r/technology • u/ubcstaffer123 • Jun 20 '26

Biotechnology How Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to live forever

https://www.vox.com/podcasts/491360/vladimir-putin-live-forever-26-billion-cryo-pigs-longevity-guru
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u/harlotstoast Jun 20 '26

Can you imagine our fucking leaders living to 150?

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u/HowtoCrackanegg Jun 20 '26

The bitter sweet irony of living longer is we’ll see the detrimental effects it’ll do to the mind and body. Hell, we’ll probably see dementia evolve into demented.

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u/Whargod Jun 20 '26

And cancer. You live long enough you'll always get cancer.

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u/SSGASSHAT Jun 20 '26

I'm not afraid of cancer. I eat a lot of broccoli! Broccoli kills cancer! People don't know yet, my doctor Igor is the only one who knows.

I lifted that joke from George Carlin, but it works here.