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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/10/why-i-hope-to-die-at-75/379329/

I agree with a lot of what this guy says.  IMO "we" do too much to prolong life, with no quality of life.   I saw a lot of comments during the early Covid days along the lines of "We all have to lock down or else my 97 year old grandmother with (lists 7 or 8 serious-terminal health conditions) might DIE!"
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That's odd, I saw way more comments that indicated it was wrong to keep kids out of school just to save someone's grandma who was going to die soon anyway, as if people in their 70s and 80s should have been sacrificing their own lives so their grandchildren could be in a classroom rather than inconveniencing their parents by learning at home for awhile.[/quote]

Except that kids didn’t learn much while schools were closed, because (1) online school is a farce and (2) most parents work, so can’t hover over their kids every second.  So, we did irreparable damage to many kids for… what, exactly?

Remember, these are children.  The future of society.  Put another way, I hope that if I am lucky enough to live a long life, I can appreciate that my needs don’t come before those of those who have their entire lives ahead of them.[/quote]

The kids who didn't learn are the parents who threw tantrums and didn't try, barring extreme special needs, in the DCUM demographic. Bzzt! Try again.[/quote]

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