Any DU'ers out there, 55+ looking for a job?

[aletier_v]

76. Yup. It's a hard unpleasant truth when you stumble into it.

It took me a couple of years to believe it.

It's the modern-day version of Nazi Germany,
but instead of actively hauling off Jews and killing them,
now it's about letting people die off through lack of income,
and looking the other way, hoping not to see it.

I'm actually doing fairly well, all things considered,
I'm only 5% off my peak income but careerwise I'm done.

I think a lot about suicide,
which sounds depressing and scary,
but the truth is that the situation sucks,
jobs suck, the general culture sucks, women suck,
so for me, there's no really a lot left I want to do.

I can't see playing pool for ten hours a day,
and even if I could, I don't have the savings
to survive another two years of unemployment.

I really don't care much anymore,
once you see the truth about the people around you,
it's hard to work much enthusiasm for the future.