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Do 60 year olds in BIGLAW still need to work? why aren't they retired?

if you've been doing BIGLAW for 25 years surely you have the...
sooty startled puppy
  01/18/26
they have nothing else to do, that's how shitty life is
Concupiscible Lay Dragon
  01/18/26
sad if true.
sooty startled puppy
  01/18/26
it is demonstrably true, how many retirees do you know and w...
Concupiscible Lay Dragon
  01/18/26
sure but the 60 year old who could retire comfortably could ...
sooty startled puppy
  01/18/26
because they can't, there is nothing to do, what are they go...
Concupiscible Lay Dragon
  01/18/26
"waking up, fiddling around, eating lunch, fiddling aro...
sooty startled puppy
  01/18/26
Ding ding ding
Costumed brunch selfie
  01/19/26
prole tell: thinking comfortable retirement is the goal t...
yapping digit ratio
  01/18/26
this is a very jewish answer. but I knew you were jewish al...
sooty startled puppy
  01/18/26
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Talking floppy depressive ape
  01/18/26
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Motley Goyim
  01/18/26
u sound jewish and, based on your prior posting, like a pedo...
Motley Goyim
  01/18/26
i think at some point you just become mentally broken and do...
Infuriating Foreskin Generalized Bond
  01/18/26
that's really depressing, but probably accurate. I think...
sooty startled puppy
  01/18/26
...
Talking floppy depressive ape
  01/18/26
I want to work until I am 100.
Vivacious son of senegal
  01/18/26
disturbing...
sooty startled puppy
  01/18/26
...
Dashing hell antidepressant drug
  01/19/26
how many are divorced and the kids hate them at this point?
zombie-like school
  01/18/26
I bet at least half are divorced but some have remarried. K...
sooty startled puppy
  01/18/26
I've worked for guys in their 60s and older who were like th...
Talking floppy depressive ape
  01/18/26
yeah, I put the "quit with just enough early" age ...
sooty startled puppy
  01/18/26
it seems 180 at that point. you know all your shit and just ...
dun cruel-hearted spot
  01/18/26
for boomers, the first 25 years were pretty damn good even
yapping digit ratio
  01/18/26
Had a heart attack this year and it put life in to perspecti...
godawful insane mad cow disease
  01/19/26
I like work though and am pretty decent at it.
Vivacious son of senegal
  01/19/26


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Date: January 18th, 2026 11:07 PM
Author: sooty startled puppy

if you've been doing BIGLAW for 25 years surely you have the money to retire comfortably. do they love the law THAT much?

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Date: January 18th, 2026 11:07 PM
Author: Concupiscible Lay Dragon

they have nothing else to do, that's how shitty life is

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823756&forum_id=2...id.#49600134)



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Date: January 18th, 2026 11:08 PM
Author: sooty startled puppy

sad if true.

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Date: January 18th, 2026 11:13 PM
Author: Concupiscible Lay Dragon

it is demonstrably true, how many retirees do you know and what are they doing? at best you can buy some stupid cheaply built house somewhere warm and not be around your grandkids while you mostly sit around in your stupid house

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823756&forum_id=2...id.#49600154)



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Date: January 18th, 2026 11:14 PM
Author: sooty startled puppy

sure but the 60 year old who could retire comfortably could still have some decent life before they get too old and frail and they could see their kids/grandkids more.

why slave away in BIGLAW the last decent years of your life?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823756&forum_id=2...id.#49600157)



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Date: January 18th, 2026 11:16 PM
Author: Concupiscible Lay Dragon

because they can't, there is nothing to do, what are they going to go to the movies 4 days a week, play 8 rounds of golf and take up hiking? No, they are going to sit around wherever they are doing the same things they've always done. At some poing life becomes waking up, fiddling around, eating lunch, fiddling around, eating dinner and then going to bed in front of the tv and if you were the sort to do anything about that, you wouldn't have spend decades in biglaw, you'd have been a ski instructor or something cool

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Date: January 18th, 2026 11:19 PM
Author: sooty startled puppy

"waking up, fiddling around, eating lunch, fiddling around, eating dinner and then going to bed in front of the tv"

still sounds better than BIGLAW.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823756&forum_id=2...id.#49600167)



