You know that most retirees rely on passive income, right? That investment is for the working class as well as the bourgeois and wealthy? Fucks sake, I wait tables and I invest, both in stocks and real estate.
Making pancakes for my kids.
I'm not against passive income, I'm against billionaires.
Just because I'm not a communist doesn't mean I'm not in favor of eating the rich.
I think those are called "buddy comedies", if you'd include things like Wedding Crashers.
For water and pop, sure.
For cocktails, not so much.
Sure. But you're be surprised how often someone asks for, say, a sangria without ice and then asks why the glass is only half full.
See also: Trigun, Firefly, The Mandalorean
You remember a few years back when stimulus cheques were being sent out? They were only being sent to those who filed taxes.
Because they want to keep you in the sandbox.
Maybe this is different where you live, but where I live, most retirees have retirement investments, not pensions, and even pensions are usually drawn from a fund that is invested in the market. You can argue this shouldn't be the case, but you cannot seriously argue that this is not the case.