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What are some downsides to immortality that most don't think of? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I'll start off with one, Being upset about a breakup that happened hundreds of years ago.

Edit 1:

  • Heath death of the universe, Death of the sun, etc, does not count. I feel like focusing on this is an overused point.

Edit 2:

  • Loneliness does not count. I feel like we all know immortality means you'll miss people and lose them.
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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If you're injured and you survive with the scarring from said injuries. Well, good luck because you're now going to wear those and wish you had died from them. If you're incapacitated or amputated? Gotta live with that for years and years.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Sounds like you have time to figure out alternatives. Like cyborgetics or using cloned parts.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

And robocop was born

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That was a horror cause he wasn't willing. If he was willing then it would be like cult mechanicus, ghost in the shell, or Adam smasher. Embrace the certainly of steel! Or course if your brain is damaged and you can't die that is a curse.