Yes, but we'd much rather kill ourselves than give someone else the satisfaction of killing us. My diet and inactivity is likely to take five good years off my

Yes, but we'd much rather kill ourselves than give someone else the satisfaction of killing us. My diet and inactivity is likely to take five good years off my lifespan? Meh. There's a tiny chance I might end up in a violent struggle for survival someday and somebody might get the better of me? Jesus, what an awful thought! Pass me the nachos and a Coke while I sit on the couch watching this video on handgun tactics. As a thought experiment, can you imagine if diabetes was an unstoppable dude who came to your house and beat your ass in front of your wife and kids? I can think of people I know who would suddenly be a lot more afraid of diabetes than they are now.