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vanlassie

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12. So many men easily live into their nineties.

Reply to JohnSJ (Reply #4)

Sun Jun 1, 2025, 08:45 PM

Jun 2025

They always said women live longer. But in my white upper middle class families and their friends, even thought women and men both smoked and drank heavily, the men have outlived their wives by 15-20 years.

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A lot of bullshit going around that they covered up President Biden's prostate cancer because they knew [View all] JohnSJ Jun 2025 OP

Not sure why they think it's their business anyway SheltieLover Jun 2025 #1

Because we are a scandal and gossip driven culture... FalloutShelter Jun 2025 #2

Sickening imo SheltieLover Jun 2025 #7

Excellent take. k_buddy762 Jun 2025 #11

Actually it does matter. The recommendation is wrong. Men over seventy probably should be screened, JohnSJ Jun 2025 #4

I agree men should be screened, but repukes SheltieLover Jun 2025 #8

They won't, and with the misinformation propagated on social media, repukes are not going to stop JohnSJ Jun 2025 #10

So many men easily live into their nineties. vanlassie Jun 2025 #12

LOL- Tapper is a hack and a failure LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2025 #3

Yes he is, and the media frenzy helped Mr. Tapper sell his books. But the media hardly mentioned that JohnSJ Jun 2025 #5

Tapper's book sales are bombing LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2025 #6

I don't think so. It is number 1 on the New York Times Best Seller List for non-fiction JohnSJ Jun 2025 #9