by wonderwonder on 8/30/23, 7:03 PM
Very much makes me question sitting in front of a computer in a career I didn't like while my kids hang out in another room separate from me.
by Willish42 on 8/30/23, 8:56 PM
After dealing with a terminal illness in my family quite recently, I really have adopted the philosophy that sometimes, it's better not to know... I wonder what the practically immeasurable realized influence of
contemplating one's life expectancy is on their
actual life expectancy.
I'm going to take a walk outside today and try to think less about dark things.
by winrid on 8/30/23, 7:15 PM
> You are older than 100.0% of the world population
> There are people younger and people older than you
Wow, the more you know.
by mminer237 on 8/30/23, 6:14 PM
> {{ 'HOME_TEXT_BIG' | translate }}
I don't think it's supposed to do that.
by gremlinsinc on 8/30/23, 7:45 PM
That's f'ing depressing. I'm 43, with 39 years left, and I don't feel old but apparently 56% of people are younger, so I'm no spring chicken, lol. It'll also be maybe a miracle if I see 2060.
by Ancalagon on 8/30/23, 5:52 PM
I did not ask for this existential crisis this morning :(
Cool website though!
by Night_Thastus on 8/30/23, 5:50 PM
Hard to believe we crossed the 8 billion mark. Feels like yesterday we hit 6!
by pizzafeelsright on 8/30/23, 6:15 PM
While I will not see my child reach my current age in this life I am excited for the world they will inhabit.
by Sohcahtoa82 on 8/30/23, 11:35 PM
I'm almost exactly 50% towards my life expectancy.
It's strange to think about. My perception of how long certain eras of my life were is...off.
Grade school felt like an absolute eternity, yet I've been with my wife longer than I went to grade school, and yet these last 13 years haven't felt that long.
I've done 41 years, and can expect to do another 42.7, based on that site. Those 41 years have felt like a damn long time, yet each year seems to go by faster than the previous, so the second half will feel shorter than the first half. On one hand, that means retirement feels closer, but on the other, it means retirement will feel shorter.
by dcb_lu on 8/31/23, 11:11 AM
I sort of went deep on this line of thinking a while back and made a calendar of my life[0] along with a script that updates my desktop background every day. Folks tend to find it pretty morbid, but I quite like it in my own way. I got a fair few days left (theoretically, at least) but not an infinite amount. Gives a bit more weight to what would normally be a pretty boring Thursday -- I should make sure I come out of it with
something new, however small.
[0]: https://dcb.lu/memento-mori
by eadonmachine on 8/30/23, 9:30 PM
> What are the big milestones to expect in your life?
> Your next milestone is 08 Aug 2030 when you’ll be the 5th billionth person to be alive in the world.
I can't work out what they mean by this.
by standardUser on 8/30/23, 8:21 PM
I have this longstanding and pointless goal to live to see the American Tricentennial. According to this site I'll miss it by 10 years!
It also just so happens that I'm right in the middle of my (projected) lifespan, which would certainly qualify me as middle-aged. But I refuse to identify as such because I feel Boomers turned it into such a negative phrase. Boomers just generally seemed to obsess over aging and retiring and dying in a way that I thankfully don't see among my Millenial and Gen X peers.
by v7engine on 8/31/23, 1:48 AM
Feature Suggestion: The website could offer valuable insights on enhancing both life expectancy and quality of life. It could include practical tips, along with estimated increases in life expectancy for each suggestion.
by carimura on 8/30/23, 6:35 PM
thanks for reminding me to close the laptop, hug my children, and go for a run.
by hckrzulu on 8/30/23, 6:13 PM
But.. age is just a number, right?
also, the back button is broken.
by runiq on 8/31/23, 7:11 AM
What does this do with the data I provide it with? Couldn't find a privacy policy or anything.
by retrocryptid on 8/30/23, 8:32 PM
cool idea, but the implementation seems to not scale.
by tomcar288 on 8/30/23, 8:09 PM
for my projected lifespan, i don't think this thing is taking into account my blue zone diet, exercise or my intermittent fasting.
by Towaway69 on 8/30/23, 6:16 PM
What's with the pessimism here? Be proud, we've reached peak human, humans have never been so successful - in numbers!
After all, it's all about numbers.
by samstave on 8/30/23, 4:47 PM
Very interesting, but also fairly depressing "You have 38.4 years left of life" and I am older than 62% of the US pop... :-(
by mrhether on 8/30/23, 6:06 PM
Warning! Don't click it's better that way, as an old man trust me.