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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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Dogiedog64@lemmy.world
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Cancer. So much goddamn cancer. It doesn’t matter what kind of immortality you have, you WILL get cancer. Repeatedly. Over and over. Forever.

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That really depends on the type of immortality you get. Brain upload to a cyborg body doesn’t get cancer.

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Clocks [They/Them]@lemmy.mlOP
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Immortality means you could, just keep ripping it out 🤣

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Caveman@lemmy.world
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Cut the head off to heal

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