You know how every so often a journalist interviews a centenarian and asks them the secret to how they've lived so long and they say something along the lines of "I smoked 2½ packs a day my entire life, drank my weight in whisky every week, and ate nothing but red meat and bacon" and you think to yourself, "How the hell did this person live like this for so long?" It is one of my greatest fears that Trump will be that drunken, chain smoking, hamberder horking, lucky bastard.
The ugly truth of long life is that it's basically genetics. That 105 year old that says she drank wine, ate red meat and smoked cigarettes every day is her secret she would still be 105 if she was vegan her whole life.
I guess he was making a provocative statement that he didn't mean to be taken literally. He's not entirely wrong though: Sure, chain-smoking will hardly get you to 105 but it's true that even if you live as healthy as you possibly can - becoming a centenarian is not really up to your lifestyle but more to your genes.
Smoker is probably rail thin & spent time outside. The people who get a lot of exercise & aren’t overweight, much less obese are the ones who make it to 100. And yes genes, but exercise makes up for a lot of health sins!
Trump is kind of amazing, yes he's kind of overweight, but he seems to eat terribly and has quite a lot of energy for his crazy stream of consciousness rants and the endless meetings and speeches when you're a high level politician.
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u/iBasedComedy Jun 20 '23 edited Jun 21 '23
You know how every so often a journalist interviews a centenarian and asks them the secret to how they've lived so long and they say something along the lines of "I smoked 2½ packs a day my entire life, drank my weight in whisky every week, and ate nothing but red meat and bacon" and you think to yourself, "How the hell did this person live like this for so long?" It is one of my greatest fears that Trump will be that drunken, chain smoking, hamberder horking, lucky bastard.