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um excuse me posted:Right now, if you were to guess, what age would you expect to recover from birth the fastest? The answer is a bit problematic for modern society. Well, don't leave us hanging. 18?
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Nov 11, 2019 18:22
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I've played Crusader Kings and clearly the biggest indicator of long life is being a useless idiot that everyone hates and can't wait for you to die.
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Nov 11, 2019 18:23
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14 to 16.
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Nov 11, 2019 18:23
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Heath posted:That's also affected by things like country of origin and the health of the mother in general, but speaking very broadly it marks the downslope of the peak of reproductive years. Who What Now posted:This isn't entirely true. Life expectancy is an average among the population, and the single biggest thing that drives it down is child death. It was still very common to live until your 70s and 80s back then. Advancements in pediatric care and immunization are what really raise life expectancy by such drastic amounts. absolutely! but that wasn't what people expected, which is the critical thing. one of the most common things i get out of boomers is that they're amazed they've gone on as long as they have, because they didn't realize how much those numbers were being depressed by otherwise easily fixable problems like the infant and toddler mortality rates and flat malnutrition.
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Nov 11, 2019 18:28
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Yes life expectancy at birth is the headline number you usually see for life expectancy. It includes a lot of infant mortality and eqrly childhood deaths. Its a good measure for a country or a population at large, but for an individual it doesn’t mean a lot. Once you are 5 or 6 years old you are probably gonna live to 80 or something. If you arent a male who dies in a stupid way before 20 your life expectancy goes up even more.
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Nov 11, 2019 18:33
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Coolguye posted:
Well considering like 90% of the food from the 50s through the 70s was made entirely of mayonnaise and gelatin I'm shocked theyved lived this long too
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Nov 11, 2019 18:36
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Who What Now posted:Well considering like 90% of the food from the 50s through the 70s was made entirely of mayonnaise and gelatin I'm shocked theyved lived this long too don't forget how the food was FORTIFIED WITH VITAMIN H and therefore healthy because some dingus sprinkled a crushed rock over it
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Nov 11, 2019 18:54
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"Aren't you worried your eggs are going to rot?"
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Nov 11, 2019 18:54
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Coolguye posted:don't forget how the food was FORTIFIED WITH VITAMIN H and therefore healthy because some dingus sprinkled a crushed rock over it vitamin ham
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Nov 11, 2019 19:01
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I do not understand the obsession with Miracle Whip. My parents would not buy real mayo and instead bought that tangy garbage excuse for a sandwich spread. Just proof that if you advertise something enough, Boomers think they have to have it.
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Nov 11, 2019 19:04
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Live Free posted:vitamin ham lmao
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Nov 11, 2019 19:06
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Bonzo posted:I do not understand the obsession with Miracle Whip. My parents would not buy real mayo and instead bought that tangy garbage excuse for a sandwich spread. It's like modern day brand obsession I guess? I don't know what feeling of status you'd get from Miracle Whip though.
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Nov 11, 2019 19:09
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EIDE Van Hagar posted:Yes life expectancy at birth is the headline number you usually see for life expectancy. It includes a lot of infant mortality and eqrly childhood deaths. It also includes young males being wellsprings of crime and idiocy, which is why male life expectancy rises with age until early 30s.
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Nov 11, 2019 19:25
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Weaponized Autism posted:"Aren't you worried your eggs are going to rot?" I'm 35, I will never have any kids and I kind of can't wait for menopause. Let my eggs dry up, I'm sick of being fertile. Periods suck. My older sister was nice enough to have surprise twins on her only pregnancy, so our parents have grandkids, one boy and one girl, to love without expecting any more to come. Luckily my mom knows I'm a fuckup who can barely support myself, so she's never asked me if I was going to have kids, cause by now the answer is pretty obvious. Any boomer who acts impatient about you having kids is just trying to justify their own life. Like they feel cheated that they had to devote so much of their life to ungrateful kids, so now they are making sure the younger generation is going to suffer just like they did.
