• Rubanski@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    If you are born 1999 and live until 101, you have lived through three centuries and two millennia

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        That’s a really shitty year to be born and I bet your grandfather had an intense life.

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          I don’t know really as I only knew him as an old man. He did not make it but he came close. He grew up in ireland to so he saw some massive technological change.

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      If you were born in the 90s there’s a real solid chance you’ll see the 2100s, longevity escape velocity baybee