#lifespan

[dumb-ghost-child]

Humans are weird: lifespan

Clara had known the mission was a bad idea. That guess was reinforced when the ship crashed. The other members of her little crew had died on impact, but she’d only been injured. From her guess it was just a few broken or otherwise messed up bones- annoying, yes, but not irreparable. She’d tried communicating with her crew, sending out transmissions and mentally screaming for Indigo, but nothing came to her rescue.

By some miracle, the air was breathable. The climate was on the warmer side, reminding her of the Caribbeans. It was quite nice, and if it weren’t for the three moons, binary star system, and the lavender sky, she would’ve been able to believe this was in a familiar system.

She stumbled out of the ship, swearing to herself when she saw what a wreck it was; there was no way she’d be getting back into the air with that.

Instead, she looked around. It appeared that she’d landed in a field of sorts- on the horizon she saw what appeared to be a civilization, maybe a town, and around her were tall trees that had pear-like fruits on them. A quick scan said they were edible, so she grabbed one. It was perfectly at her shoulder level, which she appreciated. The fruit was tasty, reminding her of earth’s apples or the kalrin-fruits Indigo had introduced to her.

It took a few minutes, but soon Clara had made herself a splint for her broken arm and gathered what she could from the ship’s remains.

She was about to make her way towards the town when she heard a strange chittering noise behind her. The translator didn’t pick it up, which either meant this was an undiscovered language or it was broken- it was really a 50/50 chance. Turning around, she saw a small creature, maybe reaching up to her knees, chittering at her. It seemed to be a bit scared, but still interested. It gestured for her to follow it, which she did, being led to another small town. All around her were the little creatures, rushing about, some coming up to her. They were cute, in a way, with mint-green skin, four arms, fur down their backs, six large eyes- well, she assumed they were eyes- and a bipedal walking pattern. They led her to a building with what appeared to be a collapsed roof, which only reached up to her head. Easily enough she fixed it, and the creatures seemed happy, surrounding her and making those same chittering noises, much more happy-sounding this time.

The Chiri, as Clara called them, were a fascinating civilization. They had a complex language of clicks, chirps, and assorted chittering sounds that took Clara a while to learn properly. Their planet was far faster than earth, one of earth’s weeks was the equivalent of a month for them, and an earth month was the equivalent of a year. Most Chiri only lived for a few of their years, but their lives were filled with celebration. It felt like every week Clara got invited to a new celebration- either a wedding, a coming of age, a new harvest, or even a funeral. Even though Clara took only around six months to fully recover, by that point she had become known as a Chiri guardian. She’d been on the planet for a number of their years, becoming a guardian figure. Where her ship had crashed was turned into a shrine of sorts, new towns being built around it. In exchange, Clara protected them, guided them, and shared her knowledge with them. She’d even learned their language to the point where it was as fluent as any other, even without her translator, which she was fairly certain had broken.

The Chiri had given Clara a new name that they called her, Xi-Rai’du. Most of the children knew her as Xixi.

Clara trusted her friends, they’d taken her in and healed her. They felt like family just as much as her crew on the ship did. Despite their short lives, the Chiri were a people who valued learning. They passed down stories from generation to generation, and Clara would help to remember them as well. She taught them to write, transcribing their stories.

One of the young rushed towards Clara, a little girl who had only recently become old enough to talk. “Xixi! Xixi! There you are!” The little one, her name Si’ra, reached out her four arms for Clara to lift her up, making a high-pitched noise that was roughly the same as a laugh. “The celebration was about to start without you, come! Dari and Lixai want you there!”

Clara nodded, smiling. Dari and Lixai were getting married, and Clara didn’t want to miss out. Still carrying Si’ra, Clara made her way towards the town.

