Why Die?

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[@Ryan50Ryan]

"The reaper is busy, but he can fit you in. Right Now." What a powerful threat.

[@mikoajnagy8695]

Fir- jk

[@josephjackson1956]

Not a threat, a promise.

[@stephenjames1132]

😂😂😂😅

[@firstnamelastname2467]

That gave me the same feeling as when you go to the dentist and they say they can do your filling same day

[@CaliTeacher1]

That was terrible to read 😂

[@herculesatan4514]

I mean, no dead person has told us they had any complications.

[@OrangeChair]

😂 This is an underated comment

[@2-dsynctium773]

They never told us any positive reviews either 😂

[@lioneljohnsononvacation2635]

They all seem to believe that death is just kinda meh and not worth the commentary

[@Simon11354]

Haha its because their dead. 😂

[@demutrudu6106]

@@Simon11354 Thatsthejoke.jpeg

[@Redpandas345]

CGP GREY: "if you tortured people to make them better appreciate life, you would be a monster." Jigsaw: sweats nervously.

[@eclecticsoffy]

I thought the same thing

[@21stcenturylad62]

Love your pfp

[@i_likemen5614]

I'd just want to kill myself even more

[@Sarah-bb3tw]

I was thinking that 😂😂

[@metallicarchaea1820]

Naruto's Akatsuki leader: Pain

[@soup4219]

"a generation that lives a healthy adulthood as long as they wish to" i'm glad you phrased it like that. because quite frankly eventually some of them will want to stop living. maybe not a lot, but definitely some. removing death by old age doesn't remove death entirely, it gives us a better life to live until we dont want to live it anymore and can go at peace and without pain.

[@GabrielSantosStandardCombo]

@Gonda On contraire, the human brain was *designed* to self-improve and to massively cooperate with all the other human brains. There is no limit to these. You're quoting the reaper.

[@GaleGrim]

@@GabrielSantosStandardCombo The brain is a physical thing with physical limits, I think 100 years of data is too little an estimation for the capacity of the brain, and kinda maybe assumes that the brain keeps all the info sent to it in a lossless format for as long as it exists. we forget and remember things and and learn things and all of that. but eventually it will hit maximum saturation of info and start forgetting things we would rather it didn't. like childhood memories and all that. We aren't capable of willing our self's to not be constrained by our bodies. Cooperation and self improvement are limited, there limit is really large and kinda unknown to us, but it must exist cause we are made of matter and energy that follows "laws" that nothing can break. the only time the laws of physics so much as even bend is when there is a massive amount of energy in a location. which is an exceptional occurrence that happens in environments that it should probably be noted we can't survive in without like.... a lot of machines, knowledge, and material that we have in limited supply. all things that are a live are mortal, and will die. The universe is creeping towards absolute entropy and heat death. a state that nothing of physical matter will be able to exist in. our only choice as far as death goes is not a "yes or no" but a "when" and I only feel comfortable speaking for my self when I say "Not until I absolutely have to"

[@zap3231]

@@GaleGrim Vain. All of your comment is vain. Have you learned nothing from the march of science? Every problem has a solution. Everything can be done. You talk about our limit of memories: What tells you the medicine of the future can't fix that? You talk about the heat death of the universe: What tells you the physics of the future can't fix that? What we have is never the limit. What is impossible for us today will never be impossible for us sometime in the future. Centuries ago tuberculosis was terminal and smallpox uncurable. Today both are wrong.

[@therandomhedgehog6557]

@@GaleGrim Hoo boy is this not an easy read, paragraph breaks England, you should try them. -CGP grey same goes for you.

[@maskrlzxw6823]

@@zap3231 ye

[@Nick-mh7ve]

Imagine dying *the day before immortality is created*

[@megaoli321]

Nicowis i don't think you'd care too much tbh

[@TheoneandonlyDrops]

Or alternatively, imagine being the last 'natural-born' human, with every new human being genetically engineered to not die. Slowly watching all your other mortal friends die, until you are the last one on earth, surrounded by people who do not comprehend your situation and will never die (of old age at least).

[@looinrims]

Statistically speaking a lot of people will, also we shouldn’t forget that this tech wouldn’t be given to everyone, just because the cost would be horrifically large, there will be large groups (likely third world country’s people) looking onward on the Western population who, while susceptible to say Gunshots, so this won’t matter to Chicago...but via age and disease, which kills more people than anything ever in the history of ever, will survive whilst onlookers decay and die

[@instertedgyandunoriginalna3558]

Nicowis man I would love that cuz I don't want to be freaking immortal

[@Basilisk2077]

The Phantom Cookie Enjoy your 70 years. When I'm 700 years old and the captain of the Enterprise shooting aliens I'll think of you.

[@infinitethings2413]

CGP Grey: Why die? Death rate drops to 0%

[@rattandragon9104]

1000%*

[@kerbodynamicx472]

Dying is gay... I guess?

[@saidalas7763]

Stuupid little kids: - " Death gives life meaning, I am a stuupid hollow headed POS child that thinks *if we cured aging* which means dementia, most cancers, most pandemic deaths, heart and stroke attacks, arthritis + decades of suffering and cognitive decline *that would be a bad thing* "

[@wet0wl]

@@kerbodynamicx472 Come on man it’s 2020

[@Vervaeck]

@@kerbodynamicx472 today kerbodynamic x was found dead

[@jarancrane2462]

I went to college for this exact reason. I majored in biochemistry because thinking about being dead, just not being, not thinking about anything because you can't think, absolutely terrifies me to my core. But then i realized just how bad i am at math at changed majors.

