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Re:America needs carpenters and plumbers. Try telling that t... by jjulius on Thursday January 05, 2023 @04:46PM (#34267200)
>Football players ruin their bodies through accumulated injuries, not wearing their bodies out.

>Do athletes wear their bodies out? I've never heard of that.

Isn't "[ruining] their bodies through accumulated injuries" the same thing as wearing their body out?

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Re:America needs carpenters and plumbers. Try telling that t... by WalterBright on Thursday January 05, 2023 @04:47PM (#34267222)
No, it isn't the same thing. Just like crashing your car isn't the same thing as wearing it out.
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Re:America needs carpenters and plumbers. Try telling that t... by jjulius on Thursday January 05, 2023 @04:50PM (#34267272)
>Just like crashing your car isn't the same thing as wearing it out.

Not taking precautions, for instance, when driving over potholes can wear certain facets of the car down without doing significant immediate damage, the same way that taking certain falls or hits can wear a body down. You don't need a crash.

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Re:America needs carpenters and plumbers. Try telling that t... by quartesixte on Thursday January 05, 2023 @07:23PM (#34269089)
As you age your ability to recover from wear and tear decreases and even without catastrophic injury it will catch up to you eventually.
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Re:America needs carpenters and plumbers. Try telling that t... by WalterBright on Thursday January 05, 2023 @08:05PM (#34269556)
Jack Lalane worked out into his 90s. Death finally put a stop to it.
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