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“You will be more conservative as you grow older” (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

Yep this. It's a combination of becoming more financially well-off, combined with loss aversion, combined with a sense that the culture starts to alienate you. It's like grandpa simpson said: "I used to be with it. But what was 'it' changed. And now what I'm with isn't 'it', and what is 'it' is scary and strange."

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