The men die due to their high cholesterol, beers, red meat, lamb, barbeques. Their widows to be, all the while drinking wine, or worse, or having their girl's brunches and so on, kill off their brain cells with booze.
We are probably on the tail-end of the impacts of leaded petrol, diesel, etc which also contributes to a lot of these deaths, which should, in theory, see a steady increase in the length of life.
But, importantly, what is the point of a long life, if it is one full of suffering?
With euthanasia now available as an option, I wonder if there will be a statistic for life expectancy by natural causes, and that of "its terminal", ciao, via euthanasia.
Unleaded might be dropping, but now there are a million more chemicals, micro plastics, and reduced food nutrition to fill the gaps abd then some.
VAD accounted for about 5% of deaths in Canada last year. I suspect it is going to go up a lot in coming years as people have no meaning abd no means as they get older. I also think the age of euthanasia will come down, and the reasons won't be a terminal illness.
I don't see the point of a long suffering life. My retirement plan is a noose.
Invest in rope before hyper-inflation takes hold.
Will have to make it out of a pair of old jeans.
It probably never was intended as such, but the lyrics of a Florence and the Machine song, Ship to Wreck go along these lines. Not the jeans, but definitely, the noose. Its dark.
May you not reach for a pair of old jeans for a long time!
I always keep a pair handy.
Now every time I look at jeans, I'll think of your future expiration. Hearts and minds.
When that time comes, imagine me in Daisy Dukes. You are welcome.