Thread: How long do you think you will live?

All things considered your educated guess of how long you will live.

Heredity, gut instinct, illness, intuition, age, premonitions, medical advances, suicide, god's will, health, destructive habits, lifestyle.

I should be dead at 31.

I started thinking about the various factors, but it was making me depressed so I stopped. So many ways I could die unexpectedly young

So, just going to say I ought to live to old age.

Heh, I had a vision about ten years ago that I would die in the midst of some kind of major upheaval around 2015. I wasn't aware of all the 2012 prophesies at the time, but I was more receptive to them on account of that experience. That said, I don't assume it will happen.

If I do get through the Timewave I'll be lucky to see my sixties, based on family history (from the half I know), personal habits, early stresses, and time spent outdoors in the city. Pretty much all demographic factors are working against me, too--single, male, no pets. If I claim white ethnicity, I've got that going for me, I guess

If I go out in the Timewave, I'll be just shy of 35. Otherwise, 62 after 10 years or so of progressive organ failure. I'm ready now or at 95, however it shakes out.

Originally Posted by Howie

All things considered your educated guess of how long you will live.

Heredity, gut instinct, illness, intuition, age, premonitions, medical advances, suicide, god's will, health, destructive habits, lifestyle.

I should be dead at 31.

Yea, me too.

Wow. How terrible of you guys to think that way. My heart would shatter if my partner told me he didn't expect to live past 31.

well, I'll be 70 in 2052

think we'll have bionics by then?
cause if so
I'm never going to die

I heard a theory that if you live to a certain age science will get to the point that you'll never have to die.

Originally Posted by 27

I heard a theory that if you live to a certain age science will get to the point that you'll never have to die.

I think that theory's been around since about 1894, prior to which you would replace "science" with "medicinal elixirs," and prior to then, "alchemy."

Originally Posted by Mes Tarrant

Wow. How terrible of you guys to think that way. My heart would shatter if my partner told me he didn't expect to live past 31.

We're just kidding. Nobody knows how long they will live. Any of us could die at any time.

and on that cheery note....

Well, the life expectancy for people who are 70-80 years old now was much shorter when they were young. So for someone like me that has never touched drugs, alcohol or tobacco and never will, who knows? Maybe I'll live to be 100!

Originally Posted by Moonbeam

Originally Posted by Howie

I should be dead at 31.

Yea, me too.

Are you kidding? I could have sworn you were both older than me. I hope you don't take offense--if anything, take it as a compliment.

I am going to live all the way to the day I die.

Originally Posted by Howie

I should be dead at 31.

My gym teacher actually once said to me that i'll probably be dead by the age of 30

... Yeah we never really got along very well. But he did have a point. I dont really live a very healthy lifestyle. And we've got cancer in our family. My uncle died. But that's because it was discovered so late. My father survived it and is now in great shape.

All things considered. I'll probably hit the 60 mark or so. I think that'd be a good age to check out. And I never wanted to get too old and wither away at some old people's home. The death clock says 55