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[โ€“] [email protected] 54 points 4 days ago (1 children)

To be able to make such choice implies that I already exist in some form.

And I'd probably be too afraid of non-existence to choose not being born.

Life sucks, but I also don't want to "not-exist". Its terrifying.

Can I just be a ghost floating around and just "chill" and observe? Perhaps in the company of other ghosts to talk to...

[โ€“] [email protected] 29 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Non-existence isn't scary, scary thing is losing your existence.

[โ€“] baldingpudenda 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, I didn't exist for billions of years and I'm fine...ish. idk what happens after though

[โ€“] NegativeInf 12 points 4 days ago

Same thing that happened before. You were fine with not existing before hand.