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Middle age rule (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 10 months ago by thal3s@sh.itjust.works to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 57 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I'm 42, overweight, and poor. I'm an elderly middle-aged person who's maybe got 20-25 years to go.

[–] FunkyMonk@kbin.social 23 points 10 months ago

41 but If I go another 20 with my stress ima be amazed.

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 10 points 10 months ago (3 children)

The way you put it like that sounds so crass and soulless.

[–] Custoslibera@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

It’s true though.

[–] aberrate_junior_beatnik@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

It's just really hard to talk about expected lifetimes and not sound that way.

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What should it be, then?

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Something like, "I'm alive, in fairly good health, and I do not define my value by how much I'm able to work or how many years I have left to live."