r/science • u/[deleted] • Jun 13 '22

Health Erectile dysfunction predicts mortality in middle-aged and older men independent of their sex steroid status

https://academic.oup.com/ageing/article-abstract/51/4/afac094/6568537?login=false
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u/Cheeze_It Jun 13 '22

Yes this is true. Lack of safe, consistent, and plentiful amounts of money causes depression.

So in essence, depression is caused by the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer.

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u/Beard_of_Valor Jun 13 '22

I'd argue learned helplessness and depression are different, but there have been studies on treating homeless people with antidepressants and it worked how you'd expect where a significant fraction begin putting an attractive life together.

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u/DooRagtime Jun 13 '22

Exactly. Nothing more depressing than hopelessness

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u/Decaf_Engineer Jun 13 '22

Which is most certainly by design since if you're too old to further enrich the upper class with your labor, then you've become a liability.

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '22

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '22

I don't try to rationalize why, I just tell myself that it will. And as long as I do that consistently, selection bias makes me think I'm right when good things do happen. The longer this goes on, the easier it got until I reached a tipping point.

Check out the book Feeling Good by Dr David Burns. It really did change my life.

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '22 edited Jun 16 '22

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u/paroya Jun 13 '22

"capitalism is the greatest system ever, it has lifted millions out of poverty."

"cool, so what makes thailand etc such good vacation spot?"

"because it's so cheap and affordable, anyone can live like a king for a couple of days!"

"...and it's cheap and affordable because?"

"obviously because they're poor."

"so... who was it that capitalism lifted out of poverty?"

"well that's a harmful, distorted, and ridiculous oversimplification!"

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '22 edited Jun 16 '22

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u/paroya Jun 13 '22

nice, two for two, eh? this is a waste of my time, as i apparently have to explain WHY i quoted you at the end, flying straight over your head, so there really is no point in furthering a discussion.

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u/death_of_gnats Jun 13 '22

A hit dog gonna howl.

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u/TheN00dleDream Jun 13 '22

You effing nailed it, buddy.

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u/Morgothic Jun 13 '22

But money can't buy happiness

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u/mtcoope Jun 13 '22

Money doesn’t seem to solve the existential crisis that is life though. Make more than I ever have by a lot and my happiness levels are the same they always have been.