re: Most of you crossed the midpoint of your life expectancy by age 40.

We are only promised today

I’m 45 and I know my family is preparing for life without me because I started making the preparations myself five years ago. Anything can happen at anytime, whether it’s a car accident or cancer. Get your ducks in a row to help save aggravation for those left behind.

I mean, death is nothing to fear. It’s as natural as life. Anxious about the process, sure. But fear death itself? Eh. So many people I treasured in my life have gone on to glory. I look forward to seeing them again.

Not that I want to go right now. I want to retire and enjoy life and be a pawpaw one day. But if death comes knocking at my door before I reach those milestones, so be it. I’ve had a good life thus far.

Dang...

Everyone is fighting a battle.

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The average male lives 72 or 73 years in the US.

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Well, not exactly. Depends what race you are.

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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), COVID-19 deaths made up nearly 74% of the decline in life expectancy between 2019 to 2020, with a 50% decline noted between 2020 and 2021.

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The analysis doesn’t provide insight into racial and ethnic differences. Yan says it is an area he and his colleagues plan to explore further. “We know that the disparity at baseline between men and women is much higher for Black Americans than it is for white Americans, for instance. And the interplay between gender and race is an important area for further study,” he said. As of 2022, the life expectancy for African American men was 61.5, nearly eight years shorter than for African American women.

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Asian males: 81.2 years
Hispanic males: 74.4 years
White males: 73.7 years
Black males: 66.7 years
American Indian/Alaskan Native males: 61.5 years

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This thread is depressing as frick.

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I was about to post the same thing

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Asian males: 81.2 years
Hispanic males: 74.4 years
White males: 73.7 years
Black males: 66.7 years
American Indian/Alaskan Native males: 61.5 years

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I've always wondered, do these take into account average health individuals? I mean, surely someone that exercises regularly, keeps their diet relatively healthy, stays moving around, etc. must have a greater statistical chance on living much longer.

Do they show numbers for those kinds of people?

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They won’t say it out loud, but most of your loved ones are preparing for life without you.

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Meh. My crew would be lost without me. I'm more leaning forward to getting them prepared than they are.

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Some are even wishing that you would hurry up and leave.

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Probably true of some folks. Not for me. I'm a hero. I make the world a better place.

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So why, then, would anyone want to work until they’re 70?

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What else am I going to do? Navel gaze and pick at my toenails?

If you aren't gainfully employed, then you're dead weight. #Facts

Spot on ACE……

My wife's 86yo grandmother has been vocal about being ready to die for a few years now. Her husband is gone and she outlived one of her children. Just live a good life, be able to smile on the good times and bad, and enjoy the 0.00000000000000000001% chance occurrence that you were ever alive at all.

Three of my four grandparents passed at 96 years of age.

I'm at the mid-point of my life now, should I live as long.

Attractive young women commonly call me "sir."

I've phased past listening to both Led Zeppelin AND Steely Dan.

I don't care to leave the house for much. It is what it is.