.
After people have paid INTO the Socialism fund for 40 or 50 years, it's not unreasonable for them to expect to get all that "free" shit.
For someone who graduated college last week to expect free income and health care and everything else IS unreasonable.
@ScottMcBryde1 I mean...I get it. It sucks being low man on the Totem Pole, being taxed to support a bunch of old fucks like me who refuse to die (or at least surrender all our money to the common good), but we were there in the 70s through the 10s. Eating ramen and burnt weenie sandwiches.
@colynn_s I guess...partly?
No coffee.
Unfocused and while not maintaining a PMA, I was less negative than is my usual.
No freak outs.
No stabby.
Totally Winnie the Poohing it up in this hizzy.
@CraigVecellio AVERAGE life expectancy. More people died in infancy and of childhood disease back then which skewed the average way down. Those who survived to adulthood could expect to live into their 70s and even 80s.
The first generation to receive it paid fuck all into the sytem.
People who survived to adulthood had life spans fairly equivalent to modern ones, and possibly even better quality of life, overall. Drop dead at 70 or live to 85, but the last 10 years are spent in assisted living, taking 34 pills a day and shitting in a diaper.
And I'm so tired of the disingenuous argument that life span back then was 61 or whatever. Read up on how averages work.
AVERAGE life expectancy was low because infant and child mortality was high, skewing the average down. A lot.
@TracyLovesSean Bummer. I would say "At least you can get Cuban cigars" but checking online I see the prices are so high you'd need to climb up on a ladder just to see them, and they're all out of stock anyway.
@TracyLovesSean That wasn't too bad, price-wise. Like $5 for the bag. I got it for $3.99 with a coupon. Check the refrigerator section of your local stores. Even Walmart sells it here.