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NGRhodes
I'd hate taking an immortality pill only to be stuck with an eternity of pain and suffering.
emteycz
It's not like you can't commit suicide.
pontifier
I wonder how many, given a hypothetical situation in which we live forever as the default, would take a pill to artificially shorten their lifespan to 100 years.
fallingfrog
I totally would. My body could do anything and just bounce back when I was 25. Why wouldn’t you want to just stay that way?
andyana
For some, life isn't all roses.
fallingfrog
Grey hair, bad knees and diabetes can’t possibly make it better.
andyana
No, but bad knees and diabetes hastens the inevitable. Hell, they might not even hurt as bad as the depression.
fallingfrog
You’re right, depression can hurt a lot worse than pretty much any physical pain. I would encourage anyone to talk to someone if they were in that situation, because there are things that can help. That pain is not forever.
diveanon
Ask them again right before they are about die.