Thales@sh.itjust.works to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 11 months agoMiddle age rulesh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up1773arrow-down10
arrow-up1773arrow-down1imageMiddle age rulesh.itjust.worksThales@sh.itjust.works to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 11 months agomessage-square85fedilink
minus-squarePunnyName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up55·11 months 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-up23·11 months ago41 but If I go another 20 with my stress ima be amazed.
minus-square/home/pineapplelover@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·11 months agoThe way you put it like that sounds so crass and soulless.
minus-squareMario_Dies.wav@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months 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.”
minus-squareaberrate_junior_beatnik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 months agoIt’s just really hard to talk about expected lifetimes and not sound that way.
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.
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
It’s just really hard to talk about expected lifetimes and not sound that way.