Posted on 12/08/2014 2:18:08 PM PST by TurboZamboni
A few months ago, Ezekiel Emanuel had an essay in The Atlantic saying that, all things considered, he’d prefer to die around age 75. He argued that he’d rather clock out with all his powers intact than endure a sad, feeble decline. The problem is that if Zeke dies at 75, he’ll likely be missing his happiest years. When researchers ask people to assess their own well-being, people in their 20s rate themselves highly. Then there’s a decline as people get sadder in middle age, bottoming out around age 50. But then happiness levels shoot up, so that old people are happier than young people. The people who rate themselves most highly are those ages 82 to 85. Psychologists who study this now famous U-Curve tend to point out that old people are happier because of changes in the brain.
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I'd prefer he die yesterday.
Why procrastinate?
A few months ago, Ezekiel Emanuel …Bad enough that it’s David Brooks (Mr. “Obama should take a victory lap” over the latest jobs report), but worse that he had to start there (where I stopped reading, incidentally).
The original Ezekiel was 52 when he died (622 BC–570 BC).
I’ll take 65 if I get to take a bunch of death panel members out with me.
Zeke knows he won’t have a death panel cuz he’s one of the elites.
“He argued that he’d rather clock out with all his powers intact than endure a sad, feeble decline.”
I’d rather he had never been born. But those types of decisions aren’t up to us. (Or shouldn’t be).
My mom died at the age of 95 last year. I recall at her 90th birthday (she was tempted to try to water ski!) she said “Oh - to be 84 again!”
Lot of us Vietnam vets still know how to shoot.
;^)
Why not just live and enjoy life, but no, this guy has to find something to stress himself out over.
Whiner!
I don’t even want to dignify this article with a click on the link.
Yes, I believe once you are no longer supporting a whole bunch of people and you have less expectations and demands, contentment could rise.
But my parents are around 80. Both are struggling with Alzheimer’s. The one struggling the least is the one near the end of the destructive path that is progressive dementia. Happiness, for those along the path, my booty. You can’t always even live in your own home! You can’t know if you are being well cared for, sometimes. Sometimes you aren’t. Sometimes, you are wonderfully cared for but can’t appreciate it because your broken brain is making you long for a) your old home b) your really old home that was bulldozed in 1942 c) your mother, who would be 126 today d) something you can’t even name. There are mood changes that can be so detrimental to you and your family that you may be only happy when the latest Ativan kicks in.
Half of all people at 85 have dementia.
I agree that ObamaCare and death panels are atrocious. Just don’t kid yourself that 80 is always a picnic.
I hail my Catholic upbringing which loathed euthanasia as well as abortion. Those nuns were tough and mean but boy, did they educate me in the most important moral issues of eternity!
Lot of us Vietnam vets still know how to shoot.
Amen, brother.
Yours is one of the best descriptions of AD I’ve ever read. My older sister died (age of 56) about 10 years ago from early-onset AD and I was her caretaker for many years. She’d been ill with it for 20 years or better. The looking for home never stopped. She’s home now and I’ll see her again.
My father died two weeks ago from complications of Alzheimers. He was 78. One thing I heard over and over while I was with my parents before Dad’s death is that they are terrified of being at the mercy of the elder-care system. The wife of one of a new resident in my father’s facility said, “I hope someone shoots me.”
“I came into the world covered in someone else’s blood and screaming. I’m not afraid to leave it the same way.” ~ Darynda Jones
I’m 67 and am happier now than ever before because I’ve eliminated all liberals from my life. They are hateful, negative, insufferable people. Without them around, I am much happier.
For your parents from today’s news:
http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/08/health/alzheimers-reversal/index.html
I agree with that.
And another thing- our idea of old age goes up as you get older.
To me old people are in their 90s. -tom
Heh, heh!
;^)
Would soylent green made from a Jewish guy be kosher? Just askin'.....
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