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I've always thought of that trope in fiction of immortal beings wanting to die as being silly. It seems like a case of the fox considering the grapes to be sour
by slowmovintarget 5y ago
I've always thought of that trope in fiction of immortal beings wanting to die as being silly. It seems like a case of the fox considering the grapes to be sour because it couldn't reach them, on the part of writers.
- bspammer 5y agoI'm somewhere in the middle - I think the human lifespan is miserably short and really wish it could be extended. The fact that I and everyone I love will likely die in the next 40 years sucks. I could probably easily fill 500 years without getting bored, and I'm not going to pretend it doesn't suck. I do think being immortal would eventually drive you insane though. Humans can't grasp the mindbending vastness of infinity. If a genie offered me true immortality, or death in 10 years, I'm taking the decade. It's just too risky. Thankfully, not a problem I'll ever have.
- mLuby 5y agoOh that's a good distinction to make: involuntary immortality (as with many superpowers) could easily be a curse, or torture. Although like with zombie-powered generators, it's fun to think of ways to exploit a monkey paw's downsides.