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and they had those in 1500 too, because people living to 70 wasn't unusual
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“…we aren’t supposed to be living that long natrually”.
So now I’m old AND artificial? >

You are what you eat, now stop talking, plastic. >

'Your honor, if you are what you eat, than I am an innocent man.' >

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This is every species..... you think an old ass moose is carefree, happily skipping along until the wolves pull it down? >

Humans have a particularly long old age, though. Most animals go from elderly to dead fairly quickly. >

Most animals have natural predators that like to take advantage of the weaknesses brought on by old age. >

So did humanity until civilization mitigated most of it. >

…which is the point of civilization? >

I thought big anime tiddies was the point >

Even back when hygiene and healthcare weren't up to snuff, living up to 70 was fairly common. What drove the stat down was child mortality. There were SO MANY kids died before even reaching puberty. But if you can reach adulthood, odds were good you can live a long life. >

I don’t think you understand, I said suffering not dying. I’m talking about the health issues so many elderly people have; arthritis, cancer, respiratory diseases, Alzheimers etc etc