made the rounds on twitter today and I have to say, christ alive

  • KobaCumTribute [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    16 hours ago

    My even hotter crank theory is that much of geriatric mobility issue is caused by just becoming sedentary. We somehow recognize being a couch potato is bad for you, except if you’re over 60, at which point any movement kills you or whatever.

    As I understand it that’s also why broken hips have such a high mortality rate: the injury itself isn’t particularly dangerous, but even with a hip replacement regaining mobility is difficult and painful and if someone doesn’t manage it they’ll be bedridden and suffer a pretty rapid decline over the next year or so.