https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/25/worlds-dirtiest-man-dies-in-iran-at-94-a-few-months-after-first-wash

    • happybadger [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Genes are weird. I can't count on my hands and feet the number of fit 30-40 year-olds I've seen die from non-traumatic medical issues. People who did everything right lifestyle-wise but one genetic quirk in the wrong direction makes their heart give out on their daily 5 mile run. It's so arbitrary who gets that and who can abuse themselves into their 90s without consequence. A universe that truly does not give a solitary fuck.

      • bigboopballs [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Genes are weird. I can’t count on my hands and feet the number of fit 30-40 year-olds I’ve seen die from non-traumatic medical issues. People who did everything right lifestyle-wise but one genetic quirk in the wrong direction makes their heart give out on their daily 5 mile run.

        I want to know if I have any of those genetic quirks :scared:

        • happybadger [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          I go back and forth on getting DNA testing. My family usually lives into their 80s-90s and 3/4 grandparents died to dementia of one kind or another, so I know I have that but the rest is a mystery. Having an additional sense of impending doom beyond climate change and imperial collapse would be a bit much.