Godric@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 11 months agoThe Chad English Gammon:lemmy.worldimagemessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1657arrow-down149
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minus-squarecfi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up59·11 months agoMy understanding is that it’s a British term for retiree. Basically just means elderly
minus-squareRedditRefugee69@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up27arrow-down2·11 months agoOh I see because in the UK people actually get pensions
minus-squareDessertStorms@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up13·11 months agoI know some safety nets are better than none (and that this is a meme thread I’m dragging down), but don’t fool yourself - millions of older people in the UK go hungry and cold because they can’t afford the basics.
minus-squareGamey@feddit.rockslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoI think we got a similar situation all over europe, maybe not as bad and certainly better than most of the world but still shitty!
minus-squareDessertStorms@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9·11 months agoThis is correct. Still completely irrelevant to the story though (but that’s to be expected in tabloid territory).
My understanding is that it’s a British term for retiree. Basically just means elderly
Oh I see because in the UK people actually get pensions
I know some safety nets are better than none (and that this is a meme thread I’m dragging down), but don’t fool yourself - millions of older people in the UK go hungry and cold because they can’t afford the basics.
I think we got a similar situation all over europe, maybe not as bad and certainly better than most of the world but still shitty!
This is correct.
Still completely irrelevant to the story though (but that’s to be expected in tabloid territory).