• captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Actuarial tables are a magnificent tool for when you’re betting en Masse and terrible if you’re betting once. My money is on the slightly older individual who takes care of himself and has shown only slight age based decline as opposed to the man who is two years younger, obese, lives off fast food, doesn’t exercise, and seems to be at a further stage of decline to my 90 year old grandpa.

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      6 months ago

      I too would bet on Biden. I was just trying to stick to the facts. The facts are that they’re both old as shit. Biden is the same age as my grandmother. She has her wits about her. But nobody lives forever. I think a 5% annual chance of death is a fair assessment for anybody who’s 80. That’s still a 95% of survival.