[ SECRET POST #2284 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2284 ⌋

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Comments

[quantumreality]

Eh. I'm probably in a different life-headspace than you, OP, but I'm at that age where being conscious of your own mortality and necessary impermanence isn't so dreadful. Sure, it sucks to know that in 50 or so years I won't be around anymore, but it's just what it is.

EDIT: The best inversions of the immortality trope I've seen involve exploring the ramifications of just what the definition of "immortality" actually is.

a. What if you kept aging?
b. What if even physical destruction of your body couldn't stop your life?

[deadtree]

idk I don't think it has anything to do with age-- my younger brother has ALWAYS been absolutely horrified of the aging process and has feared death forever; I'm significantly older but am more like you.

[elephantinegrace]

And what about when you live long enough that not only have the people you grown up with died, but everyone who remembers them have died, too? Do you have healing abilities, too, or is that ship that just capsized with you in it going to leave you in pain until people decide to dig you out (if they decide to dig you out and not just leave the ship there as a memorial)? What about when the rest of the world starts noticing that you're not dying; what would they do to study you knowing they can't kill you no matter what they do?

[(Anonymous)]

Hell, what about when your race starts evolving into a different one and you're just a relic of what they used to be? Would you even be considered eligible to be considered the same race after a certain point? Hell, would you have any legal rights/protections at that point?

[(Anonymous)]

Other problem: how about resources?
You'll notice that in literature, immortal creatures have a very, very low fertility rate. Of course, if you're going to live forever with all your family and friends, it might not sound too bad... But what happens if you have immortal humans with a normal fertility rate?