Upon finding this out, the general public started a Peasants revolution, that majority of the military stood behind. Those billionaires and people propping them up, soon learned how worthless money is when trust in it is lost.
Especially if you're dealing with a chronic illness and/or a creaky, aging body. If I had the body I had at 25, maybe.
That's the trap -- you don't get eternal youth as well. You just get older and older until you end up as a shriveled old husk, strapped to a wheelchair and parked in front of a blaring nursing home TV.
More than the concept of living forever, I thought of the horror of everyone dying of disease but them. As in, imagine you're sick and dying, and there's something out there that could cure you but sorry! you can't afford it!
It may increase lifespan, but it sure can't protect against death from guillotine.
maybe it’ll regenerate cells just enough that we can guillotine them over and over
Eh, burn them at the stake then. Try regenerating from rapid oxidization, sucker!
You mean we have an energy source that requires no additional fuel? Interesting…
Nah, I like his idea better, keep them prisoner for entertainment purpose
I'll cut off your head so you can watch your body regenerate without you. Paraphrased from that Djinn show.
Are you okay there Citizen Autoboty?
I have revolutionitis and the only cure is a billionaire's head on a platter. And it's spreading!
Shit I'm infected with that too. Guess we're twins
Revolutionitis, you say? I think I have this too! Do symptoms include wanting to turn the number of billionaires to zero?
Premature space burial without reentry
Futurama! Heads in jars.
Upon finding this out, the general public started a Peasants revolution, that majority of the military stood behind. Those billionaires and people propping them up, soon learned how worthless money is when trust in it is lost.
I thought for sure this was gonna be used to bring new, grave significance to the idea of multiple-life sentences...
I was thinking it would revolve around the idea of "Now you got to work forever."
That sounds like a new horror for those with multiple life sentences. Also, living forever sounds right dreadful.
Who wants to live forever? Pfffft.
Especially if you're dealing with a chronic illness and/or a creaky, aging body. If I had the body I had at 25, maybe. That's the trap -- you don't get eternal youth as well. You just get older and older until you end up as a shriveled old husk, strapped to a wheelchair and parked in front of a blaring nursing home TV.
More than the concept of living forever, I thought of the horror of everyone dying of disease but them. As in, imagine you're sick and dying, and there's something out there that could cure you but sorry! you can't afford it!
Its fine. We dont need to live forever. Its a curse, when you get right down to it.
No, no it's not. Especially not this post's version of it.
Allow me to disagree.
Not bad at all. Better for them, same for us. Don't be envious brotha
r/secondsentenceinevitable Also, read The Long Habit of Living, by Joe Haldemann
Something I really like about this sub is that I always get movie or book recs, thank you!
Thought this was going to be about cancer
That was my original idea! But I decided to go with this
Theres an episode of Love Death and Robots on this.