Nothing will meaningfully improve until the rich fear for their lives
this post was submitted on 09 Jul 2025
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Oh, good. WCGW? I’m sure the shot will be widely available for a low cost, right?
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
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.
Breaking news: retirement age is increased by 25%
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!
Or 200%
Just think of all the additional years of diligent service our Congress members can offer us!
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.
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.
In reality they'd just price it so only the rich can afford it. It's not that complicated.
Not if you don't live in the US. Everyone's going to be immortal except you guys.
I'll go to Colombia and get it done there.
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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
This is everyone who takes medication to manage a disease/disorder.
Imagine having to pay subscription to stay healthy / alive
Health insurance would like to know your location.
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?
For most people, skipping a few meals would already make them healthier.
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?
Why? So that you can live longer and the next generation can whine about you?
I already don't like voting. I'm pretty sure most millennials only vote because there's generally one insane option, and one complete lunatic option, and we just want things to get worse as slowly as possible.
Give us anything that resembles rational and we'll just let the next generation take the reigns.
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
Retire at 80, if you're lucky
Can't afford to retire, need that medical insurance to pay for the miracle drug
Ok but also we get to live 25% longer which sounds like a pretty good tradeoff.
Antibody? I’m pro body.
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.
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.
Our leaders are all narcissistic. There is hardly any benevolence in them !
Can we please leave them to stew in their prenatal vats until then, though?
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Ea ch injection will cost $1M to make sure only the "right" people get them.
Don't worry, fellow plebs! I'm sure the ruling class'll let us have some.
We really seem to be heading torward a Red Rising esque future huh
Nobody tell that fucking weirdo
Not sure we need to "cure" aging...
Could someone get to work on curing stupid first? Then we can work on the aging part.
Everyone so concerned about artificial intelligence that they forgot natural stupidity is still the biggest unsolved issue.
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If we can live just as long as we do now but in better health it would be amazing.
100%
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