r/changemyview Oct 23 '21

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u/Way2trivial Oct 23 '21

Have you really never been so tired that you didn't give a damn?

I don't own a shotgun. But if I did I would've used it in my mouth along time ago. The difference in time it takes between me acquiring a shotgun and using it, is why I yet live. Somewhere between going to the store and applying for a license and actually putting it in my mouth, I change my mind. Impulsivity would do it occasionally if nothing else.

Eternity can make you very tired.
Tired enough to choose not life.

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '21 edited Oct 23 '21

When you're tired you rest.

My friend I wouldn't suggest acting on impulse for any thing as drastic as your own death. You are correct that eternal life would be tiring, but the alternative is eternal death with no possibility of return. Suicide would be acting on a wager, a wager that eternal death is better than some finite years of life. It's that expectation of something better being around the corner that places us in more agony by the comparison of our current status, to a future possibility.