XPost: talk.politics.misc, alt.politics, soc.culture.usa
From: bliss@mouse-potato.com
On 01/05/2018 07:24 PM, Mr. B1ack wrote:
> On Fri, 5 Jan 2018 17:57:29 -0800, Bobbie Sellers
> wrote:
>
>> On 01/05/2018 02:48 PM, Mr. B1ack wrote:
>>> On Thu, 4 Jan 2018 20:39:05 -0800, Bobbie Sellers
>>> wrote:
>>
>> [Big Snip]
>>>
>>>> I have found at 80 YOA that my greatest irritation is my need to
>>>> get up early and take medications. I caused this by surviving to an age
>>>> where failing systems are recognized and may be medicated so it is all
>>>> my own fault.
>>>
>>> They may have some fixes for a lot of that very soon.
>>> Interesting results are being had from drugs that force
>>> near-dead cells to just remove themselves from the
>>> system promptly - 'anti-senelitics' or 'anti-senesicents'
>>> if you wanna goog. There are also interesting studies
>>> going on relative to re-lengthing the telomeres. There
>>> are already real drugs that do these things and so far
>>> I haven't heard about any serious side-effects.
>>>
>> Are you trying to bankrupt Social Security by keeping
>> me alive even longer? I think my telomeres must be gone by
>> now so no supplementing them. Besides with SEID I don't care
>> to live much longer but fear mostly that I will survive to
>> need total care by others.
>
>
> Well, if most people live to 250 then no SS until
> you're 200 .... it all works out.
>
> Meanwhile you get to have two or three careers
> with some nice long vacations in-between.
>
> By the time 200 years arrive the tech to last 1000
> will surely be there, and by 1000 years they'll be
> able to put you in a full-synth bod that's far better
> than the original in every way and *stays* perfect.
> Hmm, come to think of it, you may NEVER get
> yer SS money :-)
Sorry for my cynicism but your little speech there
was given repeatedly in the 1960s and later by the dear
Doctor Timothy Leary and his acolytes. You only will
be happy living forever or even 200 years if your health
is basically good. My health has been undermined by
my long deterioration under SEID and I will explain that
when i overexert myself I end up sicker and with less
endurance and strength. Sadly it is hard for a person
without more extensive financial resources than mine
to avoid over-exertion.
Also SEID makes you dumber every time
you overexert. I managed to walk 20 blocks in two
pieces on Wednesday, in between the first 13 blocks
and the last 7, I rested for about an hour maybe
two and then went out again and when I got home
fixed a snack and fell into bed.
On Thursday I rode 3 buses and a street car
with a really stiff walk up one hill (that was not
actually required) to sit down for 4 hours while
I coaxed a old Toshiba Satellite laptop into
accepting a new OS after backing up the users
"/home". I was given a ride home by grateful user
and when I got in I fixed that snack and fell
into bed. One of my pals got back to town that
evening and he owns a car and is happy to help
with my errands so I have a lot more energy this
evening.
The effects on my brain were a lot worse
in the early days as I tried to continue my
youthful exercises and consistently over-exerted
myself. I got extremely dumb and it took me a
long and corroboration by other suffering people
before I figured it out and spent afternoons
resting in bed, then the head started to clear.
bliss
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