Remembering the World’s Oldest Person, in the Objects She Left Behind
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Language is weird sometimes.
It might mean a lot, though. But it doesn't diminish moral reasons to stay vegetarian.
(Full disclosure: I like meat, but once we have good and cheap lab-grown burgers, I will probably turn into a convinced vegan zealot.)
I do eat meat, but the immorality of it is obvious.
But to take your point serious: some people already face that problem when deciding whether eating placenta is fine.
For example, there are genetic abnormalities resulting in extremely low cholesterol, no matter how much calories they eat, atherosclerosis will never appear.
Living long is obviously a sign of serious immunity towards all kinds of poisons.
>Inside the drawer of her night table was a supermarket-aisle anti-aging cream that she had applied every evening before going to sleep.
Clearly it didn't work. I'd think a much better anti aging cream would be cyanide mixed into butter. I doubt it would be sold in the supermarket though.
== All joking aside, it is interesting to read of her life, and to reflect on self-help literature. It does seem like the people who live the longest have less interesting lives.