All around the town were banners decorated in vibrant colors, flowers in every windowsill and a clear trail of petals leading to where the wedding would take place. Clara had always loved the Chiri’s celebrations, they were all filled with laugher, music, dancing and festivities that could go for days. As soon as Clara showed up, she was surrounded by lively music, cheers from the Chiri who’d arrived for the celebration, and the greeting of Dari and Lixai, both wearing gorgeous formal attire. Clara bowed to them, smiling as she let Si’ra down, watching her rush towards the other children to join in there game.

“Lady Xi-Rai’du, welcome.” Lixai spoke first, joy clear in all six of her eyes.

Clara shook her head, “Today isn’t a day for celebrating me, it’s for you two.” She gestured to the crowd, “They’re all here for you- so go, celebrate! You’ve earned it.”

Lixai and Dari smiled, taking Clara’s hand and leading her into the crowd.

The wedding was a joyous one, and Clara couldn’t help but feel incredibly proud of Lixai and Dari. Weddings were a major event for both humans and chiri, although the chiri certainly had a more lively celebration all the way through.

The next day, Clara went to the cave where the Chiri kept murals of all their major events. She smiled as she looked, seeing paintings of herself defending the town from wild beasts, celebrating amongst them, and even when she’d first arrived, now over a year ago.

Deep down though, she knew couldn’t stay. Her crew still needed her, and she knew the Chiri had to grow into a full civilization on their own. She was torn out of her mind though when she heard what sounded like screams outside. Sa’ri rushed in, panicked. “Xixi! Help! There are- there’s something outside!”

Clara, admittedly, panicked. She picked Sa’ri up again, letting the girl lead her out. As soon as she left she saw the cause of the panic. In the sky above was a ship. Her ship.

As soon as it landed, Clara put herself between the ship and the Chiri. She faced the panicked crowd, trying to keep order. “All of you! Please, calm down. These newcomers mean no harm.”

The Chiri trusted her, more or less calming down. Clara sighed in relief, facing the ship as the bridge lowered. What she saw surprised her- another human.

It took a moment for Clara to realize they were speaking English- she’d become so used to hearing the chiri’s language of chirps and squeaks- but when she registered what they were saying she almost laughed. It was a declaration of peace, saying they were only doing a recovery mission. Apparently they’d finally gotten the distress signal Clara had sent when she first was crashing, tracing it back to her.

Clara approached the ship, Sa’ri in her arms, and faced the stranger.

“If you’re looking for the recon group that was sent out here a little over a year ago..” she sighed, “I’m all that’s left. I’ve been living on this planet for the past year, and the civilization you see have helped me. They nursed me back to health, gave me a place to stay, and trusted me.” Behind her were the people who she’d protected for what were generations to them. “My name is Clara.. but it is also Xi-Rai’du, and these are the chiri.”

The human seemed shocked, but they didn’t do anything agressive.

“The crew thought you’d died..” they muttered, “they hired me as a replacement. How are you even alive?!”

She couldn’t help but laugh, “I told you. The chiri took me in, and the planet’s atmosphere is breathable.” she put Sa’ri down, and she hugged my leg before running back to her family, as though sensing that this would be the last time she saw her. “I assume you’re here to bring me back now that you know I’m alive?”

They nodded, gesturing for Clara to follow them.

“Just give me a second,” Clara turned to face the Chiri, bowing to them and switching back to their language. “Thank you, all of you. Now I must leave.. but I will return. Reach for the stars, and perhaps we will meet in the cosmos one day.”

The chiri seemed to understand, solemnly accepting that their guardian was leaving.

“Xixi!” Sa’ri called up from the crowd, “I’ll find you again, I promise!”

She turned, nodding to the fellow human. ��Bring me back onto the ship.”

Maybe, just maybe, part of the reason she’d turned was because she wanted to hide the tears forming in the corners of her eyes. But when she returned onto the ship, Clara was reminded of where she belonged, amongst her family in the stars. The chiri had been kind, but she had to go. Besides, when Indigo saw her again, xir expression just about made all of the time away worth it.

