Darwin lived to 73 when life expectancy was under 40. FuckFace McTotalGym has the advantage of means in a society where everything you need for a long and healthy life costs more than what most can afford.
Also, the condition he had would today be called a coronary thrombosis, and would be treated with either a stent or coronary bypass surgery. Neither of which, of course, existed in the 1880s. If he were alive today, his condition could be treated with what is considered a routine surgical procedure. Or, alternatively, managed decades earlier with a change of diet and cholesterol medication.
Darwin died of what is, today, both preventable and treatable heart disease.
But religion got us those medical advances, right? It was only through fervent prayer that those procedures were created, right? Or some mystery of the Bible made manifest through a devotion to Scripture, right?
Just like somebody surviving a surgery and saying “I prayed and look what happened! Thank the Lord!” No, thank the surgeon and the countless medical professionals that preceded them.
To be fair (to be faaaaaair), average life expectancy then, and throughout basically all of history, was dramatically reduced by super high infant/child mortality. Most people who made it to adulthood lived a lot longer than 40. Darwin was actually a pretty normal age to die even then. Especially since he wasn’t subject to the other big killer of the young, dying in childbirth.
To be clear, I’m not endorsing whatever the hell this meme is, I’m just super into history and life expectancy is a really interesting topic (to me, at least, I’m sure most people think it’s super lame).
I appreciate this comment. Not something I had ever considered.
Legit, talk to me when norris hits 110
…and with a lifetime of 19th-century healthcare
And extremely wealthy which 100% does change life expectancy.
That’s what they said.
Well aware.
Are you sure this isn’t a joke?
Well… it’s sarcasm…
Whether or not it’s funny is a matter of taste.
I definitely read it as one
Come on now, this is ridiculous!
Everyone knows that Chuck Norris cant die because death is too afraid to go near him.
Chuck Norris: Made watchable B movies.
Darwin: Murdered God.
I thought that was Nietzsche
I think Nietzsche said it was a group effort
Yes that’s what it seems to be about in reality, but makes for a tighter joke if you just put it all on Nietzsche
He’s just the chronicler.
Chuck Norris is always on top during sex because he never fucks up.
I’m not gonna pretend this isn’t funny
They really don’t realize that Charles Darwin was Christian, how convenient
Chuck Norris is pretty fit. I think that proves Darwin’s theory.
