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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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[-] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Everyone else in your life that isn't immoral (if you're the only one who is) dies eventually, so every time you make a friend or start a family, you do so knowing that you will have to watch them all die someday.

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

As OP mentioned, a lot of replies focus on loss, that friends will inevitably die and objects will break........ we already face that reality with regular life! That's hardly a downside of immortality itself.

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