# I am very afraid **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 26, 2016, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-very-afraid/760926 "2016-07-26T10:41:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-very-afraid/760926/21 "2016-07-26T15:38:26Z")
Heh, I’m supposedly going to pass at the age of 74. That’s smack right into the average of everyone who’s passed in my family (my mother passed at 84 – she’d been my oldest living relative until then). ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-very-afraid/760926/22 "2016-07-26T15:40:03Z")
Well, I WAS often tempted to say the OP’s posts of the last few years stank like that of a rotting corpse over the last few years and it was getting worse. But I thought it might be impolite to say so. At least I now know it wasn’t just my imagination. 🙂 PS. That makes me suspect I might have been dead before I even started posting here. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-very-afraid/760926/23 "2016-07-26T15:44:30Z")
I’m dead alright. I just rechecked it and got the same answer. All of us dead people should get together; I’ve got a great idea for a TV series. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-very-afraid/760926/24 "2016-07-26T16:07:02Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > I know there must be a rule about posting here after death and I apologize for breaking that rule. Reported for socking. Or I guess sheeting, seeing as you’re a ghost and all. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-very-afraid/760926/25 "2016-07-26T18:25:48Z")
So, basically, you are threadsheeting. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-very-afraid/760926/26 "2016-07-26T19:08:56Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > talk with mouth in your food. That would be a neat trick. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-very-afraid/760926/27 "2016-07-26T19:27:09Z")
2045! I have 30 more years ago, which makes me 80 – about the time I’ve always planned on departing this mortal coil. I did get the “you’re fat and fatness will kill you” message at the site; apparently, it won’t be killing me anytime soon. ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-very-afraid/760926/28 "2016-07-26T19:30:57Z")
> [@Jennshark](#): > > 2045! I have 30 more years ago, which makes me 80 – about the time I’ve always planned on departing this mortal coil. > > I did get the “you’re fat and fatness will kill you” message at the site; apparently, it won’t be killing me anytime soon. I experimented with changing my mode to “Optimistic”; this added 22 more years, putting my death date in 2067 . . . WTF? I don’t want to live to be a 102! The hell with being optimistic. ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-very-afraid/760926/29 "2016-07-26T19:42:37Z")
> [@Jennshark](#): > > I did get the “you’re fat and fatness will kill you” message at the site; apparently, it won’t be killing me anytime soon. When it calculated my BMI, it says “Your Category is: Desirable”. Below that is “Underweight” and above that is “Prone to health risks”. … Um. _Maybe_ their phrasing here isn’t too desirable. ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-very-afraid/760926/30 "2016-07-26T19:50:19Z")
March 23rd 2056. Aged almost 94. Probably as a result of a jet pack accident on the way home from the pub… ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-very-afraid/760926/31 "2016-07-26T20:55:53Z")
Dad died at 90, Mom at 82, Mom’s grandfather at 100. I should have another 30 - 40 years. ---
**Author:** ![Satchmo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/satchmo/32/4223_2.png) [@Satchmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satchmo)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-very-afraid/760926/32 "2016-07-26T20:59:07Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > July 2025, so I have 9 more years. Or so it says. > > Personally, I plan to live forever or die in the attempt. Darn it, I was going to say that. ☹ Monday, November 25, 2030 so I’ll be 72. Could be a lot worse. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-very-afraid/760926/33 "2016-07-26T21:22:48Z")
Phooey; I died ten years ago. Oh, well, I’m having a pretty good zombie/vampire existence. Seriously, one of the important things that test has no way to assess is muscle tone. I’m pessimistic and obese…but I exercise regularly, and have a fairly decent diet. Yes, my life-style (especially obesity) is shortening my life-span, but other aspects of my existence are lengthening it to compensate. It’s a cute little app, but, obviously, far too simplistic. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-very-afraid/760926/34 "2016-07-26T21:42:38Z")
Apparently I have 5 years left. It’s because I’m fat, but I am also active and otherwise healthy, so I’m sticking with my personal estimate of 23 years to go (age 90). ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-very-afraid/760926/35 "2016-07-26T22:03:27Z")
It tells me I’ve got until 2021. If stop smoking I apparently get another 4 years. But even if I lose 20 pounds, it won’t make any difference. I once saw another calculator that added in family information. I think I’m pretty good there, since all my grandparents and my father lived into their 90s. My mom died at the age of 70, but this was related to a congenital heart defect that I fortunately don’t share. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-very-afraid/760926/36 "2016-07-26T22:07:31Z")
Tuesday, September 25, 2018 Just shy of 50! Woo hoo! ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-very-afraid/760926/37 "2016-07-26T22:39:39Z")
It says I have 21 years left. I will dance on their graves, I tells ya!!! ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-very-afraid/760926/38 "2016-07-26T23:03:57Z")
1.1 Gs … 30-something years … maybe I’ll get my hover car by then. ---
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-very-afraid/760926/39 "2016-07-26T23:18:13Z")
Mine is 2078 and I am 69 yo ! :smack: This is bad news for me ! ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-very-afraid/760926/40 "2016-07-26T23:50:38Z")
Deathclock says I have to live 30 more years. And without any new Dethklok!? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-very-afraid/760926.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-very-afraid/760926.md?page=3)