The Giant Korean to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 months agoHarris / Electric Shark 2024lemmy.worldimagemessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1471arrow-down125
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minus-square@sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•3 months agoI am not questioning that you found this, but it assumes people live to be 120. The optimism is intense.
minus-square@gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish8•3 months agoNo, it does not assume that at all “Middle age” has always meant the years from when you are at about half of life expectancy until you go to the next stage of life of newr-retirement or retirement Aka 40s-60s
minus-square@sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink0•3 months agoI had boldly assumed that it meant middle of life expectancy, but it does not (although exact range can be debated): https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_age#:~:text=Middle age%2C or middle adulthood,young adulthood and this stage.
minus-square@David_Eight@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink6•3 months agoMiddle aged doesn’t mean the halfway point of someone’s life, it never has.
I am not questioning that you found this, but it assumes people live to be 120. The optimism is intense.
No, it does not assume that at all
“Middle age” has always meant the years from when you are at about half of life expectancy until you go to the next stage of life of newr-retirement or retirement
Aka 40s-60s
I had boldly assumed that it meant middle of life expectancy, but it does not (although exact range can be debated): https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_age#:~:text=Middle age%2C or middle adulthood,young adulthood and this stage.
Middle aged doesn’t mean the halfway point of someone’s life, it never has.