Thread: I need the help of smart people srsly

Originally Posted by coqauvin

i'm pretty ambivalent about saving for retirement. i mean when i become a teacher i will be eligible for a pension but i'm pretty apprehensive about pensions anyways. there's something about trusting someone else (especially my employer who's looking to get me to do the most for the least amount of money possible) with 20-40 years worth of savings and expecting them to dole them out to me as I get older that seems so... too good to be true? wishful thinking? whatever it is, i'll just get my hyperintelligent children to become moderately to incredibly successful and leech off them because that is the cycle of life my friends

and then you know who'll support you?

hoooollywood kid.