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Been saying this for years. http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/09/why-i-hope-to-die-at-75/379329/
Been saying this for years. http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/09/why-i-hope-to-die-at-75/379329/
You will be incapacitated. You will make your life smaller so your ego isn't rubbed in it. Take Shepard's 91 year old pilot friend he might do fine flying where he's been flying for the last 70 years, move him and a young 40 hour private pilot to a new location and the young pilot will do tons better. Old people suck, preferring to be dead rather then sucking is awesome."I want to die by 75 because I may be incapacitated."
That's a stupid premise.
You will be incapacitated. You will make your life smaller so your ego isn't rubbed in it. Take Shepard's 91 year old pilot friend he might do fine flying where he's been flying for the last 70 years, move him and a young 40 hour private pilot to a new location and the young pilot will do tons better. Old people suck, preferring to be dead rather then sucking is awesome.
Dude I'm there. 44 I can see and feel the lameness creeping on. I fight it, it will of course win. But I won't surrender or make a deal with it, as so many lame old people do, I'm going to make it kill me.Those words may come back to haunt you someday.
His premise - stop receiving life prolonging health care at a certain point - makes sense. Putting an arbitrary number on that age does not.
Everyone says that then changes their hobbies and definition of a sharp mind. More people will be signing up when they realize the modern idea of retirement is unsustainable.If I can continue with my hobbies,with a sharp mind ,I'll take a few aches and pains.age is only a number.
Dude I'm there. 44 I can see and feel the lameness creeping on. I fight it, it will of course win. But I won't surrender or make a deal with it, as so many lame old people do, I'm going to make it kill me.
Maybe. Maybe not, it is wrong to assume everyone is or will become an Immortalist. Immortalism is a sad acceptance of weakness and willingness to submit.Call me in twenty years and tell me how you feel then. Age is relevant to which direction you're looking; up or down.
Dude I'm there. 44 I can see and feel the lameness creeping on. I fight it, it will of course win. But I won't surrender or make a deal with it, as so many lame old people do, I'm going to make it kill me.
Dude, age is just a number.You're 44 and you still call people "dude"?
I hope he gets his wish. I hope he gets what he wants even sooner.
I flew last week with a guy who is 91 years old, passed his medical with flying colors, and can fly rings around 99% of all the pilots I've ever met.
I want to last at least that long.
Longer if any of my kids get rich and I can be a burden to them.