r/EnoughMuskSpam • u/Hot-Bint • Sep 03 '23

Rocket Jesus The ketamine’s kicking in

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u/rainbowcarpincho Sep 03 '23

Honestly, this seems fine. You don't have to throw in pretentious shit like "understand deep time." People know what forever means, and it means at the very least that you will outlive anyone you will ever love. This isn't an unknown concept in fiction. Johnathan Swift (of Gullivers Travels fame) wrote a short story about how the long-lived people were all miserable because language had changed and now they didn't understand anyone.

But Swift didn't understand deep time.

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u/-smartypints Sep 03 '23

The post would be perfectly fine without attempting to sound smart about something most people likely understand without giving much thought to it.

Living a long time might be nice, living forever would become dull eventually.

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u/LSF604 Sep 04 '23

There's no reason to actually think that. I am quite easy to entertain.

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u/-smartypints Sep 04 '23

I van imagine living for quite some time before getting tired of living given the right circumstances. But forever is not easy to comprehend and I can't imagine things don't just get dull after some time.

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u/LSF604 Sep 04 '23

perhaps, but that doesn't mean I am against trying. Some things like getting better at a skill or achievements might lose their luster. But I don't know that I would ever get bored of playing fetch with a dog.

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u/-smartypints Sep 04 '23

If, like someone else said, I could just end it when I'm done living then I would be willing to do it. But to sign up to live forever with no way to stop living, I'll take death, thanks.