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What are some downsides to immortality that most don't think of? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by doomsdayrs@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'll start off with one, Being upset about a breakup that happened hundreds of years ago.

Edit 1:

Heath death of the universe, Death of the sun, etc, does not count. I feel like focusing on this is an overused point.

Edit 2:

Loneliness does not count. I feel like we all know immortality means you'll miss people and lose them.

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[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 88 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

Being asked your birthdate in order to view a game on Steam, and the year dropdown not going back far enough.

[–] markstos@lemmy.world 25 points 2 weeks ago

Date pickers that assume you have a 5 digit birth year.

[–] booty@hexbear.net 8 points 2 weeks ago

I once entered an extremely far back yet technically plausible birthday there and steam just wouldn't accept it. I remember thinking "what if Kane Tanaka wanted to check out this steam game, you just wouldn't let her?" (RIP by the way, she was the last oldest person whose name I learned. They change too often)

[–] DdCno1@beehaw.org 7 points 2 weeks ago

Or not being able to play a board game, because it says "ages 9 - 99" on the box.

[–] No1@aussie.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

Worse still, no manual entry of the birth date, so it takes ages to scroll down and select the year.