[@exquantem8294]

That's kind of weird.. I'm going to study biochemistry next year for that exact same reason

[@nosferatu3726]

Don't worry it's just your brain's survival instinct.

[@redjr242]

Bro keep up the biochem studies. I'll tutor you in math

[@asr2009]

@@nosferatu3726 its not just about survival instinct. religion has already provided answers to these questions.

[@archer9338]

I have never understood why people are afraid of being dead. Fear of dying, I understand. There are very few ways of dying that aren't horrible. But, being dead is literally nothing. It is like sleeping without dreaming. You won't be aware of it, because you won't exist.

[@misstenmistlee1821]

I find this a strange concept because we're only taught to accept death, while before we learn about it we think otherwise.

[@roberine7241]

Well before we learn about death we don’t really think about it.

[@SquidsINCIsABadYouTuber]

“Why die” We did it boys Death is no more

[@connorredding]

Now that I think about it, I've decided not to die

[@odd-ysseusdoesstuff6347]

If you want to live, don’t die. -tiktok girl

[@joebob444]

i still would not live for ever

[@drunks1nner298]

I have another question WHY NOT?

[@drunks1nner298]

WHY NOT?

[@datoneguy2361]

Imagine going to prison with a life sentence

[@significantpepper5274]

Oh...Oh no...That's awful. You are awful. Never talk to me again.

[@9nikolai]

You'd have plenty of time to break yourself out!

[@significantpepper5274]

@@abstrusepaladin Hmm. That's actually a good plan!

[@masoudpouri1319]

lmao, Then they would make you actually die from old age.

[@samuelgarcia2510]

@@abstrusepaladin "Dies from hunger becouse someone forgot about him in the basement they got locked in"

[@TerrestrisVerita]

"We don't remix the water to bring back cholera." This is how I feel whenever I hear someone wanting to go back to the "old ways" without realizing how nice their lives are now due to the advancements we have. Like somehow if things digressed, but we still somehow keep the advances that have improved our welfare. I swear those people read too much Isekai's and think that they'd somehow be a better, more important person if they were forced to live in a world completely removed from the conveniences and advancements that makes their lives so easy now.

[@jakubzov]

I agree. "It's natural to die and we should accept it" = "It's natural to get plague and we should accept It"

[@autohmae]

it's because their are companies, government and others organizations with lots of experts that take away the complexity and make it cheap to it seems trivial.

[@m-h1217]

When people refer to the "old ways" I'm pretty sure they're not referring to the cholera.

[@derrickthewhite1]

There is at least one instance of going back and doing something unpleasant intentionally: exercise. Most of us don't need to exercise to fulfill the basics of life... but it improves your health and general quality of life. So people exercise. But they do so in very different ways than the manual labor of their ancestors. I suspect "old ways" are like that: we need to figure out the aspects that are important to health (including mental health) and cultivate those. In some ways its "going back", but it will look very different than the version born of deprivation

[@gringomoderfoquer8287]

Thanks GCP and comments, now I'm desperately afraid of dying before we find a cure to aging

[@kingrollypollyvii5565]

Aging isn't a disease. You're falling for his scam.

[@winterfell9990]

Thanks CGP, I now have overcome my acceptance of death and it now terrifies me again

[@significantpepper5274]

Well,it was the job of the video so...I guess he completed his objective...?

[@mystic_spider]

Good, now help work on a cure.

[@tibiafibiafie]

Now I’m actually paranoid that I’m gonna die on my deathbed while watching the broadcast that immortality is a thing now

[@gibbcharron3469]

@@tibiafibiafie Well, that's exactly why we need as many people as possible working on the problem, so we can make immortality a thing as quickly as possible.

[@pablotronmf3469]

@@gibbcharron3469 in my country i literally need to get a 9 grade in everything to be able to study bio engineering so im sry but i wont help in your cause

[@Fishbiene]

Reaper: Come on. You'll like being dead Me: that's what they said about being alive

[@pomeranianproductions647]

I am Commander Shepard and this is my favorite comment below the video.

[@kaderowe4625]

Futurama reference?

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

From Futurama

[@kingtreedede7303]

Haha good point Brian Griffin

[@nikkig4802]

Nice reference

[@ihavepermissiontospamracia7794]

A great quote i heard from a show was this "Death is something to not be feared, it is a reminder that you only have one"

[@notdolandark]

I do not fear death, I just want to decide when it happens. Whether that’s in 10 years or 1 million

[@RhaegarDefense]

@@notdolandark same

[@mehmehmeh00]

Oh drunken me was not ready for this

[@crown0191]

“From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, It disgusted me.”

[@CommissarChaotic]

Ascend and accept the certainty of steel, the Messiah calls upon you.

[@codeine9386]

r u just a warhammer 40k fan or a real Transhumanist?

[@codeine9386]

@@CommissarChaotic r u just a warhammer 40k fan or a real Transhumanist?

