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[–] WondrousFairy@lemmy.fmhy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You now have all the time in the world, because time has stopped and you will never age. But since time has stopped, you cannot interact with anyone, or anything in the world ever again.

[–] IslandGo@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If time has stopped, do you really have more of it?

[–] WondrousFairy@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Yes, because time progressing is having less time. So by turning off time, you have an infinite amount of it.

[–] Martineski@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can I move? Can I kill myself?

[–] WondrousFairy@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

You can do both of course.