The Cellar / You're Gonna Die...

**Posted by xoxoxoBruce** 1/27/2024 12:27 am

The only question is when... although I admit the how is of some interest also.
Social Security has the when calculated for everyone born before 2087.
Yes that's right, 2087.

**Posted by Anon** 1/27/2024 1:26 am

xoxoxoBruce wrote:
The only question is when...

Except the “when” changes as you age:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/how-long-does-retirement-last-most-american-men-don-t-seem-to-know/ar-AA1i5ix5?ocid=HPCDHP&pc=HPDTDFJS&cvid=b26a214cc9fe472bb47ce879b3f30927&ei=11

Most of us seem to know that the average American lives between 70 and 80 years: 73.5 years for men, and 79.3 for women, to be exact. Fewer of us understand that life expectancy rises with age. An American man who turns 70 today will live to 85, on average. A woman of 70 will live to 87

That knowledge is called longevity literacy. Many of us don’t have it, and ignorance may cost us….

**Posted by TheNeverWas** 1/29/2024 7:53 pm

You're Gonna Die...

**Posted by tw** 1/29/2024 11:52 pm

And so he did. 2016 I believe.

**Posted by glatt** 1/30/2024 10:10 am

and then there's this: "Over the last 100 years, studies have provided mixed results on the mortality and health of tall and short people. However, during the last 30 years, several researchers have found a negative correlation between greater height and longevity based on relatively homogeneous deceased population samples."

You don't see many tall old people.

**Posted by tw** 1/30/2024 5:16 pm

Maybe because over the years, one get shorter? Or maybe because, with age, they stop trying to look down on all others?

**Posted by Anon** 1/30/2024 5:37 pm

glatt et al. wrote:
...You don't see many tall old people all told.

**Posted by griff** 1/31/2024 7:04 am

glatt tried to slip that by.

Tall people are an offense to Goddess Gravity.

**Posted by tw** 1/31/2024 2:10 pm

I was always told that tall people have their heads on the clouds. Therefore ignore (cannot see) everyone else.

Guess that is why we no longer see any ten foot tall people.

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**Posted by monster** 2/07/2024 12:17 am

Oooh. I work on the project that provides a lot of the data for the studies mentioned here. ooh ooh

re height, I see a few tall old people on a regular basis ....but they're very stooped so it's hard to tell how tall they are ......

Note that average height has increased quite rapidly over the last 100 years, so our concept of tall has likely changed too - but the people who are old people now were born over 70 years ago. When 5'10" was considered tall for a guy -now it's average, so there may be lots of tall old people, we just don't notice them

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**Posted by xoxoxoBruce** 2/07/2024 12:24 am

griff wrote:
glatt tried to slip that by.

Tall people are an offense to Goddess Gravity.

I'm doing my part to honor the Gravity Goddess, I've lost 1¼ inches since I was 18.
I've had the thought if I wore a girdle I might regain that ... and more. LoL

**Posted by tw** 2/07/2024 10:46 am

World's tallest people are said to be in Netherlands. Always wondered why. Living below sea level (closer to center of gravity) makes one grow taller?

**Posted by griff** 2/08/2024 7:23 am

xoxoxoBruce wrote:
griff wrote:
glatt tried to slip that by.

Tall people are an offense to Goddess Gravity.
I'm doing my part to honor the Gravity Goddess, I've lost 1¼ inches since I was 18.
I've had the thought if I wore a girdle I might regain that ... and more. LoL

We're mostly fluid so I'd be worried... maybe a pressure relief valve on the back of the head would help?

**Posted by xoxoxoBruce** 3/31/2024 8:43 pm

What, another hole in the head?