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What are some downsides to immortality that most don't think of?

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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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Moah@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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Family meals that take 3 restaurants No retirement

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Clocks [They/Them]@lemmy.mlOP
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Rephrase?

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I think they’re saying this:

Family meals would comprise of three restaurants worth of people since they’re all immortal

Separately, you can never retire since you will never hit retirement age

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Moah@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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If you’re immortal, you get to see your family expand to the points that organizing a single family meal requires 3 restaurants to house everyone.

Since you (presumably, otherwise it’s a shitty immortality) don’t get old, you don’t get to retire

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Retirement is a function of money/wealth, not age.

If you’re immortal, you’d (not you specifically, just whoever in general) have to be a complete tool to go through hundreds/thousands of years without generating at least enough wealth to retire at some point.

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