Thales to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 年前Middle age ruleimagemessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up1798arrow-down11
arrow-up1797arrow-down1imageMiddle age ruleThales to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 年前message-square86fedilink
minus-squarePunnyName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up58·1 年前I’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 年前41 but If I go another 20 with my stress ima be amazed.
minus-square/home/pineapplelover@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 年前The way you put it like that sounds so crass and soulless.
minus-squareMario_Dies.wav@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 年前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.”
minus-squareaberrate_junior_beatnik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 年前It’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.