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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Back when life expectancy was 45.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Popular misconception.

There were a lot of people who never made it out of childhood, which skews the average down.

But if you made it to adulthood, you had a pretty good chance of making it to 65 or so.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's how averages work. Math.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That's also why averages aren't a good measure of a lot of things and are misleading.