I literally did this opening my fridge lmao. I just wanted olives. :(
A few weeks ago, I was lying in bed. Literally all I was doing was moving to turn and I pulled a muscle in my leg. Getting old fucking sucks.
This is my experience exactly. I’m sure the injuries of youth are why I’m so randomly and easily injured in middle age.
Coincidentally, in my twenties one of my friends was hit by a car going 30 MPH, and he got up, and kept partying the rest of the night. No serious consequences at all.
I sneezed at an angle this morning and fucked my back up. Also, why the fuck does a large portion of my body and weight sit atop a single column of bones precariously cushioned by jelly and rubbery bits? And if said jelly/rubbery bits get squeezed a bit too hard, the bones smash nerves that control my fucking extremities?
Nature really fucked us.
Ah, see the warranty only covers you until you procreate.
From that point on, who cares if your body evolved to crumble into dust immediately after?
In fact kind of a lot of creatures literally die right after creating offspring.
A horrible thought I heard once and can never get out of my mind:
Our bodies originally had horizontal spines and everything hung down from it. Now we hold our spines vertically, but the internals now all hang wrong.
No idea if true (seems like it’s simplifying eons of evolution), but it makes me very uncomfortable imagining it.
It’s not very true. Our bodies work fine for a good long time. It may be the cause of some of the problems we get as we age though
Incidentally I have heard (no idea whether it was folk stories or science) that kids who don’t crawl (some roll and drag themselves and learn to walk very early) get bad backs young
Most of the great apes are more or less upright much of the time
I don’t think we were meant to live this long. Science can’t just let us live longer without fixing our shitty bodies.
People since ancient times have lived as long as modern people
More of us make it to the very old ages than twenty thousand years ago, but even back then those who survived childhood had a good chance of making it to old age
Exercise everyday, then you at least know you are the cause of your pains.
Light weightlifting and stretching really helped me my back pain.
Do it correctly and consistently. I only go like 2 or 3 times a week. It also helps me sleep better.
“Only” 2 or 3 times a week is 2 or 3 times more than most people. Don’t do yourself an injustice, you’re doing great - carry on.
Thank you. I truly appreciate your words.
It’s more than that. You need a chance for your body to recoup. People exercising hard more than 3 times in six days are doing themselves damage
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