• Marcomunista@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    13 hours ago

    Okay, but who wants to live a long life these days? Do you have any idea how many crises I would have to go through just for choosing a healthy lifestyle? No, gentlemen, I will not give up carbonara in exchange for more years of life.

    • exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 hours ago

      People who die at 60 tend not to have very enjoyable 50’s.

      I want to live a high quality life at least to 75, if not 80, and I’m guessing that will make it much more likely that I end up living to 90 or 100.

    • 🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.world
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      11 hours ago

      Okay, but who wants to live a long life these days?

      What a foolish question. You sound young.

      I’m 50. I’ve had six heart attacks, a below knee amputation, and I’m on dialysis after my kidneys failed. Life is not easy, and yet I still wish it to go on. I am probably going to die within a decade, and I hate that. I should have 2-3 more, dammit.

      • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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        10 hours ago

        Also the years you lose/gain don’t come from the end, they come from wherever you are now. If you’re 30 and start exercising you feel better and younger longer in addition to living longer, the inverse if you decide to start smoking.