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[–] Etterra@discuss.online 9 points 20 hours ago (11 children)

See I've never understood why people obsess about living longer. All those extra years come at the end, which is the adult diaper, memory loosing, decrepit part of life. It doesn't stretch out the younger good parts, it just staves off death during the miserable part. Personally I'd rather just get it over with sooner with a nice, quick aneurysm in my sleep.

[–] jwmgregory@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

i’ve never understood the western obsession with equating the pursuit for immortality with vanity. you tell me you hear you’re gonna die one day, lights out and that’s it no more you forever, and you don’t even have just a little thought in the back of your mind, constantly begging a solution to the inevitable?

[–] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 2 points 13 hours ago

I have the opposite little thought in the back of my mind. Knowing that my life will end one day gives me the energy to keep going. If I had to live forever, I would need a few 100 year naps or I'd go insane.

Like if I die and "wake up" in the afterlife and I gotta keep existing. Fuck that. Send my energy back to the source and let it just vibrate.

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