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kleinbl00 · 2203 days ago · link · · parent · post: The Loneliest Generation: Americans, More Than Ever, Are Aging Alone
- one of my friends died alone in his apartment. Ketoacidosis, maybe. They didn't find him until days after they could have done something about it. He was 41. - Another one of my friends nearly died alone in the basement gym at his apartment complex. Turns out he has a heart defect. He'd halfway stroked out before someone found him. He's 55. - One of my wife's friends died alone in her apartment. Nobody is sure why. She was 46. - I got a Lyft from a lady whose ex-husband had died of ketoacidosis. He'd moved for work, was in between insurance plans, was conserving his insulin and fuckin' died. So did her alimony. So did her kids' after-school care.