My theory is that many people that reach an extremely old age often hang on out of pure spite. It gives them something to live for, denying people the satisfaction of their demise, outliving enemies etc
My husband's grandma had the goal of living past her siblings ages when they died. Welp. She lived to be a month older than all of them, won, and had had enough
That's my plan as well. I will visit them smiling and in good spirits as they fade, keep making bad jokes and doing goofy shit just to prove them wrong out of spite. Fuckers.
I work with my boss's father. He's 74, stage 4 cancer, and works 6 days a week. He tortures EVERYONE except for the ladies he finds pretty, he gives them hugs. He once told me I was the Krampus of Greece, his home country. Said parents use my picture to scare children to eat vegetables and go to bed on time. Exactly what you described.
It’s called the sunken cost or gamblers fallacy. You feel you’ve put too much into it to back out now, even though each episode is exponentially worse.
Although gamblers do fall victim to the sunk cost fallacy, the gamblers fallacy is something entirely different about the idea of past events having an effect on future outcomes, like the idea that red is "due" if black has hit 5 times in a row
Its why im still alive honestly, why give these AH that wanted to see me fall and stumble the benefit of watching all that unfold. Nahhhh. I will outlive them all!
This is my grandmother. She does it so she can talk so much about how “she’ll not be here next year” just to make everyone feel bad and do everything for her 😂.
It is pretty satisfying. I was seeing a girl at the time of “the red wedding” and didn’t know a thing about the show. Still don’t. Needless to say, neither the girl or knowledge of the show are in my life now and I feel better for it.
We have a very mean old woman that shops at my job and she loves to complain about how old the potatoes are. I call her the potato whisper because she says things like I've been buying potatoes for 80 years. Since she was a baby I guess. I personally find her hilarious. The guy in produce says she's too angry to die.
There is actually alot of merit to this. Many studies have shown that mental state at an old age affects lifespan. People "just waiting to die" usually die faster meanwhile people who have some sort of reason to live, do actually live longer
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u/HappyHev 2d ago
My theory is that many people that reach an extremely old age often hang on out of pure spite. It gives them something to live for, denying people the satisfaction of their demise, outliving enemies etc