The Economy

[physicsfactor]

I don’t know how many of you have paid for a funeral lately, but it’s hard to get one for under $10k these days.

 

[DrKlahn]

Why do they count your funeral as among your own costs? It's not like they can bring you back to life.

 

[physicsfactor]

Why do they count your funeral as among your own costs? It's not like they can bring you back to life.

I know know people who planned and prepaid for their own funerals. Certainly makes things a lot easier on that person’s family.

My dad’s cost $10,500 and we didn’t do anything special - just a regular, traditional funeral. I’m hopeful funeral costs come down though as the caskets and vaults and all that seem to be an older generation thing. Traditional funerals are a silly waste of money IMO. When we left the funeral home after choosing all of my dad’s stuff and getting the final cost, I told my wife to have me cremated and don’t even worry about keeping or spreading the ashes or anything like that.

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

The amount for retirement is very low, too. $700k is $35k per year from 65-85. Who the fuck is living off $35k per year in retirement? Is that a retirement worth having?

 

[DrKlahn]

May as well put it all into the funeral and just die

 

[DrKlahn]

Why do they count your funeral as among your own costs? It's not like they can bring you back to life.

I know know people who planned and prepaid for their own funerals. Certainly makes things a lot easier on that person’s family.

My dad’s cost $10,500 and we didn’t do anything special - just a regular, traditional funeral. I’m hopeful funeral costs come down though as the caskets and vaults and all that seem to be an older generation thing. Traditional funerals are a silly waste of money IMO. When we left the funeral home after choosing all of my dad’s stuff and getting the final cost, I told my wife to have me cremated and don’t even worry about keeping or spreading the ashes or anything like that.

If a pauper's grave was good enough for Mozart, it should be good enough for us all.

 

[aiw]

Jews use pine boxes. None of that fancy shit. Though cremation is the way to go.

 

[physicsfactor]

Jews use pine boxes. None of that fancy shit. Though cremation is the way to go.

Yeah but you guys aren’t going to real heaven. Christians are, and we have to arrive in style!

 

[deepdarkblue]

Citizens of First World countries look at that health care premium price tag and go, wtf, America?

 

[deepdarkblue]

The amount for retirement is very low, too. $700k is $35k per year from 65-85. Who the fuck is living off $35k per year in retirement? Is that a retirement worth having?

Maybe in Honduras.

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

Always liked Cuban, so it's stunning to me how little awareness he's displaying with this series of tweets.

 

[Grit]

What is his goal? Is it about running for office as a dem? Or just trying to be the most woke NBA owner to keep Kyrie happy?