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[–] 11 points 1 year ago (11 children)

See I've never understood why people obsess about living longer. All those extra years come at the end, which is the adult diaper, memory loosing, decrepit part of life. It doesn't stretch out the younger good parts, it just staves off death during the miserable part. Personally I'd rather just get it over with sooner with a nice, quick aneurysm in my sleep.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    More years usually = more healthy years, that's how you end up with more years. Chronic disease wears bodies out faster, not more slowly. I'd rather get it over later, and yes with something quick.

    Sure there will come a time when I am uncomfortable every day but at near 60 still do yoga, eat well, sex every day, nothing hurts, very good quality of life. Didn't expect it but I have it for now.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Nope.

    Why beg for something that is impossible and likely to add to my pain later in life? I see no reason to hold onto that dream or to beg for it.

    I don't understand what is worth sticking around indefinitely for either when it's the fact that the present is slipping by so quickly for so many. You don't get it back for living longer.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    I have the opposite little thought in the back of my mind. Knowing that my life will end one day gives me the energy to keep going. If I had to live forever, I would need a few 100 year naps or I'd go insane.

    Like if I die and "wake up" in the afterlife and I gotta keep existing. Fuck that. Send my energy back to the source and let it just vibrate.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    They're talking about stretching out the whole ageing process. So if you live longer you also grow old more slowly.

    Rats average lifespan is 3 years, but that doesn't mean they are really healthy, and then just drop dead, they go through the ageing process at a hyper-accelerated rate. Equally if humans had a lifespan of 120 years the old age part would move to around the 100 years mark, you wouldn't start getting old at 60 and then just be geriatric for the next 60 years.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    This misconception is why I and many others prefer the precise wording: gaining healthy(ish) years.

    You don't die of 'old age'. You die of disease(s), which become more and more likely as you accrue damage throughout your life. You can't really extend the period someone stays alive with end stage dementia or cancer. If anything, you can only prevent, halt, or slow the development of the diseases. And that's what's meant by longevity/extending life.

    Granted, you'll still accumulate non fatal issues. But I'd argue you can lead a meaningful life with knee pain and far sightedness.

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