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What are some downsides to immortality that most don't think of? (lemmy.ml)

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I'll start off with one, Being upset about a breakup that happened hundreds of years ago.

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

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Loneliness does not count. I feel like we all know immortality means you'll miss people and lose them.

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[-] Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

Knowing my memory I'd forget it all very soon after it happened and need a history book to help me recall any of it and the stuff left out or distorted would end up warping that recollection enough that it'd be so unreliable I may as well believe the historians. I can scarcely remember the previous day as it is.

this post was submitted on 29 Oct 2024

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