Thales@sh.itjust.works to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 year agoMiddle age rulesh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up1785arrow-down10
arrow-up1785arrow-down1imageMiddle age rulesh.itjust.worksThales@sh.itjust.works to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 year agomessage-square85fedilink
minus-squarePunnyName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up58·1 year agoI’m 42, overweight, and poor. I’m an elderly middle-aged person who’s maybe got 20-25 years to go.
minus-squareFunkyMonk@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up23·1 year ago41 but If I go another 20 with my stress ima be amazed.
minus-square/home/pineapplelover@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoThe way you put it like that sounds so crass and soulless.
minus-squareaberrate_junior_beatnik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoIt’s just really hard to talk about expected lifetimes and not sound that way.
minus-squareMario_Dies.wav@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoSomething 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.”
I’m 42, overweight, and poor. I’m an elderly middle-aged person who’s maybe got 20-25 years to go.
41 but If I go another 20 with my stress ima be amazed.
The way you put it like that sounds so crass and soulless.
It’s true though.
It’s just really hard to talk about expected lifetimes and not sound that way.
What should it be, then?
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.”
Sounds delusional.
Rude