[@CommissarChaotic]

@@codeine9386 for real, no.

[@codeine9386]

@@CommissarChaotic why

[@randomidiot8977]

I don't think I can die. It hasn't happened so far.

[@z-man1938]

Random Idiot Logic !

[@egosomnio]

I expect to live forever or die trying, personally.

[@georgepayne9381]

We are all immortal until proven otherwise. Like you said, you haven't died yet, there's no reason that should change, is there?

[@steve-pose4490]

KNOWLEDGE!

[@theokchannel2081]

Makes sense to me

[@heirofsolaire8396]

I think a pretty big part of it is that no one wants to live longer when late life is already so full of struggle and hardship due to, as you have clearly said, rot through age. The state in which most find themselves in their late 60s, 70s, 80s, and beyond is miserable. If these fears were extinguished, I believe many would cease to accept death the way we do now.

[@nitzanshu4695]

Yes, currently death is still needed, otherwise more people will be born to poor life which is bad, so until we'll get enough food resources and place for potentially infinity peoples death is still needed

[@timhorton3231]

As Grey said, that's what people *now* say, but when they're actually that 80-year old person, even with aches and inflammation and the overall low quality of their lives, they're *still* terrified of dying (unless they have some deep-seeded beliefs of an afterlife, but even then...). Self-preservation is a universal behavior among all living organisms, and that doesn't go away in humans just because a few decades have passed. Old people don't accept death either, we (the younger generations) just tell ourselves that because it makes us feel better.

[@letsb3nameless665]

if my kids say "isnt nature amazing?" while standing over my hospital bed as im about to die, ill be proud that i raised emotionless and objective monsters

[@hggs4466]

Same

[@JustinY.]

What if plants are farming us and waiting for us to die in order to harvest our nutrients?

[@saranna00]

You've just compromised the whole mission!

[@JBanchiere]

Mark Whalberg, is that you?

[@oredze19]

It all makes sense now

[@olgierdvoneverec4135]

would be a terrible plan (or one that backfired horribly) since we kill and eat/use plants of many species at various stages and our corpses (their harvest) is often old, sick, unusabe (preserved) , cremated, or packed away from plants all together or in small areas such that most plants do not get access to their nutrients.

[@steinarorstenvik]

Honestly, that would be highly ineffective.

[@curator_of_leptons2857]

I love how the edges of the video rots as the video goes on, then heals as Grey talks about stopping death

[@JKudasai]

Just noticed it.... damn.

[@mastershake2473]

@@JKudasai As did I.

[@sohopedeco]

I fucking thought my phone was broken. Hahaha

[@Tuberiascaesar]

From philosophy to sci fi fantasy the search to fight death is often painted bad. Like the fable of the fox and grapes, people devalue and even demonize what they secretly want but can't get, like long life. So for thousands of years, philosophy, religion, nonbelievers, science, science fiction and fantasy, finds all kinds of ways to rationalize the almost stockholme thing we have with the grim reaper.

[@myusername3689]

People say no aging will just leave us as babies. WRONG. No maturation will leave us as babies but no aging means no deterioration, not no maturation.

[@densecroissant6089]

Imagine robbing a bank and then the one of the clerks you're holding hostage pulls out some flowers and asks you out.

[@misnomer6345]

Still a better love story than twilight

[@Davis...]

@@misnomer6345 r/rareinsults

[@fib7615]

@@Davis... how tf is that an insult?

[@valentinfranco4528]

@@fib7615 insulting twilight.

[@miguelbaltazar7606]

News: *CRIME RATE DROPS TO 0%*

[@Jo-ew7lw]

“If you tortured someone to help them appreciate life, you’d be a monster” sorry jigsaw, you’re not helping.

[@Siegberg91]

You know what Jigsaw would say if you appreciate him more torture

[@ambivalentaxe]

That is describing my mom oh snap SHE'S HERE DFNCJN D X! C

[@arhamshahid5015]

I thought same thing when he said that

[@tenchimuyo69]

Jigsaw is inconsistent, and has already been shown to give no shit if the victim appreciates life or not.

[@devinward461]

Robert Deffenbaugh That's honestly what some of these comments sound like, as if they actually know what living for thousands of years is like and why it sucks

[@tombraiderstrums09]

Exactly! “Death gives life meaning and happiness” is bullshit. A child has no awareness of death (hopefully), yet they are the happiest of all. They feel secure and calm in the illusion that life will go on forever, filled with toys, loving grandmas, trips to the park, fluffy puppies, and candy. Immortality might definitely bring problems, but a lack of meaning and joy would not be one of them.

[@alexisgodbout5366]

do they know things?

[@nosferatu3726]

There is no meaning only stimulus and a lack of awareness that creates a need for more stimulus and awareness.

[@T--------]

You are ignoring what death giving life meaning really means though, we enjoy because we have limited time to do so, every action we do has meaning as our limited time gives it value, if you lived for eternity there would be no incentive to ever do anything as you would have an infinite amount of time to do what you want, and that to me isn't meaning

[@nosferatu3726]

@@T-------- death does not give life meaning, it gives life motivation to keep going.

