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[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The way you put it like that sounds so crass and soulless.

[–] Custoslibera@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

It’s true though.

It's just really hard to talk about expected lifetimes and not sound that way.

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Something like, "I'm alive, in fairly good health, and I do not define my value by how much I'm able to work or how many years I have left to live."