Yes, but if you have a wife and kids it is no longer just about you. Its very easy to say "who cares about dying young" when you're 25 and single...but when you're 45 with a loving wife and 3 kids, you may regret the choices you had made.
I've argued the merits of what you noted on several occasions. Unfortunately few on this board care about or comprehend that.
I also agree with you completely.
The majority care about "me" not "we". Again, I said the majority not all.
Narcissistic addicts would rather lose 25-30 years of their lives and leave a gorgeous corpse behind.
It's a sad situation but many only see it that way and won't be told otherwise. Same ole "nothing bad will happen to me" mentality.
Family values? Concern for others? Reasons to live in general for more than self or empty pleasures? LOL! Not with this lot.
Absolutely their choice to exist in shallow, pretentious nonsense if they want. I don't encourage it but they have the choice to do so.