[@Valcerv]

The sad part is even if we find a way to make humans immortal, your just moving the problem. Even if we developed a way to fix any illness and cure any sudden incident like a cat accident, there's still just so much random bullshit in the universe to kill you. Even if you get past that edge case, the universe will still die eventually. Still worth it imo

[@gunbladeuser19]

Car*

[@suso6425]

Fatal cat accident

[@bubblegodanimation4915]

We do not yet know the true nature of the universe.

[@duback1209]

If "moving the problem" is moving it until the universe ends, I don't think that's a problem we really have to think about

[@sagestrings869]

The question are there truly any limits?

[@moversti92]

Did you know? People were immortal until Rupert Die invented dying when he tried to sleep twice at the same time.

[@ayarsiz0997]

Thanks a lot for the spit fact!

[@toneblocc]

fuck you rupert

[@starfiring]

OMG That's so weird!

[@amrmohamed1387]

😂😂😂😂💔

[@currently_In_stealth_behind_u]

@@toneblocc its fake

[@buggydclown7724]

grey: why die? death: starts having an existential crisis

[@jackbright5325]

You have 600 likes yet no reply? lets make it 601

[@netherhunter945]

excuse me, 820 likes with 1 reply?? time to make that 2

[@gabrielc.4906]

Living forever isn't the point. It never was. The point is dying when you want to, and on your own terms. The argument is always "we should/shouldn't live forever", but living forever was never the discussion on the table.

[@BioTheHuman]

Immorrality is just physically impossible imo. Nothing is immortal, why should we? But, being able to live even 150 years without aging? That would he a lot.

[@pytax9885]

Death is just the beginning of the actual REAL life ..... (well the best life ever for those who believe in Allah)

[@spaxio]

it's scary to think about people who watched this video and died since

[@nadie8093]

Queen Elizabeth is proof inmortality can be reached.

[@shiwanisrivastava6716]

@@kyrentrelenberg7019 lol

[@Ben-vl5ew]

Her husband is older

[@nooodont8105]

@@Ben-vl5ew impossible

[@zivtvreborn7619]

*Betty White

[@Jort419]

@@nooodont8105 he is he will turn 100 years old this june

[@massineben7198]

"When do you want to die?" Me: Why are you threatening me

[@isolemnlysweariamuptonogoo3350]

“when do you wanna die” Me: now please

[@user-ln2xu3xp9o]

“Is that like a personal attack or something?”

[@toymationstudios8613]

"When do you want to die" Me: Don't do that, don't give me hope

[@breakfast7418]

is this some sort of personal attack

[@massineben7198]

A small price to pay for salvation.

[@BrianBellia]

FINALLY, a video on this subject that does away with all moral posturing and hypocrisy. I want to live forever and be forever young - and I want that for everybody else, too. Death is not the answer to anything - it's the end of everything.

[@emiliaskiba6107]

“If you tortured someone to make them appreciate life more, you are a monster” *John Kramer sweats nervously*

[@manchmalpfosten8133]

John Kramer wants to know your location

[@usualunusualkid7149]

I was not the only one who thought it.

[@phuongvu527]

I fukin hate that psycho, and yet, some of my friends thought he is deep or something

[@korisnikdrogetina3524]

I SAW you

[@buzzkill9756]

I thought the same thing 😂

[@diamondinthesky4771]

In the far future with science it's gonna be like: "Why didn't you come to my son's 1,000th birthday party?!" "I was busy at my family's 1 million year reunion, okay?!" "He was really looking forward to you coming!" "He's 1,000 years old! He'll live!"

[@aname6104]

Eternantium how old would you have to be to leave your parents house or drink or marry I think the standards for those things would be hired

[@h1story643]

Damn, sorry bro, can't come to you're 21,000 year old birthday party, gotta go to a date.

[@geckoo9190]

Congratulations you made inmortality look bad.

[@davecirlclux]

When you have infinite life then birthdays wouldn't be celebrated. They would lose value

[@jknm9110]

@@davecirlcluxLoL. I would probably end up forgetting how old I am

[@typryor2227]

“If you tortured people to make them better appreciate the pleasures of life, you would be a monster.” * Cough cough * Saw * Cough *

[@mage443]

Personally I've never encountered this mentality. Neither me nor my parents or anybody I had a conversation with, regarding immortality, said they would opt out if it was an option.

[@anachronity9002]

I see it a lot as a theme in movies and other media. It seems very poetic on a movie screen. and yet, no actual person I've known or talked to felt this way.

[@ominous_stranger]

Wat? No way...

[@BlockyBookworm]

I have. Everyone I talk to feels this way.

[@anachronity9002]

@@intimpulliber7376 Wasn't really trying to scare anyone. I've just never personally met any people who wouldn't want to live indefinitely. At least, none that I've had that sort of conversation with. But I mean, I especially don't recommend prematurely 'opting out' of life.

[@Eat_shit--die_mad]

There's usually happens because they're trying to explore a conceptual concepts in a given piece of media but they don't want it to be emphasized by the heroes because they wanted to be something external and foreign to them so often times these ideas get assigned to the villains of a story then the questions are villains it ends up being painted in a bad light it's essentially writing something for the sake of drama and story structure over the implications of what your work is actually saying. Science also has a false stereotype of haveing some great cost that defies mortality, that is copy pasted from Frankenstein, and has no basis in how things actually work. Ex penicillin foundation of all modern medicine breakthrough technology of its day is literally made from moldy bread

[@michaelgunawan2319]

"If you tortured people to make them better appreciate the pleasures of life, you would be a monster" Sad Jigsaw noises

[@miguelbaltazar7606]

*sad Unblock Me game noises* btw, i know what that is, i am a gen zed

[@riz3310]

Except until you realize “death” is not a being with a consciousness and will to action, it simply *is*. A necessary component of the evolutionary process of life that clears away the old to make way for the new.

