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Comment by EasyMark

12 hours ago

That’s a bizarre hill to die on, I see all kinds of larger people survive into their 90s when I was living near and volunteering at a nursing home as a teenager

I see all kinds of larger people survive into their 90s

So dangerous to extrapolate from anecdotal observation like this. If I see old people smoking, doesn't mean smoking is safe. It just means it doesn't kill at 100% effectiveness.

  • > It just means it doesn't kill at 100% effectiveness.

    If you wait long enough, everything has a 100% effectiveness.

    • if you wait long enough, obesity actually becomes a protective factor for serious issues; like Falling & Sarcopenia.

I see “plenty” of life long smokers making it to their 80s and 90s too, that doesn’t mean it didn’t take out 90% of them along the way.

That’s the funny thing: at homes and nursing homes all around America you will find WW2 veterans. One could conclude that WW2 wasn’t dangerous from that, I suppose.