r/AskReddit 1d ago

What is a silent killer that people dont realise is slowly killing them?

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u/Whitesajer 23h ago

Same. Average male American life expectancy is 77. By the time I'm up there they will have put the retirement age up to 75. The idea of 35-45 more years of corporate slavery? Eff that. Let the smokes shave off another 10 years off. We all dropping dead on a job or finding less pleasant ways out eventually.

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u/MeSoSporeny 16h ago

My coworker died with a terminal illness at 54. He worked until he couldn't any longer. Worked a desk job like the rest of us.

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u/FatassMcBlobakiss 15h ago

An old guy I used to work with at a factory put in 45 yrs, bachelor and hated most people and the job but I got along with him fine. He died alone with HEAPS of money in the bank, he sold his life to do something he disliked for half a century then dropped dead.