[@dinglesworld]

@@riz3310 Except until you realize "death" cannot "be", since it isn't...death, like many natural things, is just a human toy, a toy that one day will finally be mass produced and marketed as a bag of cum.

[@PulzeDevel]

Poor poor

[@leang8441]

@@riz3310 Not necessary when you can alter genetic information and control evolution.

[@hugo57k91]

"When do you want to die" Me, an Australian: Say the last two words again

[@cutiepie8887]

LMFAO this made me laugh

[@yiannisroubos8846]

I’m Australian and I don’t get it ???

[@huntersuper98]

@@yiannisroubos8846 Because that's how they tend to say "to day" with their accent. At least that's how I processed it as an American. Was funny af either way lol.

[@yiannisroubos8846]

@@huntersuper98 Idk - I'm from South Australia and for us day and die are pronounced differently. Probably an american meme which has no reality to it.

[@huntersuper98]

@@yiannisroubos8846 Well from hearing Australians speak at least those with a heavier accent and if I'm interpreting his joke properly another Australian seemed to be on the same page. It's the typical Australian accent we're talking about here and to you who deals with the accent daily or maybe you're in an area that doesn't have as heavy of an accent would seem normal to you. Accents do vary extremely heavily from place to play even within the same country.

[@max-dy3vs]

And I thought I'm the only one who finds that death is a bad thing.

[@wivvledivvle7598]

Thank you so much for making this, I always feel so alone on this idea when talking to people, thank you for spreading the word.

[@AmyJayOnTheWay]

This video gave me a weird mix of peace and anxiety. I feel like that means it was a good video.

[@Jeganello]

no.

[@Trex-or6cd]

Jeka why not you may disagree with the message but it's a good video

[@kanehodder3459]

Amy Jay Think the peace part of it comes from the soothing asmr sounds in the background. Disturbingly this combination is used in conditioning...

[@ninhbac04]

I can give you other feelings too

[@prestigiouscrown6876]

Lame nothing new or original from KZbin

[@paperhat_boi]

Imagine dying. this comment posted by immortal gang.

[@ellyouayenare2095]

Immortal, so far.

[@blockydogy1188]

this is fucking terrifying

[@bash3855]

Coronavirus: no

[@strawberryseal1851]

Can I join I promise I’m not a shark after you immortal jellyfish

[@strawberryseal1851]

ruszhenic Statistically I’m immortal Why? I haven’t died yet

[@hypocriticalcritic6915]

Grey: WE WILL FIGHT DEATH WITH OUR BARE HANDS Collab at the end: So we probably can't beat death

[@dylanjackson7325]

on the contrary, I sometimes consider that we might be pretending that life is a gift just because we're stuck with it... i'll be glad to not have to go to work any more

[@kingrollypollyvii5565]

You don't appreciate life at all. You're a loser who just wants to experience empty pleasures for eternity because you're a child.

[@robertyang4365]

1:58 “Just because a thing is natural doesn’t make it good, or necessary.” *Karen with her essential oils would like to know your location*

[@darthjames0849]

And crystals

[@Rex-golf_player810]

Gwyneth paltrow be like

[@jackreid2664]

Exactly!

[@ahaokatano3153]

Vaccines aren't natural, don't vaccinate your kids if you want them to die!

[@ahaokatano3153]

@@thunderwolfchannel9370 ?

[@doomguyjustnotthecoolone2931]

As long as humanity exists i want to be there to experience it.

[@pathetic5036]

Me toooo

[@lman2710]

Sorry, to experience what? Do you want to take a degree in every uni course possible just to keep up with the "latest news" about research development? Do you want to see how every country evolves economically and/or politically? Do you want to see how technology will evolve in the future (just from a user perspective and not a developer one, I bet), or else? What use could you give to a limitless life? I don't think much, and it is bound to be the same for most of humanity. Me too, obviously

[@doomguyjustnotthecoolone2931]

@@lman2710 I honestly don't know man. Maybe just to experience everything. As long as humanity is around new experiences will be available.

[@VeryPeeved]

@@lman2710 yes. to all of those things, and more.

[@Haruki-_]

Me too

[@superpacocaalado7215]

21 years old and I would love to be around in the year 1 million and even further, health and with all my loved ones and their loved ones.

[@andy6877]

Same, i hope we are young enough that some of these advancements might be able to save us

[@randomcat7246]

This video definitely shows this guy has never thought of suicide legitimately.... and, I’m glad for him.

[@stewie1237]

I always thought of death as some kind of impending doom for us, I never realized that we could be the impending doom for death.

[@idiosyncraticlawyer3400]

Well spoken.

[@TheCompleteMental]

We're death's death

[@gopalkrishnan9732]

*doom slayer intensifies*

[@ultimaxkom8728]

I like that.

