Thales@sh.itjust.works to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 years agoMiddle age rulesh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square55linkfedilinkarrow-up1786arrow-down10
arrow-up1786arrow-down1imageMiddle age rulesh.itjust.worksThales@sh.itjust.works to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 years agomessage-square55linkfedilink
minus-squarePunnyName@lemmy.worldBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up58·2 years agoI’m 42, overweight, and poor. I’m an elderly middle-aged person who’s maybe got 20-25 years to go.
minus-square/home/pineapplelover@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 years agoThe way you put it like that sounds so crass and soulless.
minus-squareaberrate_junior_beatnik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoIt’s just really hard to talk about expected lifetimes and not sound that way.
minus-squarePunnyName@lemmy.worldBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoWhat should it be, then?
minus-squareMario_Dies.wav@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years 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-squarePunnyName@lemmy.worldBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoSounds delusional.
I’m 42, overweight, and poor. I’m an elderly middle-aged person who’s maybe got 20-25 years to go.
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