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Nov 11, 2019 19:53
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I turned 35 and my poo poo got all hosed up, just complete biological collapse. I eat healthy and exercise, but once that number hit, its just baldness and pulled muscles.
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Nov 11, 2019 20:04
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Spent my entire childhood being made to feel guilty for existing and "having children = life ruined" drilled into me night and day. Now I'm 35 and my parents wonder why I don't want kids.
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Nov 11, 2019 20:09
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FogHelmut posted:I turned 35 and my poo poo got all hosed up, just complete biological collapse. I eat healthy and exercise, but once that number hit, its just baldness and pulled muscles. Please dont tell me this. Thanks
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Nov 11, 2019 20:09
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 It's like a Boomer highlight reel
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Nov 11, 2019 20:17
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DorkusMalorkus posted:I'm 35, I will never have any kids and I kind of can't wait for menopause. Let my eggs dry up, I'm sick of being fertile. Periods suck. They're always so loving creepy about it too. They always demand to know why you aren't married, when you're going to have a kid, why don't you want another 50 kids, why don't you want to do the most important thing a woman can do, why don't you want to preserve your legacy and family name, why are you so selfish and so on. Even when folks are generally cool about hearing, "we don't have kids" it's always, "heh heh, just you wait, your wife is going to get all baby crazy and that's going to change real soon ho ho ho!" Just gently caress off, boomer.
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Nov 11, 2019 20:29
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The odds of having a child with down syndrome don't creep up above 1% until you're about 40. There really is no urgent reason to have kids before the age of 35. It's not like your eggs suddenly crumble to dust. I just really hate the biological clock mindset because it encourages a lot of people to have kids before they're in a good spot financially and with the right person.
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Nov 11, 2019 21:02
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Ebola Roulette posted:The odds of having a child with down syndrome don't creep up above 1% until you're about 40. There really is no urgent reason to have kids before the age of 35. It's not like your eggs suddenly crumble to dust.  It's depressing to see people in the thread going "BUT AFTER 30  " as though they risk of having a crab baby suddenly rockets up to 75%. Yes there is a risk, but it's not so appreciably great that having a kid in your 30s is a bad idea, and promoting any line of reasoning otherwise literally ruins multiple lives. Bonzo posted:I do not understand the obsession with Miracle Whip. My parents would not buy real mayo and instead bought that tangy garbage excuse for a sandwich spread. It was definitely one of those "space age" things Boomers never grew out of, like Millies and our brief obsession with dead sodas like Surge and Crystal Pepsi (that always come back and are always "oh yeah this wasn't that great").
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Nov 11, 2019 21:07
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mind the walrus posted:It was definitely one of those "space age" things Boomers never grew out of, like Millies and our brief obsession with dead sodas like Surge and Crystal Pepsi (that always come back and are always "oh yeah this wasn't that great"). Once when I was super thirsty in like 2002 I had a Mountain Dew: Live Wire slurpee (one of my first ever). I will carry the nostalgia of this pivotal event to my dying day. Before anyone says "ok boomer" gently caress you I'm entitled to remember trivial things fondly
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Nov 11, 2019 21:17
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Intentionally reproducing in 2019 is immoral.
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Nov 11, 2019 21:18
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Boomers love putting words in the mouth of the Silent Generation
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Nov 11, 2019 21:25
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Solkanar512 posted:They're always so loving creepy about it too. They always demand to know why you aren't married, when you're going to have a kid, why don't you want another 50 kids, why don't you want to do the most important thing a woman can do, why don't you want to preserve your legacy and family name, why are you so selfish and so on. My wife and I decided early on never to have kids. We're in our 30s now and she still gets boomers coming up to her and asking if she has kids. She's recently started using two responses and enjoying the reactions: "I don't have kids because I'm afraid I'll eat my young" or "Just lucky I guess" It's crazy, as a man I get asked a tiny fraction of the time why I dont have kids. But my wife gets the third degree constantly from random older people who judge her, or immediately disregard her for "I'm sure you'll change your mind". I can't even imagine what it's like for someone who wants to have kids, can't, and have some boomer demand why they have no kids. Seriously, what's it to you that a stranger does or does not have kids? gently caress off and let other people be.
