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If we are nitpicking, then we might as well define death as the ultimate disability.

But not in your lifetime

You aren't born in peak condition.

Youth isn't a disability.

First, if you die at birth, it's your peak

Second, I wrote could, to clarify that not everybody gets a disability before they die.

Third, you could also die past your peak but still without disability.

> "100%" doesn't mean "there are no nitpicky edge cases," it means, "this includes you, yes you, this is relevant to you."

> It is completely normal to use language that is not entirely precise. It isn't a criticism to point this out.

There are people who take words quite literally, pretty ironic to ignore them in a post about disabilities.

And did you genuinely not understand what was meant by this turn of phrase?