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Middle age rule (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 10 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

It’s true though.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What should it be, then?

[–] [email protected] 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."

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sounds delusional.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Rude

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

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