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Oh absolutely not. No thank you. The world at large has my permission to smother me with a pillow if I hit 90 and don't die. But it's fine, I'm sure the microplastics/ultraprocessed food/climate change/whatever will take me out before that.
maybe by infusing with the plastics we will take on their longevity
I fucking hope not.
People say wild stuff like this when they’re young. The 89-year-olds in this scenario change their minds. Every time.
Speaking as a nurse that's done a lot of hospice and goals of care discussions: it's absolutely not every time. Lots of folks primarily want to die with dignity.
That’s actually and ironically super encouraging to hear! I’ve become afraid of this trap that I see miserable older people slide into at will.
Thank you.
Edit: responded to the wrong comment, don't mind me.
You seriously overestimate climate change unless you're already old, infirmed, live near a coast and are poorer than dirt.
Everyone else is pretty much going to be fine.
Oh, you sweet summer child.
Oh you doomer zoomers...
I mean even if you aren't old now you'll be old eventually. And then the heat's gon' get you
That's not how climate change works lol. Some areas become cooler, some become warmer. On average it gets hotter by 2.5 degrees or less now.
That means unless you live somewhere that can't stave it off like near a lowlying coastline or in other heavily affected areas already well predicted, then you will literally be fine.
Better people than the average Lemming listen when they hear people are going to die or have their lives severely affected.
As someone who lives somewhere that's supposed to be cold for 5+ months of the year, with snow on the ground and everything.... Our grass was green last winter, not white because it's covered in snow.
We had cold snaps but they lasted days, and the majority of the "winter" was spent above freezing. I haven't seen anything like it in the last 40 years (my entire life), and I expect much the same next year.
Good thing I invested in that snow blower.... It makes for some lovely decoration in my garage and does a really good job at collecting dust.
On average it gets hotter by 2.5 degrees or less now.
Yes on average over a multiple decade period. This says nothing about how weather is going to change and it's likely to change a lot. Extreme weathers are going to be way more likely anywhere you are.
Haha wow. I typed up a comment about how being 90 would meet your requirement, but then I realized there was no or and you meant you'd have to be all of the above. You're nuts lol.