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WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

You forgot about QoL. Yes, you only live like 3 years more, but you will keep your teeth for most of them, won’t suffer from something awful like diabetes, and will be significantly smarter and stronger.

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Octavio@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
You may be the world’s smartest man. I don’t even care about the 3 years. Hell they’re not guaranteed anyway. I just don’t want to be carted around and hooked up to machines for the 20 years or so I have left.

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SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Had an uncle who loved to drink. When he retired he was basically hammered before dinner was served almost every day. Got diabetes and a damaged liver. Died a slow and horrible death. Got necrosis in both his legs, had them both amputated. It didn’t stop his body from wasting away.

Have another uncle who loved to drink a glass of wine regularly and eat lots of red meat. Has Parkinson’s now and is severely demented. I’m sure genetics played a factor but his lifestyle didn’t help. And the fungicides used in vineyards has been linked to Parkinson’s, in France the regions with many vineyards have higher rates of Parkinson’s compared to the rest of the country.

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MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
It’s already too late for my teeth. most are falling out already.

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- WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I don’t know what to say, get implants or something. I think humans were a mistake, and maybe something better will replace us.
  
  Maybe scientists will accidentally make life that is smarter than us, healthier than us, and more ethical than us. I just hope this wretched species does not go on forever, because I don’t want anyone else to suffer like this after we are all gone.
  
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