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[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 43 points 4 days ago

Wait, men are supposed to have emotional support networks?

[-] billwashere@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago

As a 54 yo man, what’s a support network?

[-] Microplasticbrain@lemm.ee 11 points 4 days ago

34 yo male here, I think its when you make a girdle out of ethernet cables

[-] billwashere@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Ok this really made me laugh of loud. Thank you!!

[-] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

What we aim to be for our kids.

[-] billwashere@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

no kidding... well when I can get them to talk to me.

[-] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Knowing you're there when they want you is support, too. That's where we start.

[-] YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.pub 11 points 4 days ago

Study - most people die before 120

[-] tdawg@lemmy.world 22 points 4 days ago

What a weirdly wide timeframe to consider

[-] EvacuateSoul@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

Well, you will have to consider it alone.

[-] De_Narm@lemmy.world 21 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

So, within the next 60 years one of my close friends probably dies? Sounds about right.

(The article actually specifically states that it does drop from 2 to 1 on average. Couldn't find a number for woman in there.)

[-] ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 17 points 4 days ago

I wonder how they figured out the indicator for half of zero.

[-] billwashere@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

It’s some new math. Like infinity + 1.

[-] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

So, theoretical.

[-] ChexMax@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

This is idiotic. Admittedly, I'm not wasting time on the article but... Duh! Between 30 and 90 all of your parents/aunts/uncles and half of your friends are going to die. The fact that they think you still have half at 90 is crazy. Unless your grand/great grand kids are providing emotional support and you end up with a ton of them.. this is too wide of a range to be of any use.

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

Oh you fool. You can't divide by zero.

[-] FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

Funny, mine already halved and I'm nowhere near 30!

[-] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 days ago

Emotional support network?? Whats that??

I'm going to just go ahead and not share this one with my mother

[-] Lennny@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Rise of fascism is when you divide by zero enough times I guess....

[-] Glasgow@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago

Sounds high considering most people aren’t living far past 70

[-] protist@mander.xyz 1 points 4 days ago

That's a big leap from "235 men who were originally recruited as Harvard University students between 1939 and 1942" to "all men."

this post was submitted on 25 Jan 2025
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