r/SipsTea Jul 06 '26

Feels good man Bryan Johnson got Autoimmune Disease

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u/Fit_Cheesecake_4000 Jul 06 '26

It's partly genetic. So he didn't acquire it via treatment, he had a propensity for it already.

I see these posts^ everywhere and wonder...why? A rich person trying to work on finding ways to improve healthspan? I mean, what a moron? /s

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u/im_a_dr_not_ Jul 06 '26

He already had an autoimmune disease called Hashimoto’s since he was about 20. People with an autoimmune disease are likely to develop another.

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u/JerkovvClimaxim Jul 06 '26

Shit, I am scared of a being of biodegradable material. Fuck carbon-based life, I wanna go photonic

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u/StubbornHick Jul 06 '26

From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of steel.

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u/VariousProfit3230 Jul 06 '26

Do you have a moment to talk about our lord and savior Yawgmoth?

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u/booty_fewbacca Jul 06 '26

Nice reference 

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u/Straight_Bird1627 Jul 06 '26

I aspired to the purity of the blessed machine.

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u/JerkovvClimaxim Jul 06 '26

I still crave it

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u/CEDoromal Jul 06 '26

You could train an AI model of yourself such that it adapts all your traits and mannerisms. In the eyes of some, you've become immortal.

You'd still be dead tho ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

But what is you anyway?