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Centrist Committee
Aug 6, 2019

triple sulk posted:

401ks wont exist in 20 years anyway so who cares

people itt get mad if you tell people to liquidate their 401k or defile Number and not contribute lol

Source4Leko posted:

When is this from?

https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/average-401k-balance

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Nothus
Feb 22, 2001

Buglord

euphemism
Nov 16, 2015

be kind, don't rewind

triple sulk posted:

401ks wont exist in 20 years anyway so who cares

its pretty safe to bet that either 401ks exist, or they dont and everything will be on fire anyway, so may as well hedge ur bets and do lines of coke instead of investing

cool dance moves
Aug 27, 2018


Scionix posted:

so do we just keep shooting to the moon until november

what if trump gets re-elected. do we keep mooning. I mean theoretically I have a 401k so I become infinity rich right

does this situation even have a precedent

Money printer will go brrrr until the universe collapses, that's how you keep number going up. There will come a day, when line can only be graphed on a moebius strip

PIZZA.BAT
Nov 12, 2016


:cheers:


FistEnergy posted:

just one

Lmbo

PIZZA.BAT
Nov 12, 2016


:cheers:


Centrist Committee posted:

people itt get mad if you tell people to liquidate their 401k or defile Number and not contribute lol


https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/average-401k-balance

quote:

while the average 401(k) savings balance is over $90,000, the median account balance is much less at $22,217, according to Vanguard's latest data, which was calculated in 2019.

lmfao. "what wealth gap??"

anonumos
Jul 14, 2005

Fuck it.

PIZZA.BAT posted:

lmfao. "what wealth gap??"

According to that I have more wealth than half of all seniors.

And most of the other age groups.

That makes me very sad. What the gently caress is going on with this country?

I'm being facetious. We're the baddies.

is pepsi ok
Oct 23, 2002

I always knew most Americans didn't have much saved for retirement but hooooooly gently caress are there going to be a lot of olds dropping dead in the middle of Amazon warehouses in the future.

Penisaurus Sex
Feb 3, 2009

asdfghjklpoiuyt
I’m 30 and have never had a positive net worth as an adult between usurious student loans and a complete poo poo job market.

burn the fucker down

Algid
Oct 10, 2007



Rising and rising in the widening gap
The work cannot profit the worker;
Things fall apart; the Number cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The money printer is loosed, and everywhere
The call of options are drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of irrational exuberance.

Surely some Correction is at hand;
Surely the Second Depression is at hand.
The Second Depression! Hardly are those words out
When a vast image out of Spiritus Money
Troubles my sight: somewhere in tubes of the internet
A graph with V-shaped body and the axis of log,
A slope as sharp and pitiless as a blade,
Is fitting its slewed data, while all about it
Reel shadows of the indignant twittering birds.
The market drops again; but now I know
That a century of steady growth
Were vexed to nightmare by a fading scourge,
And what rallying bull, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Opening to be born?

Epic High Five
Jun 5, 2004



triple sulk posted:

401ks wont exist in 20 years anyway so who cares

ya lol, 100% a scam. If you're under 45 cash it out first chance you get and convert that money to something useful you'll be able to use in 20+ years like canned peaches or ammo

Epic High Five
Jun 5, 2004



if 401ks were a valid retirement mechanism for Millennials or even GenX we wouldn't be allowed to have access to them lol. Pick I know you are reading this, post so I can fight you coward

Slow News Day
Jul 4, 2007


now do median

Epic High Five
Jun 5, 2004



enraged_camel posted:

now do median

read harder

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003
i aint never had a 401k in my life. im 35 worked every day since i been a teen. lovely little companies. pretty epic

Mr Hootington
Jul 24, 2008

I'M HAVING A HOOT EATING CORNETTE THE LONG WAY

Epic High Five posted:

if 401ks were a valid retirement mechanism for Millennials or even GenX we wouldn't be allowed to have access to them lol. Pick I know you are reading this, post so I can fight you coward

She is busy looking for the million dollars of nazi gold her father hid on his compound

Knight
Dec 23, 2000

SPACE-A-HOLIC
Taco Defender
What's the price tag on living in a functioning society?

Mr Hootington
Jul 24, 2008

I'M HAVING A HOOT EATING CORNETTE THE LONG WAY

Knight posted:

What's the price tag on living in a functioning society?

1 mao

skooma512
Feb 8, 2012

You couldn't grok my race car, but you dug the roadside blur.

Scionix posted:

so do we just keep shooting to the moon until november

what if trump gets re-elected. do we keep mooning. I mean theoretically I have a 401k so I become infinity rich right

does this situation even have a precedent

I would like to borrow against earnings I will gain from the infinite future Number.

skooma512
Feb 8, 2012

You couldn't grok my race car, but you dug the roadside blur.

