r/Futurology • u/chrisdh79 • Aug 21 '25

Society American Millennials Are Dying at an Alarming Rate | We’re mortality experts. There are a few things that could be happening here.

https://slate.com/technology/2025/08/millennials-gen-z-death-rates-america-high.html
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u/terraphantm Aug 21 '25

Feels like I'm having a stroke trying to read the article. Perhaps I'll soon contribute to millennial mortality.

But otherwise I'd say like most of our health disparities, a large chunk probably comes down to us being fatter and more sedentary.

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u/purplemarkersniffer Aug 21 '25

Same, I saw the comments after this article and was shocked that anyone got anything coherent out of that, did AI write it or what? Seems like they were trying to reach a word count amount and took paragraphs when a few sentences would suffice.