Comments by "p11" (@porky1118) on "Trope Talk: Immortals" video.

  1. The people of my fantasy world are immortal in the way where you don't die naturally and have improved healing powers. I also want to touch the concept of immortality, but it probably won't be the main focus. I don't fully agree about the stuff you say. It's a matter of perspective. Even in my probably finite life, I often have very good moments and bad moments. And I would probably do the same if I knew I couldn't die. The main problem is, when you are immortal, and your friends aren't. But in real life, it's already similar. Most of your friends don't stay friends for many decades. And during your life even most of your relatives die and sometimes are replaced by new ones, move away or start avoiding you, etc. So you have to find new friends every few years anyway. Or maybe you are just happy alone. You could do a lot of things when immortal. One day you read a book you already read a few hundred years ago, and only remember it being good. For some time you train until you become the best boxer in the world, and then just go on and do different things again. Maybe you are very dedicated in something and will become the person, who knows more than everyone else about a topic. Maybe you just want to appreciate some interesting mathematical concepts and what they have to do with the real world. Maybe you teach every new generation about the best N64 games (assuming new people are coming). And on the other hand, you could also just kill yourself if you really had enough. Maybe you would kill yourself even earlier. Most people know, they will die anyway some day, so even if they don't like their live, they will most likely just go on. Maybe it will get better again. If there is no specific ending, you might just quit early. Like when watching a movie, and you don't like it, but you know it's almost over, you would also just watch the end. Maybe I would have killed myself during some kind of existential crisis, but then thought "I will die anyway, let's just enjoy life for now". But after thinking a lot, and even imagining a bunch of stories about immortal characters, I guess I would just want to stay living.
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  2. 6:45 Sounds like the movie of the guy, who was Jesus.
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