• WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.world
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    Some people seem to think that if we just correct all of our unhealthy habits we will live forever. My life has been better with some unhealthiness in it, and times that I’ve stopped has proven that. It’s your body and your time, so you should be able to use it like you want to.

    • cmbabul@lemmy.world
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      “Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!”

      Hunter Thompson

      • mindbleach@lemmy.world
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        A man who reached sixty-seven, wealthy and loved, and put a gun in his mouth while at the kitchen table.

        • Rayston@kbin.social
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          While talking on the phone with his wife. His son, daughter in law and 6 year old grandson were all in the house.

          • delial@lemmy.sdf.org
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            No More Games. No More Bombs. No More Walking. No More Fun. No More Swimming. 67. That is 17 years past 50. 17 more than I needed or wanted. Boring. I am always bitchy. No Fun - for anybody. 67. You are getting Greedy. Act your old age. Relax - This won’t hurt.

            Then the sound like someone dropped a heavy book.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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      I would rather live a shorter life where I enjoy myself than a longer one where I restrict myself.