[to11mtm]

Something's weird but there's so many factors it's hard to say exactly -what-.

e.x. In the 90s there was a lot of 'culling' of older workers especially if they didn't embrace tech I know my father was forced into retirement despite being a fully capable worker (heck he did database consulting work for a transit system after the forced retirement, before he became a floral delivery driver.)

In his case, he wanted to retire, but honestly he tried to give me and my siblings a better life so the consulting and part time jobs were something to help pay off PLUS loans while also letting him and my mom be able to do vacations and the like.

But I'm also thinking about the factor of a lot of folks had a lot of hits.

Also 25-54 is such a rough demographic.... Lots of ways to just keep that metric clean FBOW.