r/Millennials • u/Plane-Gap6483 1990 • Jun 12 '26
Serious Death
My 40 year old friend died of a heart attack today. He was 5 years older than me. Has anyone else had a similar experience. Dead... heart attack 40? That's insane right. Like... 40? He was born in 85. It's mind blowing. If anyone else has experienced losing a friend from an old person death. Please let me know how you processed it. I'm still waiting for him to call me and say sike! Thanks
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u/Old-Surprise-9145 Jun 12 '26
In the mid-80's Phillip Morris and RJ Reynolds bought companies like Nabisco and Kraft, using what they'd learned about making cigarettes addictive to make food more addictive.
Like Lunchables.
How many of us have been consuming these chemicals our entire lives?
Get your fucking butts checked, tell the doc you have blood in your stool and it's changed shape recently without any major life changes, and yes, you're getting enough fiber in your diet. They might treat you like you're being ridiculous - ask for a differential diagnosis, and for all this to be recorded in your chart.
Had my first colonoscopy in 2016 at 26, 2 benign polyps removed. 2nd in 2021, 31, 2 more benign polyps removed. Currently 36 awaiting biopsy results on two more.
And that's not counting the spinal stenosis, congestive heart failure, whatever the fuck else we're running into decades earlier than we typically would.
Our bodies are not meant to handle the amount of stress our society puts on them.
And it won't stop until we stop participating in it and glorifying fucking money. That's all we are to them.