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[-] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Nothing will meaningfully improve until the rich fear for their lives

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Oh, good. WCGW? I’m sure the shot will be widely available for a low cost, right?

[-] SunshineJogger@feddit.org 26 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

A cure to aging would sound much better if the current society were not so fucked up.

If this works it will get clained by the rich elite and fuck everyone else

[-] Widdershins@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

They have been making auto and semiauto injectors to shorten the lives of the rich elites for a while now. We just need to convince them to take the shot.

[-] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 22 points 2 days ago

Breaking news: retirement age is increased by 25%

[-] PowerChopper@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Yeah realistically this is what would happen instead of allowing people to enjoy their lives longer.

I wonder how such an 'anti body' would work in terms of life and health quality for older people that would be taking it.

Oh fuck that! Gimme the suicide booth already!

[-] reksas@sopuli.xyz 10 points 2 days ago

what happens if you take it and then stop? Since it adds somekind of antibody, what if it starts replacing/ degenerating your bodys natural system and you get some horrible withdrawal effects if you stop taking it?

Imagine having to pay subscription to stay healthy / alive

Imagine having to pay subscription to stay healthy / alive

[-] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 19 points 2 days ago

Imagine having to pay subscription to stay healthy / alive

This is everyone who takes medication to manage a disease/disorder.

[-] NotBillMurray@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Health insurance would like to know your location.

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

I'm sure they already have the four colour glossy brochures ready for distribution, as well as financing scenarios for the less cash endowed, so that nobody feels excluded. Who wouldn't skip a few meals to be healthy after all?

[-] Paper_Phrog@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

For most people, skipping a few meals would already make them healthier.

[-] apftwb@lemmy.world 49 points 3 days ago

Just think of all the additional years of diligent service our Congress members can offer us!

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I’m sure they’ll get the shot added to their medical plans for free while the rest of us have a $5K USD co-pay for it.

[-] FaceDeer@fedia.io 2 points 3 days ago

Ah yes, we shouldn't do research into a condition that harms literally everyone because there are a handful of people we don't like who suffer from it.

[-] blackbirdbiryani@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

In reality they'd just price it so only the rich can afford it. It's not that complicated.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 5 points 2 days ago

Not if you don't live in the US. Everyone's going to be immortal except you guys.

[-] blarghly@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I'll go to Colombia and get it done there.

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[-] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 days ago

I don't know that I want the current elderly generation to live longer. Can we hold off on this for.... Idk, say, 15 years until they all die off naturally?

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Why? So that you can live longer and the next generation can whine about you?

[-] lol_idk@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 days ago

They can get more years of service out of us while charging us for this miracle drug. We'll have to keep working to afford our medical bills

[-] paranoia@feddit.dk 0 points 1 day ago

Ok but also we get to live 25% longer which sounds like a pretty good tradeoff.

[-] Nfamwap@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Retire at 80, if you're lucky

[-] lol_idk@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

Can't afford to retire, need that medical insurance to pay for the miracle drug

[-] GoodTransKitty@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 days ago

Antibody? I’m pro body.

[-] RedWizard@hexbear.net 37 points 3 days ago

Oh cool, so the average age of Congress will be able to reach into the 100s now! Sick! I can't wait to die on the job so our democratically elected leaders can watch over my kids, grandkids, and great-grandkids.

[-] murmelade@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Hah! Running with this thought in a more optimistic path, perhaps 50-100 more years of psychological maturity is exactly what's required for our leaders to reach a more benevolent state.

[-] luisgutz@feddit.uk 10 points 3 days ago

Our leaders are all narcissistic. There is hardly any benevolence in them !

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 days ago

Can we please leave them to stew in their prenatal vats until then, though?

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[-] Bronstein_Tardigrade@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 3 days ago

Ea ch injection will cost $1M to make sure only the "right" people get them.

[-] Zaphod@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 days ago

We really seem to be heading torward a Red Rising esque future huh

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 3 days ago

Don't worry, fellow plebs! I'm sure the ruling class'll let us have some.

[-] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 12 points 3 days ago

Nobody tell that fucking weirdo

[-] Trebuchet@europe.pub 12 points 3 days ago

Not sure we need to "cure" aging...

[-] IAmLamp@fedia.io 32 points 3 days ago

Could someone get to work on curing stupid first? Then we can work on the aging part.

[-] TeoTwawki@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Everyone so concerned about artificial intelligence that they forgot natural stupidity is still the biggest unsolved issue.

[-] SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

cf. “teachers”

[-] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 days ago

If we can live just as long as we do now but in better health it would be amazing.

[-] Trebuchet@europe.pub 1 points 2 days ago
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