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[–] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 10 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Nope, age comes for everyone eventually. Ypu can stave off some things by being active but memory loss and senior moments come for everyone.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 8 points 6 days ago

This is what I tell every young person I talk to about this subject .... life is a lottery and some of us win, some us lose and some of us just get by

I have had old elderly friends who treated their bodies like complete crap smoking drinking and drugs .... and lived to be 75 ... a miserable 75 but 75 non the less

I have also had old friends who did their best to take care of their bodies and die at 50-55 because of unexpected cancers or heart problems

But it still means you should take care of yourself ... if you are one of the lucky ones to live to be 80, you wan to make sure that you took care of yourself earlier on .. otherwise you will be a miserable 70 year old who lingered for ten years before going. I have a neighbour like that, he's 80 now but his entire 70s was cancer that came and went, vision problems, intestinal problems, arthritis and bad hearing, he's been on death's door about three times since I've known him and all he's ever been over the past ten years is in pain. He's still kicking and keeps telling me ... never give up!

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 3 points 6 days ago

Yeah death is inevitable as is wear and tear, but a sedentary lifestyle absolutely accelerates it.