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You are correct, it is possible to prevent some of those conditions in some (but not all) future cases.

Kinda sucks if you have any of those conditions right now though.



We don’t cry about the millions of heart attacks that are easily prevented. We definitely don’t Give a damn about some person dying of cancer when they are smokers. Why are we drawing a distinction here?

You chose to eat X and not exercise for years/decades. A middle class American has enough education and purchasing power to know and behave accordingly.

Does it suck? Yes, but i find it incredibly unfair and hypocritical towards the rest of the world by ruining their lives based on the extremely old and or fat/unhealthy population.




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