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Re: Death Clock

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Post by sidcool » Sat, Jan 08, 2022, 4:14 PM UTC

That's exactly the kind of existential crisis I was looking for on a Saturday night.

Re: Death Clock

#22

Post by falcolas » Sat, Jan 08, 2022, 4:14 PM UTC

emerged wrote: post #17

vasilakisfil wrote: post #2

This is so depressing, and I am left with just over 60%.I can't imagine how someone would feel with just 10% or even less..

Mine said 61% and to me it seems like a crazy amount. It’s hard to imagine doing all the living I’ve already done all over again and then some. I think about 10 years ago I felt like I had already gotten plenty enough out of life not to feel short changed. Still love living, don’t get me wrong.

Exactly. I hit 40 a few years back, and I’m statistically likely to live at least that long again. A lot happened in 40 years, and I was not in control of my life for just shy of half of that.

The next 40 is going to be interesting.

Re: Death Clock

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Post by tux3 » Sat, Jan 08, 2022, 4:15 PM UTC

vasilakisfil wrote: post #2

This is so depressing, and I am left with just over 60%.I can't imagine how someone would feel with just 10% or even less..

I get the same numbers, but the length is more than enough for me. With only 10%, I'd still find the time to get bored and kill time!

More interesting is the quality of life, not how long you have =)

Re: Death Clock

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Post by t212 » Sat, Jan 08, 2022, 4:15 PM UTC

whalesalad wrote: post #13

I have NAN% life remaining :(

Yep me too.

Re: Death Clock

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Post by wombatmobile » Sat, Jan 08, 2022, 4:16 PM UTC

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.”

― Anais Nin

Re: Death Clock

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Post by baal80spam » Sat, Jan 08, 2022, 4:17 PM UTC

Hm, I think it should at least ask for gender since it's quite an important variable with regard to average lifespan.

Re: Death Clock

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Post by bambax » Sat, Jan 08, 2022, 4:17 PM UTC

This conflates life expectancy at birth with your current life expectancy. Those are wildly different.

They were even more different in the past when life expectancy at birth was below 30, and most healthy adults lived past 70.

But they're still very different.

Re: Death Clock

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Post by fart32 » Sat, Jan 08, 2022, 4:17 PM UTC

plandis wrote: post #7

gscho wrote: post #4

I have NaN time remaining?

I have “ Application error: a client-side exception has occurred” time. Perhaps I’m actually a robot and this is it :(

On the flip side, remaining lifetime is now much less relevant issue to you.

Re: Death Clock

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Post by xwdv » Sat, Jan 08, 2022, 4:19 PM UTC

webwielder2 wrote: post #11

Feeling bad that you’re not using your time to the max is one of the worst ways to use your time.

So many people are saving up their happiness for a day when they feel like they can finally be allowed to truly be happy. Sometimes, the day never comes, and the happiness has expired.

Re: Death Clock

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Post by _ttg » Sat, Jan 08, 2022, 4:19 PM UTC

I can't put my finger on it but I always find this modern(Americanized?) peddling of stoicism too pretentious and vapid as to be not only useless but actively off-putting to me. The fact that life is short is already central to most adults and I don't see what purpose any of these reminders serve except to seem high-minded (and annoying). The faux precision of this "clock" also bothers me but that's a different story.