[@Manowar_]

We can not. death is inevitable

[@portella6493]

I cannot imagine not existing, so it is scary. Not knowing if I existed before, or how many times I existed, or do I even exist now gives me panic attacks.

[@idiosyncraticlawyer3400]

Empathetically affirmed. "I fear death" are not the words of a coward, but only those of a hero.

[@Hyeoreo]

Same. Most of the time, I stare at nothing, and stay there, thinking about this for a long time. Have I ever existed before? If I die, will I be reborn into a new person? Is this a only one time life? If I die, what will happend to me? Become insect? Become none existent? Oh I need answer.

[@hishamaziz764]

@@Hyeoreo Islam will give you that answer my friend

[@Hyeoreo]

@@hishamaziz764 wosnwisjs sorry I'm christian 😳 But I also don't really believe in my own religion tho

[@hishamaziz764]

@@Hyeoreo Ah okay then, well, there is your answer to the question of why you don't have your answer.

[@dogenasus1717]

I know this is old but it really bothers me how people are misunderstanding what Grey has to say. He isn't saying "Just don't die bro". He is saying we should part with the mentality that desth is inevitable. In doing so we can focus on finding actual immortality. Do we all die? Yes. But if we can find a way to live longer, why shouldn't we take it. If you want to die so bad there will always be euthanasia, something that will probably become more common place in a society of immortals.

[@kingrollypollyvii5565]

It's the viewpoint of a selfish child. Death is a balance to life. The end of one is the beginning of another.

[@ly-dw3vk]

@@kingrollypollyvii5565 Or your view is the viewpoint of a naive suicidal

[@blackjoker2345]

@@kingrollypollyvii5565 OR viewing death as necessary is the view of a Stockholm Syndrome riddled abuse victim trying to justify their partner's inexcusable behavior. Human Death isn't necessary for happiness or fulfillment. It's not necessary to advancing humanity. It's just not necessary period.

[@kingrollypollyvii5565]

@@blackjoker2345 You're definitely 14-16. Also, it literally is necessary for all those things to exist.

[@blackjoker2345]

@@kingrollypollyvii5565 I'm 32 you pedantic ass. I'm also a PHD in biology(cellular biology to be specific), so I think I know a bit more about how life and death work than you do.

[@fooltheroyal8691]

This video makes me feel happier about wanting to live forever when everyone else tells me that it would be horrible.

[@maskrlzxw6823]

me too

[@kingrollypollyvii5565]

The mistakes of mortals only weighs on them for a few years. The mistakes of immortals weighs on them forever.

[@antinichilista1188]

Thank you for sharing this, the same goes for me!

[@TheGreatYukon]

​@@kingrollypollyvii5565 No, it means you have to learn to cope with your mistakes with a method other than dying. You have to actually confront problems.

[@zarathustra7291]

You uploaded this while I was at a funeral.

[@fernandobaez5561]

That's what I call good timing.

[@lobster9059]

Oof

[@pedoslayer]

WHAT TEH FUCK LMFAOOOO

[@covodex516]

well, nice meme sir

[@derekg5674]

Covodex I mean the death of a love one isn’t really a meme but ok.

[@Buenomars]

Reaper nerf incoming.

[@shadowburn1003]

Buenomars whahahahahahhahahaha overwatch.

[@colindeng3001]

New weapon: scythe, instant kill, can only be used 6 Times. No guns anymoe

[@manuval5872]

DOTA SIRS

[@alexsanguily2768]

Buenomars well played

[@audi1ification]

Reaper Op pls neeerff

[@thedude6405]

I started to think about life and death back in kindergarten, watching cartoon, hero was killed by monster, lying in complete darkness. Then I close my eyes, hold ears, imagine being dead, that nothingness really creeps me out. Lost my grandpa in 3rd grade, other grandparents before high school, lost my grandma before graduate. Death is scary, but sometime life is painful. It's a dilemma, a puzzle I could never solve. Maybe people will be nicer to each other when human beings are immortal.

[@Martin-kn1cn]

It just won’t go in my head how (and let’s not talk about religion) life just stops and everything comes to an end. It’s impossible for me to imagine that you won’t experience anything for eternity. “It’s like sleeping and never waking up” But that doesn’t go with me either because then everything you did, everything that you experienced, everything that you were won’t matter because you won’t remember anything until the end of time. It’s just not possible for me to imagine that I won’t feel anything for eternity. I simply cannot imagine that everything I now feel and know will be gone forever.

[@genghiskhan5701]

@Elias Rivera Atheism is pretty flawed as it operates in Metaphysical logic used in Abrahamic Religions. I pretty much assume some all powerful Creator exists and fiddles stuff and an Afterlife exists both of which aren't really far fetched as scientists like to float around thoeries like Type Omega Civilizations and the Multiverse

[@Rick-lq3xo]

@@genghiskhan5701 Those arent theories, those are hypotheses, ideas that are unproven, in reality, you dont need a creator for the universe to be as it is, a creator must be eternal to create the universe an not suffer the same issue of "what was its origin" it mustve never began and never started, atheism cuts out the middle man and concludes the universe (matter. energy, phsyics) are eternal and hav always been there, conservation of mass/energy also supports this.

