• Uninformed_Tyler@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Everyone gets older. Everyones body breaks down eventually. The amount of elderly who have said “I never thought something like this would happen to me”. Look around Edna! What made you think you were going to avoid what happens to everyone else!?

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      4 months ago

      At least personally, the idea is that I will die before I get old.

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      4 months ago

      “Everything that happens happens to someone else”

      Also the reason people don’t buy even the most basic insurance, or take even the most basic disaster preparedness steps.