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These 100-year-olds say working beyond retirement age is what keeps them going: 'I'll work for as long as I can' (www.cnbc.com)

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[–] Hylactor@sopuli.xyz 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Just to chime in a little. I don't think the implication was "my nan never worked", I think it was more "she never had a 9 to 5". No one in this conversation was trying to say being a mom is easy, so much as they're saying working a desk job is harmful to the soul. While more demanding than a desk job, raising children is also a truly meaningful occupation; like, deep down, meaning of life type meaningful. You don't get "paid", but no amount of pay is worth more than watching your child learn and become a person either. Ultimately I don't think the ease or difficulty of jobs is whats enabling or preventing these people from living a long time. It probably has more to do with a sense of purpose. The article is disingenuous because an overwhelming majority of jobs do not provide a sense of purpose.

[–] sunzu@kbin.run 1 points 4 months ago

The article is disingenuous because an overwhelming majority of jobs do not provide a sense of purpose.

Exactly.

Also, I didn't mean that somebody implied that about motherhood here.

But I bet corporate propganda would tho... Why would this bitch parenting her child when she could be making daddy some mother fucking money as a girl boss or whatever recent bushit they are shiling.