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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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[-] CuddlyCassowary@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

Based on your question, you might dig the book “Boat of a Million Years.” The author put quite a bit of thought into just that.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boat_of_a_Million_Years

[-] comfy@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day 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.

[-] Guamer@hexbear.net 7 points 2 days ago

On a long enough timeframe, even the strongest-willed will want to die eventually

[-] mobiuscoffee@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago

One of my books features an immortal protagonist and I've as such thought about this quite a bit. More than the answers already provided here, what I found interesting as a writer was the balance I needed to find between making an immortal detached from mortal values while still being engaging to mortal readers.

Said as a pithy question, if you can outlive everyone's decisions and mistakes, what would it take to make you do anything at all?

[-] AnnaFrankfurter@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago

I'll say no one can truly know. Unless you are yourself immortal

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[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

i think that experiencing all the things & people i care about would be the worst of it.

either that or seeing us repeat history over and over again as a society complete with all of the indifferent cruelties it entails and studying it, but ignoring it anyways

[-] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 7 points 2 days ago

Friends, family, and lovers dying before you.

[-] 0_0j@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

LoL investing and compounding! I literally have all the time in the world.

[-] SteposVenzny@beehaw.org 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Either humanity gradually grows to despise you for your ancient morals

or they don't ever meaningfully surpass where we're at today.

[-] Sparky@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 days ago

Idk id be super depressed if I was able to experience my family, friends, family's children, and so on die.

[-] ShadowRam@fedia.io 3 points 2 days ago

Read this on the largest number every used in a mathematical proof.

Then ask yourself, if you think you could handle this number in microseconds let alone an eternity

https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/11/1000000-grahams-number.html

[-] grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days 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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[-] eran_morad@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Does yer dick still work when you’re like 150?

[-] Ioughttamow@fedia.io 6 points 2 days ago

Yes, in the oncoming capitalist hellscape, even white dudes named Richard will need to work

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