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Chippys_mittens lemmy.world Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world
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Ey ich frag doch nur lemmy.world EyIchFragDochNur@lemmy.world
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Driving a car. Not necessarily your own life expectancy. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/road-traffic-injuries

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Greg Clarke lemmy.ca Greg@lemmy.ca
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Dying

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TrollTrollrolllol lemmy.world TrollTrollrolllol@lemmy.world
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I like riding my motorcycle

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kbal fedia.io kbal@fedia.io
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Invading the Ukraine.

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eightpix lemmy.world eightpix@lemmy.world
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Expecting, or pursuing the establishment of, human rights as a subjugate group or "subordinate" class.

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Bunitonito lemmy.world Bunitonito@lemmy.world
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I'd say 'keeping up with the Joneses'. Getting tangled up in that whole stress trap is so innocuous that many people don't appreciate how bad it is to push it all to the point that an affluent household is 2 paychecks away from destitution. It's just some cultural thing that keeps people awake at night and to even address it with candor is verboten

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Quilotoa lemmy.ca Quilotoa@lemmy.ca
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Smoking, drinking, and obesity

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TrackinDaKraken lemmy.world DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world
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Poor diet and exercise. Absolute top above everything else. Heart disease is the number one killer worldwide, and heart disease can be prevented in most people by a clean diet AND exercise. You need to do both, more of one doesn't make up for lack of the other.

(Well, aside from doing objectively dangerous things, like using dangerous drugs, going insanely fast on a motorcycle, or playing Russian roulette every day.)

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zxqwas lemmy.world zxqwas@lemmy.world
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There was some "research" done on this. https://xkcd.com/369/

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chunes lemmy.world chunes@lemmy.world
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Riding a motorcycle, especially without proper gear.

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Rhynoplaz lemmy.world Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
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Strange. Why is everyone posting all of my plans for the next 5 years?

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nightofmichelinstars sopuli.xyz nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz
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Erotic asphyxiation

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a_gee_dizzle lemmy.ca a_gee_dizzle@lemmy.ca
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Dying

Really makes you think

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Treczoks lemmy.world Treczoks@lemmy.world
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Add drinking to it, and you've got the trifecta of early deaths.

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MajorMajormajormajor lemmy.ca MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca
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Dying

Have you tried not doing that? Worked pretty well so far.

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kescusay lemmy.world kescusay@lemmy.world
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Voting Republican.

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Korhaka sopuli.xyz Korhaka@sopuli.xyz
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I'd say 'keeping up with the Joneses'. Getting tangled up in that whole stress trap is so innocuous that many people don't appreciate how bad it is to push it all to the point that an affluent household is 2 paychecks away from destitution. It's just some cultural thing that keeps people awake at night and to even address it with candor is verboten

Never understood that mindset, if anything I do the opposite. Insist on doing it for less.

You spent £500 on a hipster campfire. I made a fire hole for nothing.

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RBWells lemmy.world RBWells@lemmy.world
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Physical idleness, overeating, smoking, drinking. You can dodge a lot of the risks just by never getting fat, staying active and being moderate/sparing with food, drink, and drugs.

Gluttony and sloth. I would also say wrath, being mad all the time is bad not just for those around you but also hard on your own body.

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Dasus lemmy.world Dasus@lemmy.world
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Add drinking to it, and you've got the trifecta of early deaths.

Except if you're like a Sicilian/Cuban grandma.

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Dasus lemmy.world Dasus@lemmy.world
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Strange. Why is everyone posting all of my plans for the next 5 years?

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SubArcticTundra lemmy.ml SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml
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Dying

We're actually all slowly dying as we speak. Your life is literally killing you

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SubArcticTundra lemmy.ml SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml
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There was some "research" done on this. https://xkcd.com/369/

I want to see these gardening accidents

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LilDumpy lemmy.world LilDumpy@lemmy.world
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I like riding my motorcycle

What do you ride? I see your sail boat, you got a picture of your bike too?

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U7826391786239 piefed.zip U7826391786239@piefed.zip
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Physical idleness, overeating, smoking, drinking. You can dodge a lot of the risks just by never getting fat, staying active and being moderate/sparing with food, drink, and drugs. Gluttony and sloth. I would also say wrath, being mad all the time is bad not just for those around you but also hard on your own body.
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TrollTrollrolllol lemmy.world TrollTrollrolllol@lemmy.world
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What do you ride? I see your sail boat, you got a picture of your bike too?

Hell yeah brutther I'm riding a Yamaha Super Tenere, gave up the liter bike after thinking OP's same question, here's a picture on some trails I had no business being on with those tires.

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StinkyFingerItchyBum lemmy.ca Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca
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Strange. Why is everyone posting all of my plans for the next 5 years?

5 years? I like your optimism.

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Madzielle lemmy.dbzer0.com Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Except if you're like a Sicilian/Cuban grandma.

She eats well though.

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LilDumpy lemmy.world LilDumpy@lemmy.world
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Hell yeah brutther I'm riding a Yamaha Super Tenere, gave up the liter bike after thinking OP's same question, here's a picture on some trails I had no business being on with those tires.

It's a beaut. Thanks for the share.

I've always wanted to try a dual sport, but I don't think my legs are long enough. They always look super tall (compared to my bike).

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sic_semper_tyrannis lemmy.today sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today
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Eating the normal highly processed foods (here in the USA) and parallel with that, not exercising

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I_Fart_Glitter lemmy.world I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world
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We're actually all slowly dying as we speak. Your life is literally killing you

'He says he's dyin', I suppose he should know.'

'Dying of what?' said Masklin.

Dyin' of bein' alive for such a long time,' said Granny.

  • Terry Pratchett, Truckers
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TrollTrollrolllol lemmy.world TrollTrollrolllol@lemmy.world
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It's a beaut. Thanks for the share. I've always wanted to try a dual sport, but I don't think my legs are long enough. They always look super tall (compared to my bike).

They are definitely tall

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zout fedia.io zout@fedia.io
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Invading the Ukraine.

It's Ukraine, without "the". "The Ukraine" is the soviet name, which Putin likes to use.

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blackbrook mander.xyz blackbrook@mander.xyz
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Wingsuit flying.

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RBWells lemmy.world RBWells@lemmy.world
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I'm old enough that I get the colonoscopy done as routine care. The doctor I went to said that in her opinion, the starting age for those needs to be rolled back to about 30 and many people should have 5 year interval not 10. Because a lot of what ends up being cancer can just be removed easily and never turn into anything if caught early.

I don't eat much junk and try to get enough fiber, so far so good. But I do think plastics in the environment are hard to avoid and problematic, and agree with that doctor. I go every 5 not 10.

Drinking I do, one drink couple times a week. Gave up most of my diet coke drinking though, iced green tea unsweetened is also no calorie some caffeine and oh so refreshing, has been a good replacement.

Everyone dies. I just want to feel good and healthy as long as possible. Good habits aren't really about living LONGER so much, they are about feeling good while alive.

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fubarx lemmy.world fubarx@lemmy.world
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Telling other people what they should NOT do.

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Hanrahan slrpnk.net hanrahan@slrpnk.net
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smoking, drinking, cars (pollution etc)

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Zozano aussie.zone Zozano@aussie.zone
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Erotic asphyxiation

Also the kind with cars

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