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I'm surprised and sad that 15% of my cohort is dead already. 8( It says a dollar in the year I was born (1963) is the same as $8.4 today As a reminder to myse

I'm surprised and sad that 15% of my cohort is dead already. 8( It says a dollar in the year I was born (1963) is the same as $8.4 today As a reminder to myself about the meaning of hard money... I carry around a 1901 dollar... minted in New Orleans, that you might have got as change in 1963.... that's worth $19.20 melt value today. More than twice the $8.4 amount. Not in my wallet is a 1852 dollar... worth $84.48 today in melt value. It's too soft, and too darned tiny.

growt 4y ago
For me (1981) it's already 9%. That would mean that approx. 1 in 10 friends would already have died. I don't think thats remotely true for me. Most likely the global distribution of deaths is really uneven.
- ainiriand 4y ago
  Fellow 1981 here too. Maybe I balance that statistic as unfortunately a couple of my fiends died.
- rayiner 4y ago
  Most died before you knew them, since under 5 mortality is the most significant component at this age, especially globally.
- nonameiguess 4y ago
  Seems true for me at least (1980 birth). One of my first friends died of a cat allergy at 12, another shot himself the next year at 13, my sister's best friend was murdered by her mom's boyfriend right after I graduated, my best friend from high school died from alcohol withdrawals in 2016, and it seemed like for a few years after high school, at least 1 or 2 people were dead from car accidents that I'd known from school every summer I came back from college. A guy I worked with in college broke his neck and died in basketball practice. Probably not fair to count people I met in my 20s since I was in the Army during the Iraq/Afghanistan years, but deaths were pretty regular. I wanna say my 20 year reunion had 12 deaths out of a graduating class of about 200? That isn't quite 9%, but doesn't count those who died before we graduated. And yeah, clearly the rate is likely to be much higher for people living in Bangladesh or Djibouti or something. I grew up in the Los Angeles suburbs.
- ASalazarMX 4y ago
  Guess I'll have no friends to avoid their deaths then. You're welcome, ex-friends!
  - layer8 4y ago
    They’ll still be dead to you. ;)
ASalazarMX 4y ago
I'll start to worry when the rich and famous of my cohort start dying. They usually have the best medical care you can buy, and when they start dying, it would mean my time is probably near too.

growt 4y ago

For me (1981) it's already 9%. That would mean that approx. 1 in 10 friends would already have died. I don't think thats remotely true for me. Most likely the global distribution of deaths is really uneven.

ainiriand 4y ago
Fellow 1981 here too. Maybe I balance that statistic as unfortunately a couple of my fiends died.
rayiner 4y ago
Most died before you knew them, since under 5 mortality is the most significant component at this age, especially globally.
nonameiguess 4y ago
Seems true for me at least (1980 birth). One of my first friends died of a cat allergy at 12, another shot himself the next year at 13, my sister's best friend was murdered by her mom's boyfriend right after I graduated, my best friend from high school died from alcohol withdrawals in 2016, and it seemed like for a few years after high school, at least 1 or 2 people were dead from car accidents that I'd known from school every summer I came back from college. A guy I worked with in college broke his neck and died in basketball practice. Probably not fair to count people I met in my 20s since I was in the Army during the Iraq/Afghanistan years, but deaths were pretty regular. I wanna say my 20 year reunion had 12 deaths out of a graduating class of about 200? That isn't quite 9%, but doesn't count those who died before we graduated. And yeah, clearly the rate is likely to be much higher for people living in Bangladesh or Djibouti or something. I grew up in the Los Angeles suburbs.
ASalazarMX 4y ago
Guess I'll have no friends to avoid their deaths then. You're welcome, ex-friends!
- layer8 4y ago
  They’ll still be dead to you. ;)

ASalazarMX 4y ago

I'll start to worry when the rich and famous of my cohort start dying. They usually have the best medical care you can buy, and when they start dying, it would mean my time is probably near too.