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Jiro comments on Open thread, Mar. 2 - Mar. 8, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Jiro 02 March 2015 10:09:01PM 7 points [-]

Tsk, tsk. You don't collect your pension or gold watches, or drink alcohol, etc. You pay someone else your pension, give away a gold watch, and un-drink the alcohol.

Comment author: Houshalter 04 March 2015 12:55:19AM 0 points [-]

He didn't say that time flowed backwards, just the order of major life events. And you'd start out collecting your pension out of the nursing home, and give it up when you start working.