• frickineh@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Oh absolutely not. No thank you. The world at large has my permission to smother me with a pillow if I hit 90 and don’t die. But it’s fine, I’m sure the microplastics/ultraprocessed food/climate change/whatever will take me out before that.

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      5 months ago

      People say wild stuff like this when they’re young. The 89-year-olds in this scenario change their minds. Every time.

      • ✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        Speaking as a nurse that’s done a lot of hospice and goals of care discussions: it’s absolutely not every time. Lots of folks primarily want to die with dignity.

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      5 months ago

      You seriously overestimate climate change unless you’re already old, infirmed, live near a coast and are poorer than dirt.

      Everyone else is pretty much going to be fine.

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            5 months ago

            I mean even if you aren’t old now you’ll be old eventually. And then the heat’s gon’ get you

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              5 months ago

              That’s not how climate change works lol. Some areas become cooler, some become warmer. On average it gets hotter by 2.5 degrees or less now.

              That means unless you live somewhere that can’t stave it off like near a lowlying coastline or in other heavily affected areas already well predicted, then you will literally be fine.

              Better people than the average Lemming listen when they hear people are going to die or have their lives severely affected.