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Date: January 19th, 2026 12:44 AM
Author: Costumed brunch selfie

Ding ding ding

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Date: January 18th, 2026 11:11 PM
Author: yapping digit ratio

prole tell: thinking comfortable retirement is the goal

the goal is building they're multi-generational wealth, you poor retard

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823756&forum_id=2...id.#49600146)



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Date: January 18th, 2026 11:11 PM
Author: sooty startled puppy

this is a very jewish answer. but I knew you were jewish already so I'm biased.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823756&forum_id=2...id.#49600149)



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Date: January 18th, 2026 11:12 PM
Author: Talking floppy depressive ape



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Date: January 18th, 2026 11:21 PM
Author: Motley Goyim



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Date: January 18th, 2026 11:21 PM
Author: Motley Goyim

u sound jewish and, based on your prior posting, like a pedophile

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823756&forum_id=2...id.#49600173)



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Date: January 18th, 2026 11:16 PM
Author: Infuriating Foreskin Generalized Bond

i think at some point you just become mentally broken and don't even know how else you would live, like what would give your life meaning any more. or maybe it gets easier as you get more senior? agree you don't really see anyone leave

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823756&forum_id=2...id.#49600160)



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Date: January 18th, 2026 11:20 PM
Author: sooty startled puppy

that's really depressing, but probably accurate.

I think if they leave by age 45 they have a chance to readjust. But I guess if they stick it out that long they just can't leave at that point, their career becomes too much a part of who they are.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823756&forum_id=2...id.#49600169)



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Date: January 18th, 2026 11:57 PM
Author: Talking floppy depressive ape



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Date: January 18th, 2026 11:20 PM
Author: Vivacious son of senegal

I want to work until I am 100.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823756&forum_id=2...id.#49600168)



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Date: January 18th, 2026 11:20 PM
Author: sooty startled puppy

disturbing...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823756&forum_id=2...id.#49600170)



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Date: January 19th, 2026 1:07 AM
Author: Dashing hell antidepressant drug



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Date: January 18th, 2026 11:20 PM
Author: zombie-like school

how many are divorced and the kids hate them at this point?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823756&forum_id=2...id.#49600171)



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Date: January 18th, 2026 11:22 PM
Author: sooty startled puppy

I bet at least half are divorced but some have remarried. Kids probably hate them but most boomers have kids who hate them.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823756&forum_id=2...id.#49600175)



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Date: January 18th, 2026 11:48 PM
Author: Talking floppy depressive ape

I've worked for guys in their 60s and older who were like this. When you have wasted all of your early and middle age years grinding there is nothing left. These guys have no hobbies, nobody they really care to be around all day, there is nothing else for them. Their brains are blown out and not capable of enjoying anything new. The only thing that keeps the fear of death away is to just keep grinding.

Better to quit with just enough early than keep going. There is no special reward for playing out the string. But if you don't quit early enough you are fucked.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823756&forum_id=2...id.#49600206)



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Date: January 18th, 2026 11:54 PM
Author: sooty startled puppy

yeah, I put the "quit with just enough early" age at somewhere between 40-45. If you stay longer than that there is no getting out.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823756&forum_id=2...id.#49600209)



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Date: January 18th, 2026 11:50 PM
Author: dun cruel-hearted spot

it seems 180 at that point. you know all your shit and just show up and delegate. its the first 25 years that seem terrible.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823756&forum_id=2...id.#49600207)



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Date: January 18th, 2026 11:51 PM
Author: yapping digit ratio

for boomers, the first 25 years were pretty damn good even

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823756&forum_id=2...id.#49600208)



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Date: January 19th, 2026 12:20 AM
Author: godawful insane mad cow disease

Had a heart attack this year and it put life in to perspective. Cut the retirement goal BS and spend your working years doing stuff you love when you're able bodied, healthy and have the energy. Push the limits of whatever time off you can get and afford. Fuck all the waiting to retire bullshit. Life is short, don't fall for the BS.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823756&forum_id=2...id.#49600243)



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Date: January 19th, 2026 1:08 AM
Author: Vivacious son of senegal

I like work though and am pretty decent at it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823756&forum_id=2...id.#49600302)