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If ever his career as an athlete doesn't pan out, I'm sure he can make a fortune on OnlyFans...

Félix Dolci, Canadian diver. Fortunately, he's not camera-shy. In fact, he seems quite (deservedly) proud of his body.

No, I'm not still working, but living off of my pension and, so far, non-retirement savings. I expect my non-retirement savings to last until I turn 70, at which point it will be replaced by social security and retirement account savings. The former room-mate of my best friend, who retired as a truck driver, was actually a trained chef, but quit because he didn't like to have to be told what to do, and took up truck driving instead, because it let him do his own thing. I cringed when he gave up his work as a sous-chef, but at least he lived his life under his own terms. Some people don't do well just serving the public. I trust that he didn't drink while driving a truck. I don't think I ever saw him sober. He did seem to live a content life. When not out on the road, he was always at home. He never joined us in any activities (hiking, travel, white-water rafting, etc.).

You forgot the most important part in determining the monthly benefit: when you start collecting. Those who choose to start payments early also choose a lifetime of low monthly payments. My best friend had a roommate who was a truck driver and an avid drinker. The winter after he turned 60, he cursed his job when he had to put on tire chains going over the mountain pass on I-5 between Redding, California and Oregon. At the time, the earliest one could collect Social Security was 60, and he didn't waste any time to hang up those tire chains and start getting those checks. His monthly check was around $1700, which, in addition to his cooking, was his contribution to the household. He was always drunk when he answered the phone. His decision to start collecting early ended up being a good one, since he died of pancreatic cancer before reaching his full retirement age (FRA) of 67. Of course, I expect to live into my 80s, so wouldn't think of starting to collect before my FRA of 67, and will probably wait until 70, when the benefit is the greatest. Also, if I wait until at least FRA to start collecting, my widower husband can keep collecting a good portion of those checks. Collecting early mainly benefits those with poor health habits. Social Security does not pay a higher benefit (for obvious reasons) to smokers, boozers, cough potatoes, etc., even though their life expectancy is quite a bit shorter.

It's a small, isolated town. I doubt you'll find much. Winters are long and very harsh.

Gold medal-worthy:

In California, fast food workers earn a minimum of $20 an hour. Everyone else gets a minimum of $16 an hour, or more depending on the city. https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/minimum_wage.htm#:~:text=Fast Food Minimum Wage Effective,at least %2420.00 per hour. Even the burger flipper at McDonald's has access to a 401(k) retirement plan: https://www.mccourtesy.com/content/careers/benefits-pay/employee-benefits I lived modestly during my working years so I could maximize my retirement plan contributions and live a care-free retirement.

It's probably fairly foolish to retire on social security alone, but in the US it comes up to $3822 if one starts collecting at 67. If one waits until one is 70 to collect (as I plan to do, assuming continued good health), then one can collect $4873 per month. Of course, these amounts usually increase each year, and I suspect it will be at least $5000 a month when I turn 70. https://www.bankrate.com/retirement/maximum-social-security-benefit/#:~:text=Here's an explanation for how,age is %243%2C822 per month. "Your maximum Social Security benefit depends significantly on the age you file for your benefit, among other factors such as your contributions to the program: Your maximum benefit if you file at age 62 – the youngest possible age – is $2,710 per month. Your maximum benefit if you file at full retirement age – between 66 and 67 – is $3,822 per month. Your maximum benefit if you file at age 70 – the age when extra benefits stop accruing – is $4,873 per month."

What kind of an idiot retires on a pension of US$18,000 a year? That looks more like my monthly pension payment (well, not quite). And that doesn't include the income from my retirement accounts. Nor does it include my social security, which, when I start collecting it, alone will be more than twice that. Did he go through his entire working life not saving anything for retirement? His plan was to retire first, then start saving money????

No, I'm not. You're lying here. I never said they are more or not more frequent perps. I have no idea. What I said is that you should not make such a claim yourself without more solid evidence. Well, you do have a point there about his mysterious sources, and about his usually being loony and incomprehensible. Complete obfuscation. My comment obviously referred to your insinuation that trans women are more dangerous than cis (or other), not to the fact that murders are more dangerous than those who don't murder, which is also pretty obvious. Duh.

You're the one making the claim that trans women are "frequent perpetrators," not me. Therefore, you're the one with the burden of proof (and reporting about a single individual certainly does not meet that burden of proof), not me. That being said, @Riobard's prior post seems to refute your claim. Posting statistics showing a heightened danger regarding trans women could be helpful (if it were truthful, of course). Reporting a single incident involving a faceless trans woman is not. I agree with being cautious regarding "being aware of unsolicited physical advances leading to theft," in general. However, your original post is not helpful in distinguishing the more from the less dangerous. It might be helpful with respect to the one person were the photo displayed, but your post did not. Maligning an entire community based on one person simply constitutes stereotyping. Trump would be proud.

I still don't get how posting the name, but not the photo, of the suspect is at all helpful. Even if a member were to click the link to the article, the photo of the suspect is blurred and therefore unrecognizable. Or are you saying that trans women should be under increased suspicion? You certainly don't provide any statistics to back up that assertion.

Why are you reporting crimes by trans individuals and not those crimes by cis individuals?

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Although @Riobard can certainly be nutty on this forum, in this instance he's right. This, and other of your posts, @reader, unnecessarily impugns criminality on the trans community, while entirely failing to show a factual (statistical) link. I find it rather offensive.