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Nov 11, 2019 21:40
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Solar Coaster posted:Seriously, what's it to you that a stranger does or does not have kids? gently caress off and let other people be. it's this OP 
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Nov 11, 2019 21:50
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It's veterans day today, anyone see boomers talking about the great poo poo that their parents did and trying to take credit for it? I was at a veterans day event at the University of Utah and to be fair the people they were honoring did some pretty incredible stuff in world war II and even Vietnam. Mitt Romney was also there trying to suck the public's dick and talking about all the great people he was associated with lmao
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Nov 11, 2019 21:56
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Don Cherry just got fired lol. The  Boomers are going to be really salty today
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Nov 11, 2019 22:03
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Oh poo poo that's gonna bring out the racist Boomers in force.
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Nov 11, 2019 22:05
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Who even is Don Cherry?
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Nov 11, 2019 22:08
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Heath posted:Who even is Don Cherry? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCarkyvvFNI
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Nov 11, 2019 22:09
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Heath posted:Who even is Don Cherry? Canadian John Madden, but way shittier
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Nov 11, 2019 22:22
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Holy gently caress this made me realize John Madden is still alive.
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Nov 11, 2019 22:29
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Taking credit for the WWII generation's achievements is step one of being a boomer.
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Nov 11, 2019 22:30
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Boomers love to assume they're the target of pointless gossip. I was recently cleaning some things out of my mom's house, and because of the arrangement of the house, it' would've been about 100 times easier to take it out the front door rather than the back, but she insisted on the back door because "we don't live in loving Alabama" (implying that it would be a white trash move).
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Nov 11, 2019 22:45
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Lil Peeler posted:It's veterans day today, anyone see boomers talking about the great poo poo that their parents did and trying to take credit for it? I was going to ask why they didn't honor anyone from the Iraq or Afghanistan wars but I guess those wars have to end before they honor the vets from them. Wouldn't surprise me if most Boomers forget those are a thing or think they weren't "real" wars so they don't count.
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Nov 11, 2019 23:04
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shame on an IGA posted:it's this OP Holy poo poo, is this real? As in actually from Nazi Germany? Because those faces are hosed up! Especially the creepy little poo poo goblin in the bottom-right.
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Nov 11, 2019 23:08
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limp_cheese posted:I was going to ask why they didn't honor anyone from the Iraq or Afghanistan wars but I guess those wars have to end before they honor the vets from them. Wouldn't surprise me if most Boomers forget those are a thing or think they weren't "real" wars so they don't count. Interestingly, boomers honoring any of the soldiers from Iraq or Afghanistan is very rare. Even veterans of the 1991 war. It's like their collective consciousness just stops with Vietnam.
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Nov 11, 2019 23:24
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Laurenz posted:Interestingly, boomers honoring any of the soldiers from Iraq or Afghanistan is very rare. Even veterans of the 1991 war. It's like their collective consciousness just stops with Vietnam. Conveniently, that was the last war any of them had a risk of being drafted for.
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Nov 11, 2019 23:26
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limp_cheese posted:I was going to ask why they didn't honor anyone from the Iraq or Afghanistan wars but I guess those wars have to end before they honor the vets from them. Wouldn't surprise me if most Boomers forget those are a thing or think they weren't "real" wars so they don't count. I was thinking that too, there were a couple of vets who participated in OIF OEF, but no one under 40 I think. it's also a lot harder to say they fought and sacrificed for our freedoms by murdering hundreds of thousands of innocent people
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Nov 11, 2019 23:33
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