>>5742723I don't wanna speak for everyone who wishes this, but as someone who's wished it before, I can at least provide my own view point.
I don't want to be immortal for reasons that quote would suggest. I AM one of those people who doesn't know what to do on a rainy afternoon, most of the time. I wouldn't say it's actually being immortal that seems great, it's the concept of it.
Think about it. Immortality implies you won't die. Now there's a ton of variations on this (ie, will bullets kill you? Can you starve? etc) but we'll assume that being immortal means you physically cannot die from wounds, sickness, or starvation.
This means that all of your basic needs will have been met. Eliminating the need for food, water, insurance, etc, or even shelter, really. That alone would remove a ton of stressful elements from life.
Though I will give that there's so many things people (13 year olds in particular) probably don't think about when they say they wanna live forever. Watching your friends and loved ones die over and over (or being literally alone for eternity. And if you say you could do this you're lying to yourself), having to start a new life when appropriate. (You'd have to work at a job for so long and then quit, every time. And after so long you couldn't list your real name or past jobs due to being over 300 years or however old.)
The only things immortality provides that are good are that feeling of having several basic needs met without ever worrying about them not being met, and seeing the future of humanity. So I suppose it could be argued that if we get to a point where we can travel the galaxy or universe, then immortality MIGHT be worth it, depending.
Just my thoughts I guess.