Algid posted:

Rising and rising in the widening gap
The work cannot profit the worker;
Things fall apart; the Number cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The money printer is loosed, and everywhere
The call of options are drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of irrational exuberance.

Surely some Correction is at hand;
Surely the Second Depression is at hand.
The Second Depression! Hardly are those words out
When a vast image out of Spiritus Money
Troubles my sight: somewhere in tubes of the internet
A graph with V-shaped body and the axis of log,
A slope as sharp and pitiless as a blade,
Is fitting its slewed data, while all about it
Reel shadows of the indignant twittering birds.
The market drops again; but now I know
That a century of steady growth
Were vexed to nightmare by a fading scourge,
And what rallying bull, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Opening to be born?

:dudsmile:

Paradoxish
Dec 19, 2003

Will you stop going crazy in there?

I mean the really funny part about this is that even the average amounts are completely useless as retirement accounts

fart simpson
Jul 2, 2005

DEATH TO AMERICA
:xickos:


lmao

Rated PG-34
Jul 1, 2004




If you had the average amount, you could maybe retire comfortably somewhere in indochina. gg imperialism

Okuteru
Nov 10, 2007

Choose this life you're on your own

Penisaurus Sex posted:

I’m 30 and have never had a positive net worth as an adult between usurious student loans and a complete poo poo job market.

burn the fucker down

Same.

Okuteru
Nov 10, 2007

Choose this life you're on your own

Rated PG-34 posted:

If you had the average amount, you could maybe retire comfortably somewhere in indochina. gg imperialism
Haha, Covid is gonna ensure Americans will never travel overseas again?

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003

Forceholy posted:

Haha, Covid is gonna ensure Americans will never travel overseas again?

no reason to leave the best country on earth. who cares?

DEEP STATE PLOT
Aug 13, 2008

Yes...Ha ha ha...YES!



Penisaurus Sex posted:

I’m 30 and have never had a positive net worth as an adult between usurious student loans and a complete poo poo job market.

burn the fucker down

:hai:

Ardennes
May 12, 2002

Rated PG-34 posted:

If you had the average amount, you could maybe retire comfortably somewhere in indochina. gg imperialism

Living in exile from the US is a blessing only the truly deserving can cherish.

fart simpson
Jul 2, 2005

DEATH TO AMERICA
:xickos:


my net worth went positive at age 32

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003

fart simpson posted:

my net worth went positive at age 32

ya in chinese rubles or smth...

silicone thrills
Jan 9, 2008

I paint things
I'm 32 and I think I might pay off my student debt this year maybe.

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


Grace Baiting posted:

There's always money in the banana republic

fart simpson
Jul 2, 2005

DEATH TO AMERICA
:xickos:

Smythe posted:

ya in chinese rubles or smth...

yeah

Okuteru
Nov 10, 2007

Choose this life you're on your own

Smythe posted:

no reason to leave the best country on earth. who cares?

Sakoku with American characteristics.

fart simpson posted:

my net worth went positive at age 32

I'm the same age, but I still owe money because I stupidly decided to give up on law school.

(It is not stupid to give up on law school.)

I guess that's the price I pay for nor being a sTEm major or leaning a trade (with no unions).

Okuteru
Nov 10, 2007

Choose this life you're on your own

Smythe posted:

ya in chinese rubles or smth...

I loon forward to a Looper future where we are paid in Yuan.

i say swears online
Mar 4, 2005

i'm 35 and have never made enough money for student loan payments to kick in lol. i'm literally the poorest MBA on the planet

Rutibex
Sep 9, 2001

by Fluffdaddy

i say swears online posted:

i'm 35 and have never made enough money for student loan payments to kick in lol. i'm literally the poorest MBA on the planet
:hfive:
i am also in the "35 and never made enough money to make a payment on my masters degree" club

Car Hater
May 7, 2007

wolf. bike.
Wolf. Bike.
Wolf! Bike!
WolfBike!
WolfBike!
ARROOOOOO!

Forceholy posted:

Sakoku with American characteristics.


I'm the same age, but I still owe money because I stupidly decided to give up on law school.

(It is not stupid to give up on law school.)

I guess that's the price I pay for nor being a sTEm major or leaning a trade (with no unions).

31 yr old STEM major here, net worth almost up to zero after sacrificing the idea of vacations and a social life in my 20s (and 30's, and 40's)

Rutibex
Sep 9, 2001

by Fluffdaddy

Car Hater posted:

31 yr old STEM major here, net worth almost up to zero after sacrificing the idea of vacations and a social life in my 20s (and 30's, and 40's)

your going to feel like a fool when hyperinflation makes all debts go away

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Egg Moron
Jul 21, 2003

the dreams of the delighting void

Rutibex posted:

your going to feel like a fool when hyperinflation makes all debts go away

We'll all feel like fools when debt peonage is replaced by serfdom

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