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Apologies if this question offends anyone in any way, I don’t mean any disrespect. I was born and raised in an Asian country and moved to the UK around 9 years ago. Because of the line of work i’m in, I have seen lots of elderly people living alone or in care homes. I always wonder why don’t they move in with their sons/daughters? Wouldn’t that be a lot better for them to spend the last years of their lives with their children and grandchildren? Not saying this is wrong or anything but I just want to understand the logic or reasoning behind this.
Where I come from, parents tend to stay with their children till they die. Care homes do exist but they are occupied by people who have kind of fallen out with their children or dont have any children at all.

EDIT: Thank you to everyone who answered. I really learned a lot and received different perspectives. And to clarify, i do not think this is a bad/negative thing. In fact, it does sound a lot better in some regards. Also, I do realise that the Asian way of this situation is not all amazing and blissful and perfect. We have assholes who become the ‘elderly’ too.

I would also like to add that I do understand this is a difference of culture and I am completely open to it I just wanted to know different people’s opinions.

Apologies if this question offends anyone in any way, I don’t mean any disrespect. I was born and raised in an Asian country and moved to the UK around 9 years ago. Because of the line of work i’m in, I have seen lots of elderly people living alone or in care homes. I always wonder why don’t they move in with their sons/daughters? Wouldn’t that be a lot better for them to spend the last years of their lives with their children and grandchildren? Not saying this is wrong or anything but I just want to understand the logic or reasoning behind this.
Where I come from, parents tend to stay with their children till they die. Care homes do exist but they are occupied by people who have kind of fallen out with their children or dont have any children at all.

EDIT: Thank you to everyone who answered. I really learned a lot and received different perspectives. And to clarify, i do not think this is a bad/negative thing. In fact, it does sound a lot better in some regards. Also, I do realise that the Asian way of this situation is not all amazing and blissful and perfect. We have assholes who become the ‘elderly’ too.

I would also like to add that I do understand this is a difference of culture and I am completely open to it I just wanted to know different people’s opinions.

I’m not from America but I follow US politics through the internet and JRE. I know Joe hates Mamdani. He just shared something on instagram where Mamdani was asking people to set their temperatures at a particular level. That made me wonder what the listeners of JRE think about him? Is he as bad as right wing media/podcasters tell us?

Apologies for the weird post title. I remember a gentleman had cystic fibrosis and had a lung transplant or something and Theo was in regular contact with him during the early years of the podcast. I think his name was Mike or Micky. I was just wondering how he’s doing now? Show yourself Mr Cystic Fibrosis

Does anyone know what exactly happened to Grey Block Pizza? That hitter on the way to the beach

India is often targeted these days(sometimes unfairly) for some of the unhygienic and disgusting stuff from the country which goes viral online. We’ve all seen the videos of how street food is being made or how open defecation is still widely practised. I want to make it clear that I do not think all of India is like that or that the majority of Indians are like that. I understand the stuff we see online originates from the poorest parts of the country. I was just wondering if all this is a recent phenomena or does it have a long history?

I’m an Uber driver and I keep my car clean and tidy. I maintain good personal hygiene like most people.
I frequently come across stereotypes in some facebook groups for Uber/Taxi drivers about Ubers in the UK being dirty/smelly. I dont even remember when was the last time I used an Uber so I wanted to know how common or true this stereotype is?

I was just wondering which countries have This Past Weekend/ Theo Von fans. I’m from Pakistan by the way. Where are you from?

Can you guys give me some episodes where the guests have pushed back to any of Joe’s points or even argued with him? Thanks