Research.

Some generations—especially late Gen X and early Millennials—are already experiencing worse mortality than those before them

  • faythofdragons@slrpnk.net
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    15 days ago

    I don’t understand this obsession with living a long life. Why would anybody want to work until they’re 80 when dying at 60 is an option?

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        13 days ago

        Man, I’m mid-40s and not particularly thrilled by the concept this could only be mid-journey. I’m down to stick around so long as I can contribute something to my community, not in the capitalist sense but the social sense. At the point my existence is a drain on resources and I’m living just because I can… fuck that.

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      13 days ago

      You are making a point, even though you don’t understand it.

      Reaching a number at death is a poor measure of human health. Who wants to live an extra ten years in bed in a nursing home? Those places are horrific.