[@catherinebirch2399]

I wish that sciencewould hurry up and find accuracy of aging. I'm not looking forward to a future of slow decay.

[@cuaizer5906]

That why you and all the intrested work on itto hury up the progress

[@brickmastere5535]

this was the most ambitious crossover in cinema history

[@James-qd3mw]

I wonder how many people statistically died a few days or less after watching this video.

[@animax2422]

@ The matrix is real..

[@Tennishangman]

133 ish per day if the people were of random ages. Given the target demographic is probably almost entirely 13-40, more like 3 per day (age plays a huge part in your odds of dying, just look at life insurance costs). So, if you give a week after watching as your threshold, then a rough estimate of 20 people died in that period.

[@bertverwoerd]

The answer is 42. If CGPGrey's average viewer is 25 years old, their chances of dying within a year are 0.13%. 4,000,000 viewers times .13 = 5200 dead viewers within a year. If you define 'a few days' as three days, then 3/365*5200 = 42 viewers dying within 3 days of watching this video.

[@Thrlta]

Isn't that funny

[@linusschanreitner5825]

@@bertverwoerd jawohl!

[@justyourfriendlyneighborho903]

I'm glad someone else thinks that the idea of death being a great thing borderline absurd. I'd want to see human progress. The only problem is overpopulation but we might soon start to colonize other planets

[@jaydale3814]

I'd say sterilising immortal people, or putting a cap on how many kids they can have may combat that (or... *cough* mass murder *cough* )

[@Tankirb]

@@jaydale3814 well the murder option just sounds like death with extra steps

[@justyourfriendlyneighborho903]

@@jaydale3814 or the hunger games

[@obj_obj]

Just have infinite required birth control

[@ly-dw3vk]

We actually don't have enough babies to sustain our population in 1st world countries. Hopefully we get to mars before we have overpopulation after we fix this problem.

[@ondrejprasil1958]

Even if such a drug is to be made, I doubt most of the populace will see a drop of it. The world's oligarchs and richest will not allow it to fall into the hands of the average citizen.

[@thatonesomeone0551]

"IF YOU TORTURE SOMEONE TO MAKE THEM APPRECIEATE LIFE BETTER YOU ARE A MONSTET" *SAW PLOT IN A NUTSHELL*

[@joelcrafter43]

Yes saw is the worst *monstet*

[@sanjayrai2934]

Monster

[@cautarepvp2079]

lol jigsaw has some points but is still not favorable

[@pushista9322]

Many parents do that to their children

[@lucahan405]

yes the gruesome *m o n s t e t*

[@Hekkle01]

“When do you want to die” Billions of edgy 12 year olds: “Now!”

[@user-bu4gh9qe8x]

im 19 actually

[@kostassilingas7378]

Иван Иванов but do you want to die

[@naiknaik8812]

How did you know, have you been watching me when I sleep??

[@bballercheetahfan3]

I'm 20..it's not just 12 year olds that want to die

[@minihali]

I doubt there are a billion edgelords

[@justmeh6390]

I tried explaining this to my friends. But they just said the typical "It will get boring" "there will be nothing to do!". Wow that's so fun to feel pain every time you step.

[@primetime3422]

Space is endless

[@pytax9885]

Death is just the beginning of the actual REAL life ..... (well the best life ever for those who believe in Allah)

[@critixil4486]

I love the collaboration cgp grey! Both channels are my favourites!

[@AngleofJoy]

as my Father always told me and something that I always held dear since I was very young, "I'm going to live forever or die trying".

[@LAZEBOI]

Smart man

[@thecitizenbrain6152]

My plan is much simpler: live forever through sheer willpower.

[@AR-dr1sb]

good luck :v

[@devildarlin1364]

i'm the cancerous fandom guy who's gonna make a reference you all hate having to do with this comment.

[@zeddy5085]

Just say no to the reaper. I like that idea....

[@bjaminm428]

The Citizen Brain so far, so good

[@Zero11s]

let's see how your willpower stands up against excruciating pain

[@musictheme6625]

The tone gave me chills, a tinkling sensation in the heart.

[@reubenrichardson4669]

This is probably my favourite video of all time. Probably beyond the medium of 'video' it has to be my favourite text of all time. This message needs to be spread.

[@octodog5907]

This video was why I am now in college for Biomedical Engineering. I want to help make the change.

[@Mark-se4dr]

I'm also looking into it to see how I can help. I mean, I'm just a college Mechanical Engineering major, but hopefully I can contribute something useful.

[@user-es4lp3kp2w]

this comment section is encouraging. thinking about dipping my toes into the field myself.

[@dansands8140]

Enjoy learning about proteins and how they're God's perverted 900-sided rubik's cubes, not just food. And then give up and leave it to AI. Totally not speaking from experience, nope.

[@user-es4lp3kp2w]

@@quinnsmith8421 just checked out that site. very awesome!!!! 🤠

[@nzx.]

Me too! I just enrolled in a biotech degree, cheers!

[@steverman2312]

this video: *exists* people who experience existential crisis: *_aww shit, here we go again_*

[@Doublemonk0506]

You mean Kurzgesat

[@kamranyusifov7451]

We don't know where we're going D:

[@jaredsalas1511]

"If you torture people to make them better appreciate the pleasures of life, you would be a monster" Jigsaw: *whistles*

[@Eat_shit--die_mad]

Thank you for making this video I felt like I'm going crazy trying to read things online about this topic because this is the way I feel about it, people are seriously attached to their current understanding of life, it bothers me

[@whorepet]

Oh wow this is the first time I find someone who doesn't shy away from saying he'd like to be immortal. Stay against death, please!

