HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoYou have a magic pill, which de-ages you by 20 years. You can take it once in your life only, so long as you are at least 20. What age — past, current or future — do you reckon is best to take it?message-squaremessage-square119fedilinkarrow-up1156arrow-down18
arrow-up1148arrow-down1message-squareYou have a magic pill, which de-ages you by 20 years. You can take it once in your life only, so long as you are at least 20. What age — past, current or future — do you reckon is best to take it?HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square119fedilink
minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up29arrow-down1·9 months agoI’m 42. Does everyone get a pill? My wife? My kids? My parents? Jumping back 20 years puts me out of sync with everyone I care about. I’m not sure I’d even want it.
minus-squarepartial_accumen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 months agoOut-of-sync not only in lifestyle but you’d now be young enough to possibly outlive your loved ones. Thats a special hell, I’d imagine, burying your parents, wife, and children all because you took a pill to make you younger.
I’m 42. Does everyone get a pill? My wife? My kids? My parents?
Jumping back 20 years puts me out of sync with everyone I care about. I’m not sure I’d even want it.
Out-of-sync not only in lifestyle but you’d now be young enough to possibly outlive your loved ones. Thats a special hell, I’d imagine, burying your parents, wife, and children all because you took a pill to make you younger.