[desolatus]

lifespan (1976)

[dunmeshistash]

hello mayor dunmeshi staff, i remember there was a page in manga itself that said that elves have 5x lifespan of a human, yet i can't find it so i was wondering if you have it! thank you in advance

That's a new title!

The one I remember is from chapter 57, here it is

[unbfacts]

[phantomladyoverparis]

 Lifespan (1974), dir. Sandy Whitelaw 

[mindblowingscience]

There's a marked difference between how quickly mammals (including ourselves) age and how quickly many species of reptiles and amphibians do. This discrepancy, one scientist proposes, could be due to the dominance of dinosaurs millions of years ago, during a critical period of mammalian history. Microbiologist João Pedro de Magalhães from the University of Birmingham in the UK describes his "longevity bottleneck" hypothesis in a newly published paper. Here's the thinking: when dinosaurs ruled Earth, it was necessary for the much smaller mammals to be able to reproduce quickly in order to survive, which means the genes for longer lifespans may have been discarded as evolution progressed. "Some of the earliest mammals were forced to live towards the bottom of the food chain, and have likely spent 100 million years during the age of the dinosaurs evolving to survive through rapid reproduction," says de Magalhães. "That long period of evolutionary pressure has, I propose, an impact on the way that we humans age."

Continue Reading.

[machetelanding]

[guardian-of-time-if]

Except for Elves what are the lifespans of the other races? Between the higher races who is physically stronger/faster/proficent?

Lifespans:

Humans are about the same as Earth. They reach adulthood around their late teens. In Nytheris, legal adulthood for humans is 19 which is the oldest of any country. (Average is 16ish). They die of old age in their 70s-80s. 

Half-elves resemble humans but are slightly longer. They reach adulthood in their mid 20s (27 in Nytheris, 25 average). They don’t begin to die of old age until about 100 or so. 

I’ll do elves anyway. As I said before, they stop aging once they reach adulthood, so they don’t die of old age, but they don’t reach adulthood until after 100, somewhere between 112 and 150. (Nytherian law puts it at 147, elven kingdoms tend to place it around 120.)

Leodra mature at the same rate as elves, but around 500ish they start aging again, and can die of old age in their 600s. Half-leodra age the same as half-elves.

Dwarves live slightly longer than humans. They hit maturity in their 30s, and live until around 150-160.

Halflings live shorter lives. They hit maturity between 12 and 14, and they’re lucky to make it to 60.

Changelings and elementals age the same as humans. Maturity in late teens, death by old age in the 70s-80s. 

Physically strongest to physically weakest (going by averages obviously people of “weaker” races who train will be stronger than those of stronger races who don’t):

Dwarves->Elementals->Humans->Changelings->Halflings->Elves=Leodra

Physically fastest to slowest:

Leodra->Elves->Humans=Changelings->Elementals*->Halflings->Dwarves

*Elementals may be faster when in an environment that matches their elemental affinity, a wind elemental flying or a water elemental swimming will be faster than even a leodra, but most will be between humans and halflings.

[marticoresims]

I made a custom lifespan that I use in my own game and find to be most realistic. But take into account that I age babies one day earlier and give that extra day to teenagers to go to college. So I count the ages based on that, and the game doesn't agree. This mod is perfectly editable, though. There are a few flavors, depending on how you'd like your PlantSims to age and if you'd like to have an edited (shortened) elder stage.

So the basic human lifespan is: Baby: 0-1 Toddler: 1-6 Child: 6-13 Teenager: 13-22 (I treat college as frozen time) Adult - 22-60

SHORTER ELDER LIFESPAN Originally, the game gives elders a base of 10 days, then randomizes a 1-10 number and adds that, and then adds more days based on aspiration score (or subtracts, but this is only the case for full red). I edited my original lifespan to have more consequences for bad aspiration score and shorter elders in general, so: The base number is still 10, but the random number Sims get is now 1-5. Platinum aspiration is +10 (like the original, but Sims live shorter due to different random number, so the happiest Sims will live max 85 years, considering that elder starts at 60) Gold aspiration is +5 (elder lasts from 16 to 20 days) Green aspiration is +0 (elder lasts from 11 to 15 days) Slight red (or in between) aspiration is -4 (elder lasts from 7 to 11 days) Red aspiration is -8 (elder lasts from 3 to 7 days) This version has 10-day toddler PlantSims - it's the base mod with edited elders.

