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Why did people in the past look so much older? (www.dazeddigital.com)

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[–] twistedtxb@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Lead everywhere. Nicotine everywhere. Fashion

[–] octobob@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I still have lead lines servicing my home.

The city said they eventually want to replace all of them by like 2040 but mine come up on a trail through the woods. So we'll see.

What's really kinda funny is that water from lead lines tastes better than copper. It's why kids eating lead paint is a problem. Because it tastes pretty good

[–] twistedtxb@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Same here! My home tubing is 100% copper but the city pipes contains lead.

They have provided me with a free Brita until it's fixed, probably by 2040 as well...

[–] octobob@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

That's nice. I should probably get a filter.

What really sketches me out is my 100+ year old terracotta sewer line 😬

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

We had things like this:

This generation is more aware of healthier life choices and many more options.

[–] deadcatbounce@reddthat.com 1 points 2 years ago

Have a look at life expectancy in those era's.

Here in the UK the pension age was set at 65 because relatively few people got to 65 at the time.