This is a friendly reminder to read our rules.

Remember, /r/Showerthoughts is for showerthoughts, not "thoughts had in the shower!"

(For an explanation of what a "showerthought" is, please read this page.)

Rule-breaking posts may result in bans.

[removed]

[removed]

[removed]

What do you mean? My parents will probably die before me. Maybe im just being stupid but I don't see the logic.

Yeah this is stupid, I don't understand either.

[removed]

[removed]

Your children would then identify as you, so perhaps this is what they aiming at

I’m assuming you mean every successive child would take their parent’s identity. That would mean the identity would persist, but an identity or name isn’t “living”.

Sober up before you post next time

If you became immortal but had total amnesia every 100 years, you could keep a diary and still feel immortal. If you got a new body every 100 years, you could tell your new body their past life and still feel immortal. But if the new body felt like a different person each time, you would not be immortal anymore.

But why would my kid identity as me just because I identified as my parents. Also it wouldn't work over more than one generation as if my child gets children they wouldn't identify as me but their parents. Sounds more to the point to just identify as your child.

[removed]

What if you are a man that has a daughter or if you don't have kids at all?

Even your past self isn't living if you think about it

You wouldn’t be posting this nonsense if you were thinking about it

One could potentionally accept to be reborn in a new body with a different gender. If you don't have kids it simply won't work.

I don't want to bother you because you're clearly uninterested but all I am saying is that keeping our body and memories is not enough to be immortal, it's not even the main requirement, you need to believe you always had that body or memories.

[removed]

How high are you?