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> Death is a tragedy. And so is life. One thing is sure, life is much better enjoyed when you don't spend the entirety of it trying to bend the rules and worry
by lm28469 2y ago
> Death is a tragedy.
And so is life. One thing is sure, life is much better enjoyed when you don't spend the entirety of it trying to bend the rules and worrying about things you have no power over.
If you're not fit, exercising two hours per day, eating clean food at every single meal, skipping alcohol, living in a rural area far from pollutants, &c. you have no business discussing longevity in the first place imho. It's too easy to wait for the silver bullet complaining about how death is tragic while letting ourselves rotting away every second of every day
- ben_w 2y agoThere's a lot of things people can do to improve life expectancy, but it is impossible for most people to move to the countryside because houses aren't mobile like that. Even then, good as fitness is, it doesn't make us agesless. We can research aging without solving all the rest of the issues first — not even maximum life duration, as 81 years where your body clock never goes past 25 is still an improvement on 81 years where you slowly wind down from 25 onwards. Also with the food, there are often efforts to get the population as a whole to eat healthier, these get pushback that calls it "nanny state" (in the UK) or just outright denies the health impacts of the food that's being advised against (I wonder, find a "end fat shaming" headline, go into details, will you find a maker of junk food sponsored the research?)
- skeaker 2y agoWeird take. It's actually totally normal to be shaken by death, regardless of how fit you are. I would imagine most people don't want to die.