DIFFERENT PLANTSIM VERSIONS (don't include shorter elders) Vanilla: no change for PlantSims whatsoever (so toddler 4, adult 29 etc.), only human Sims' lifespan is edited.

Equal: PlantSims' lifespan likened to my human one, so: Toddler - 22 days (baby, toddler, child and teen combined) Adult - 38 days

Download on MTS

Credits: The AgeCorrect mod is useful for any lifespan mod to calculate your existing Sims. ijAgecons - the basis of this mod.

[zebedeezing]

Alternative SpongeBob universe where the SpongeBob characters have their biologically accurate lifespans, but this doesn’t take away from the sweet and goofy nature of the show.

SpongeBob is like 400 years old and every 100 years he switches careers. I like to think he built every room in the pineapple and filled it with his inventions, and collected a metric ton of books for the library where he does research only a really long living creature could, and made that workout room but even after all these years he just doesn’t have the muscle - not that that’s gonna stop him from trying.

In fact he’s relatively good at karate despite his weakness, probably from years of training and he still calls it kah-rah-tay, cause he’s silly like that.

Same with boating school, like centuries in and he still can’t drive, it’s priceless. He still can’t tie his shoes without listening to that loop de loop and pull song. And it’s endearing too because he keeps giving it a go regardless. He keeps making friends and trying to be cool and working and jellyfishing, etc.

Working in the fast food industry sucks to everyone except SpongeBob, because living simply with his pet snail and neighbours and working behind the grill for the town is just as pleasant if not better than every other miscellaneous job he’s done up to this point.

None of his friends mind that he’s got a massive lifespan compared to them, cause aside from the time being the same, I feel like it would just be as notable as him having five fingers. Like living in the ocean amongst so many different species just makes the lifespan differences common knowledge.

You’d think that SpongeBob eventually outliving his friends is a pretty depressing idea, and I’d see what you mean, I grew up with all those sad theory and fact videos about cartoon characters haha. But, genuinely, in my mind this universe would go the same way, and SpongeBob would cherish his friends, rain or shine, 2 years later or 200 years later. He has the chance to be a god in Atlantis in Neptunes Spatula, but of course he’s not going without Patrick and all his other friends, no way.

I am very normal. 💚

[stoicmike]

The human life span is much too short to figure anything out. --- Michael Lipsey

[spricket-central]

Pincushion died recently.

she passed away peacefully in her little house, looking out the window, on the evening of the 12th.

it hurts a lot for her to be gone, bit my GOD what a long life! over 13 months! im so, so proud of her 💚

itll take me a while to write her memorial, as i still havent finished/posted Loofah's despite her having died back in september (its in my drafts; ive just been having a hard time finishing things lately), but its gonna be a doozy. she had so much personality!

rest easy, my pretty Pincushion 💚

[lifeinasmalltowninjapan]

Tina Aumont

🎥 Lifespan (1976)

[nando161mando]

"The research found that in 2020, the life expectancy of an upper-caste Indian of the Hindu faith went down by 1.3 years. By contrast, the average lifespan for people from ‘scheduled castes’ – communities that for centuries faced the worst discrimination under the caste system – went down by 2.7 years.

Indian Muslims suffered the worst: Their life expectancy went down by 5.4 years in 2020.

These communities had lower life expectancy at birth relative to high-caste Hindus even before the pandemic, the study noted."

[phantomladyoverparis]

 Lifespan (1974), dir. Sandy Whitelaw