I warned my ex to be safe when the biology of it was just beginning to be understood back in March/April 2020, and his exact response was, "It's not like I'm going to die." He says, occupying every high risk category except "immunocompromised."

So yeah, apparently.

[–] FatTony@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

So ... did he make it?

[–] clearleaf@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I remember when I was growing up my parents were always saying "son you better kill yourself if you want to get married." And on wrestling night, Randy Savage used to stand up on the turnbuckles and shout "AFTER THIS, MACHO MAN IS GONNA BLOW HIS BRAINS OUT." He was a big role model for me.

[–] Kase@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"son you better kill yourself if you want to get married."

I think I'm missing something, is this supposed to make sense? You can't get married if you're dead afaik

[–] 520@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

They're being facetious by imagining if intentional suicide was part of male culture in the same way excessive risk taking is.

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago

Fuck Joe Rogan. At some level I want to say “if you are really going to take advice from Joe Rogan and other idiots online, Darwin will just be checking off posthumous boxes,” but I’ve seen too many family members be trapped and warped by social media into believing garbage that I realize it’s the fault of the system. People have always profited off of needless human death, it’s way worse though when it’s a podcaster spewing garbage.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

Americans also just generally live shorter lives than people in other developed countries:

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/03/25/1164819944/live-free-and-die-the-sad-state-of-u-s-life-expectancy