Quote Originally Posted by Tyde View Post
some of us are blessed with longevity through good genes

all my relatives on both sides of my family live well into their 90’s going back generations

I’m in remarkably good shape for my age and can’t even remember the last time I got sick

oh and I’m not a fat fuck staying very active and eat like royalty most of the time

sorry to disappoint you bottomset, but I’m gonna be on this planet a lot longer you think, so get used to it pal

selfishly I always quietly celebrate when some random person younger than me drops dead…like this poker guy Perry or Matthew Perry or some poor schmuck that OD’d on fentanyl or got hit by a bus

I should be dead 1/2 dozen times already anyway, so I’m freerolling this shit like a BOSS
I believe Perry's parents are both alive, so it wasn't bad genetics.

In fact. while there is thought to possibly be a genetic factor to getting pancreatic cancer, it has been discovered that the genes causing it are a result of mutations after birth. Some of those mutations are thought to be simply a matter of bad luck.

The truth is that being over 50 is basically an exercise of being lucky enough to dodge all the various things that can kill you.