This one is written fairly well. Has some interesting comments.
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/...ving-technique-that-promises-retirement-at-40
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/...ving-technique-that-promises-retirement-at-40
I read a few of his articles, and overall I think they are miles ahead of what one usually reads on the FIRE topic. Smart guy, and not afraid to speak in ways that may at times step on a few toes. Thanks for posting this.This one is written fairly well. Has some interesting comments.
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/...ving-technique-that-promises-retirement-at-40
Oh, man!!! I *really* was looking forward to a decent article on FIRE that just wasn't a cut/paste from a bunch of blogs, but then I see it's from "Vice" which is one of the worst offenders of click bait, so I can't bring myself to read it.
The FIRE—"financial independence, retire early"—movement is all about hoarding enough cash before investing it and living off the dividends.
Am I the only one who gets weirded out by all these articles about the "FIRE Movement" like it's some sort of new age cult. .
I like this one much better. It has real pictures and everything. Gen Z, I always wondered about them and their spending habits.
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/d3kd7q/we-asked-gen-z-about-their-spending-habits
It reminds me of my niece and her new husband( 21 years old) who are blowing all their wedding dough to go to Budapest and Prague. And they are planning an African trip in a year. But they shop at Aldi. Experience is everything.
Am I the only one who gets weirded out by all these articles talking about the "FIRE Movement" like it's some sort of new age cult.
It's interesting how few connections there are between FIRE and the hippies of yore. It would make a nice narrative to be able to draw some lines from rebels of the 60s trying to escape the clutches of "the machine," and adherents of the FIRE movement. The timeline works, but I don't see it in the actual reality. I was just a little too young (and much too timid) to be a hippie, but I can't see any connection between my immediate seniors and the movement either.
I made the mistake of clicking on it and was so turned off by the biased, inaccurate subtitle that I didn't go beyond it
When I see Fire "Movement" for some reason my mind automagically substitutes "Bowel" Movement
I would say that most of the articles written about FIRE are more accurately comparable to the second kind of movement.....
Am I the only one who gets weirded out by all these articles talking about the "FIRE Movement" like it's some sort of new age cult. I've known about and practiced living below my means as a road to financial independence for 30+ years and only first heard the acronym FIRE a decade or so ago on ER.org - and only started hearing about the "FIRE Movement" in these strange mainstream media articles in the last couple of years.
I wish they'd stop.
I had the Exact same thought. Of course, I am over 60, so we tend to think about them more
Wait till he gets to the Blood Sacrifice level.So, you don't know about the secret handshake we have here and all that other stuff?
When I see Fire "Movement" for some reason my mind automagically substitutes "Bowel" Movement
I would say that most of the articles written about FIRE are more accurately comparable to the second kind of movement.....
What would truly shock me would be an article about which I couldn't guess the comments that our members would make.