this post was submitted on 09 Aug 2024
562 points (85.6% liked)

memes

10693 readers
2457 users here now

Community rules

1. Be civilNo trolling, bigotry or other insulting / annoying behaviour

2. No politicsThis is non-politics community. For political memes please go to [email protected]

3. No recent repostsCheck for reposts when posting a meme, you can only repost after 1 month

4. No botsNo bots without the express approval of the mods or the admins

5. No Spam/AdsNo advertisements or spam. This is an instance rule and the only way to live.

Sister communities

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
562
there is another, far more dangerous... (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
141 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

You're probably joking but if you're not, this idea pisses me off.

The average is skewed by childhood mortality at birth or due to childhood diseases and birth defects. If you made it to 20 in the Bronze Age and weren't killed by violence, there's a damn good chance you'd hit 60 or 70 years old.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Well also there were the Romans. I imagine being conquered ages you at least a decade.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I'm talking world-wide not that time of empire. Also way before Roman was a thing.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's even referenced in the Bible, showing that the writers had a good idea of the maximum human lifespan even back then.

[Genesis 6:3] Then the LORD said, "My spirit shall not abide in mortals forever, for they are flesh; their days shall be one hundred twenty years."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Unless you're being funny get fuct.