spider man doesn't age though
this post was submitted on 21 May 2024
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On Reddit there was a thread along the lines of "Millennials, what's your retirement plans?" and the thread was locked with a message from a mod saying they had to shut the thread down because of all of the comments about suicide.
Quite frankly, I get it.
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I just turned 35 a couple of days ago, and this is currently on my mind. I need to make some serious changes, 40 cannot be the same as ages 25 to present.
Like, not even talking financially (though that'd be nice) - I mean like finding people who aren't family to hang out with once and a while, smoking less weed/other means of being clearer minded more often, broadening my horizons and participation in meatspace, that kind of thing.
Feel free to cross-post to Mildly Infuriating for the spelling error.
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Wait you guys have a 5 year plan?
I don't really even know what it means
I think that's something the USSR did.
Yeah, it’s how do you expect to bring about the socialist revolution in five years. Broken down into actionable steps
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Maybe if Peter was paid a living wage, had rent that wasn’t price fixed, wasn’t at the mercy of artificial inflation, could afford to buy a home without an outrageous interest rate, a retirement age and pension that could support his retirement, and had all the economical advantages the boomers had… he wouldn’t be in a bar drinking himself into an early grave.
But, let’s blame Spider-Man.
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His 5 year plan is MJ.
In some languages 'plan' does even mean 'weed'.
Sweet, sticky Mary Jane! 🤤
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As a kid I always wondered why spiderman had to struggle for rent. I get that is part of his charm, but can't the city of NY give him a stipend? Can't Tony start pay him a salary? Damn Tony just give him one of your penthouses. Reminder that when Tony died he could have changed Peter and May's entire life if he had just left a crumb for them in his will.
From a narrative standpoint, Spider-Man's entire thing is thematically tied to the idea that "no good deed goes unpunished." Peter Parker's academic, professional, and social life all pay a price to enable his crime fighting. Spider-Man 2 does a good job of portraying that. After he stops the train that was about to crash in his fight with Doc Ock, he gets lifted up, arms outstretched, looking like a crucified Jesus. He suffers for the sake of others. It's honestly a nice contrast to people like Tony Stark for whom being a billionaire playboy superhero has historically (if not in the Marvel movies) been depicted as coming with a fairly comfortable life. Well, at least ignoring the part of his backstory where he went homeless because of his alcoholism. But that was in the eighties, I think.
Iirc they originally wanted the iron man movies to show the damages done by his behavior and his alcoholism more like the comics but they ended up getting rushed to make a sequel to cash in on the popularity of the first movie instead
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In the comics, he wasn't paired with Tony Stark. He was famously unreliable, always disappearing to fight crime.
And he couldn't make rent in 1970's NY.
Tbf, a guy who's that unreliable would have a ton of difficulty holding any job at all due to unexcused absence. He'd probably be working below minimum wage or getting fired every other week.
Although things have obviously changed a lot. I'm reading mercy Thompson right now, where a character complains about barely being able to afford living alone after giving away 60% of their check. Iirc they're supposedly a waitress.
Yeah it’s easy to forget that in the 70s a single income was expected to provide for 4-6 people. Maybe not comfortably, but not homeless.
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That right there. If 70s rent control can’t even allow for a super hero, then fuck it… close the books.
I think Peter does end up working for Stark in some of the comics. Then he goes on to form Parker Industries later on.
Which is odd too. I can't picture Peter as a captain of industry. He's brilliant but lazy remember? He's not a leader. He's that kid that forgets to turn off the oven, or runs off to chase a criminal instead of going to class. That kind of lifestyle doesn't Jive with Spidey
So he becomes Deadpool?
No, he becomes Peter B. Parker.
I mean, he worked as a teacher, and an engineer, which is not exactly dead end.
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I'm in this picture and I don't like it.
I hope this is a wakeup call.
I had this call when I turned 30, and spent a long couple of years to finally get my shit together. Im nearing 40, got a family, retirement fund and feeling like I see a finish line.
My buddy is the same age, and he's still living paycheck to paycheck with roommates and recently asked me what a IRA was. I'm pretty sure I'm his retirement.
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