lisa - I hope it is nothing.
Everyone's getting spanked but me.
Willow ,'The Killer In Me'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
msbelle - Jul 28, 2009 8:50:26 am PDT #1015 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Trudy Booth - Jul 28, 2009 8:51:21 am PDT #1016 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I'm usually good at explaining "What were they thinking when they made this incorrect logical assertion?" but I'm drawing a blank on this one....
It has something to do with them all being the same species. It's too complicated to explain.
Gudanov - Jul 28, 2009 8:52:19 am PDT #1017 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
I'm usually good at explaining "What were they thinking when they made this incorrect logical assertion?" but I'm drawing a blank on this one....
That's a toughie. I think you could make a case that there are too many variables in life expectancy to use it as a metric of quality of health care. In this case, I think the best explanation is that Bill O'Reilly is an idiot.
lisah - Jul 28, 2009 8:55:39 am PDT #1018 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
oh msbelle, i'm so sorry about the bedbugs. Your Dealing with it efforts are truly admirable.
-t - Jul 28, 2009 8:55:42 am PDT #1019 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm drawing a blank on this one....
All I can figure is that he doesn't know what "life expectancy" means and is translating it into "fewer deaths/year" in his head or something.
I hope your cat is ok, lisah.
megan walker - Jul 28, 2009 8:59:06 am PDT #1020 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I know a number of people who think we live a lot longer today than we did a few hundred years ago. But that number really changes if you compare people that made it past 30 then and now.
Sophia Brooks - Jul 28, 2009 8:59:50 am PDT #1021 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Poor kitty.
Related to Bill O'Rielly, I hate it when people say that doing something "lowers the risk of death". I am pretty sure my risk of death is 100%
-t - Jul 28, 2009 9:03:24 am PDT #1022 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yeah, a lot of how modern life expectancy is higher than it was a couple hundred years ago is attributable to lower infant mortality and childhood disease. I'm not sure how young men dying in wars/accidents/general violence compares.
msbelle - Jul 28, 2009 9:07:55 am PDT #1023 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
thanks lisa - I just found a product I think will make keeping or getting my sofa clean a lot easier, so that is something. And I found a store in NY that sell a bunch of this stuff, so I need to get up there one day this week.
Tonight I am bagging yarn and washing summer skirts/dresses. jealous, I know.
Gudanov - Jul 28, 2009 9:08:27 am PDT #1024 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
I would say potential lifespan has not changed a whole lot, but a lot of obstacles to reaching that potential lifespan have been removed. Vaccinations, antibiotics, more reliable food supply, sanitation, etc...