Thales@sh.itjust.works to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 years agoMiddle age rulesh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square84fedilinkarrow-up1790arrow-down10
arrow-up1790arrow-down1imageMiddle age rulesh.itjust.worksThales@sh.itjust.works to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 years agomessage-square84fedilink
minus-squarePunnyName@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-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-squareFunkyMonk@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up23·2 years ago41 but If I go another 20 with my stress ima be amazed.
minus-square/home/pineapplelover@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 years agoThe way you put it like that sounds so crass and soulless.
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-squareaberrate_junior_beatnik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years 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.