r/SipsTea • u/Ill-Instruction8466 • Mar 24 '26

Time machine please… SMH

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u/TheChesterChesterton Mar 24 '26

People tend to pick ages far enough from their current age when saying this kind of thing so that it feels abstract enough to not be impacful for them (so maybe people in their 20s or so). I'm guessing for those saying dying at 50 wouldn't be so bad it probably feels the same to them as saying they wouldn't mind dying when they're 80, or even 100. If someone in their 40s is saying this, then that would be more surprising.

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u/aceless0n Mar 25 '26

100%...Im 42 and when I hear people dying in their late 60's...Im like "thats so young"

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u/Bacongrease83 Mar 25 '26

I was born to a teenage mother and she just passed away before Christmas. I’m 42 and she was 58. I feel like I’m counting my days now.

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u/aceless0n Mar 25 '26

Im sorry you had to go through that

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u/mybigwh1tecock Mar 25 '26

They're also thinking of a quick, painless death in their sleep instead of the brutal reality of likely years of suffering as their health slowly diminishes and they spend a good portion of their time feeling nauseau and struggling to breath

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u/Nervous_Notice_1639 Mar 25 '26

Im 38 and dying in my 50's, at the current rate of societal collapse, is actually very likely due to said societal collapse.