WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world to Asklemmy · 2 months agoWhat's something that seems obvious within your profession, but the general public seems to misunderstand?message-squaremessage-square236fedilinkarrow-up1163arrow-down11
arrow-up1162arrow-down1message-squareWhat's something that seems obvious within your profession, but the general public seems to misunderstand?WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world to Asklemmy · 2 months agomessage-square236fedilink
minus-squareUninformed_Tyler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up42·2 months agoEveryone gets older. Everyones body breaks down eventually. The amount of elderly who have said “I never thought something like this would happen to me”. Look around Edna! What made you think you were going to avoid what happens to everyone else!?
minus-squareScubus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoAt least personally, the idea is that I will die before I get old.
minus-squareJimmycrackcracklinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoI dunno that seems awful c-c-cold. Are you just trying to cause a big s-s-sensation?
minus-squareSoGrumpylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoWell I didn’t, so now am. Upvote for The Who reference.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-22 months ago“Everything that happens happens to someone else” Also the reason people don’t buy even the most basic insurance, or take even the most basic disaster preparedness steps.
Everyone gets older. Everyones body breaks down eventually. The amount of elderly who have said “I never thought something like this would happen to me”. Look around Edna! What made you think you were going to avoid what happens to everyone else!?
At least personally, the idea is that I will die before I get old.
I dunno that seems awful c-c-cold. Are you just trying to cause a big s-s-sensation?
Well I didn’t, so now am.
Upvote for The Who reference.
“Everything that happens happens to someone else”
Also the reason people don’t buy even the most basic insurance, or take even the most basic disaster preparedness steps.