While people are still dying of Covid around Australia every week (including many elderly people) we have Stella here who "says it all" about how many Australians think about the elderly today.
If Mum stops breathing, I’m not resuscitating – I’m going house-huntingStella SpackmanOctober 5, 2023 — 5.00am Quote:It’s an oppressively hot day in Sydney’s inner west and four of us have congregated around the pool in the complex of someone’s rented apartment. As usual, we’re talking about our least-favourite topic – will we ever own property?
Basically, we’ve done everything right and applied the sensible advice of our elders. We worked hard at school and embarked on solid degrees at good universities and catapulted into the workforce shortly after graduation. We are the poster children for responsible decision-making, and we’re waiting to reap the reward we were promised – owning a roof over our heads.
Quote:Of course, I could wait for my inheritance but that will probably arrive after my senior’s card. My smoking, drinking grandparents lived until their mid-90s and my health-obsessed parents will probably live forever.
To make matters worse, they have joined their generation’s hottest trend: the “grey divorce” – and are planning to sell their major asset, the family home. My mother says that, having climbed the property ladder, she is about to slide down the asset snake to meet me somewhere near the bottom. She jokes about moving in with me in my inner-west rental. Fine by me, but I’m not resuscitating her if she stops breathing, I’m jumping onto Domain.
Hey aqua, Stella wouldn't be a friend of yours by any chance would she?
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is where we're "at" in this once lucky (and once caring) country these days.
And...
https://nitter.net/annatime94/status/1709679815408963866#m Quote:Why am I not surprised that this headline is actually real.
I'm also not surprised.
Quote:Kiwi Prole 💉💉💉💉💉😷
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Replying to @annatime94
I'm not surprised either. This is what we have become.
Oct 4, 2023 · 10:34 PM UTC
Yes, I agree 100%.
Disgraceful stuff.