[@Vajsmilan]

Yes finally!

[@logan4002]

Actually it would be really bad for us humans, cause we could give birth to children and they would do so. The problem is our resources which even now are not really enough, imagine what would happen if more people would be born and no one would die. Birth and death are life itself like timespace continuity, it can't exist one without another, so people accept death even if it hurt's to lose our loved ones. P. S. If any of you saw the latest Avengers movie, then you'll know what I talk about,and by the way I don't consider Thanos the bad guy in the MOVIE cause he wanted indeed to kill people, but his intentions were good, to kill 50% of the population randomly nothing personal. I think he's actually the good guy of the movie.

[@kevinplayscello_]

logan4002 It does seem hard to face but you are completely correct

[@rosellecarmen2224]

@@logan4002 aka, overpopulation is the justification of people dying. That's no different from saying that murder is not a crime. So why not stop giving birth? The ideology of procreation is to continue the survival of the human species. If survival is guaranteed, then procreation isn't necessary. Your understanding of resources is limited to this planet. Although you're wrong, it's unfortunate that most people think like you.

[@logan4002]

@@rosellecarmen2224 Well that's your point of view. I only did said the real facts, what you say could be true but there is that IF like you mentioned it. So from a certain point of view (Hello there Obi Wan quote) I am right.

[@candycorn6268]

After watching this video I have decided not to die

[@user_hat]

I'm not gonna go to my death

[@aa2339]

If you ever suceeded, please tell us about it.

[@JimBob4233]

I'll meet you in a hundred years, then, Candy Corn, and see if you have changed your mind.

[@thetravelingwormhole9306]

@@JimBob4233 he didn't

[@JimBob4233]

@@thetravelingwormhole9306 Didn't what?

[@Euvonix]

My teacher played this video in class, you have earned an english teacher’s approval👍

[@kart2542]

The "Isn't nature amazing?" At 2:01 killed me

[@plaguecrow754]

The kurgezat video:doesnt give me an internal crisis CGP grey:and i took that personally

[@diamondinthesky4771]

THIS JUST IN: Grim Reaper now Jobless, seeking employment ^ Would totally be the best headline ever.

[@theawkwardskeleton6608]

Plants and animals still exist

[@diamondinthesky4771]

@@theawkwardskeleton6608 "THIS JUST IN: Technically Grim is still employed, just making less money than he did before"

[@danielgalef994]

You might like the book "Reaper Man." It's a fantasy novel about the Grim Reaper jobless and seeking employment.

[@aetherresonant9079]

Homicide. As long as humans exist, they're gonna fuckin kill each other.

[@bigwijdsljla]

"Millennials are killing the killing industry!!"

[@giammi56]

Death and sufference are two separate things. I agree that seeking pain as meaning of life is absurd, but refusing to die is just fear of the unknown.

[@captnsnackbeard6898]

I disagree. Is being afraid of torture being afraid of the unknown just because i havent been tortured yet?

[@bubblegodanimation4915]

Would you like to go to North Korea?

[@Aiasmor]

@@captnsnackbeard6898 But you contradicted yourself. If you know torture if coming, it is only natural to avoid it. Nobody knows what happens after death. The only comparable thing is sleeping a dreamless sleep. Are you afraid to go to sleep?

[@kingrollypollyvii5565]

@@captnsnackbeard6898 Death isn't torture though.

[@Anonymous-df8it]

@@Aiasmor No, because I know I'll wake up in the morning.

[@citroxx6126]

Aaaaaa so awesome! I wasn't expecting to hear/see Kurzgesagt here!

[@Dragonnaurion]

1:37 "the world contains pain and death" *New Zealand is not on the map* *I WILL LIVE FOREVER*

[@thebelen2359]

Lmao. I'm moving to New Zeland.

[@jah5886]

Medic: that's not what I meant

[@Nekaelia]

r/mapswithoutnewzealand

[@jermfanaccount]

that means my best friend will be okay,, am so happy, ,

[@omeven5785]

@@jah5886 it just means we''re not filled with tumors !

[@boilersoun1076]

CGP: -Explains why we're able to get rid of death- Kurzgesagt, 3 seconds later: DEATH IS ALL POWERFUL

[@sulljoh1]

Yeah WTF Kurzgesagt?

[@Idalb0e]

I think what he means is that while we may be able to make ourselves immortal, we cannot make ourselves *invincible*. We can make it so that we don't die from just existing, and live as long as nothing actively kills us, but that said there will always be thinks that can kill us. So even if we never age, there is a good chance that we will all eventually die either by choice or by accident.

[@seol3075]

idk how to put lines through words plz teach me/ tell me how ( i mean typed words i'm not that dumb)

[@TriceRiel]

CGP talks about the Reaper of Age, not death itself.

[@chaddrake2782]

Even if you stop aging entirely, life expectancy is still less than 10 thousand years, which while a *long ass time* is not immortality. Thats the mathematical period of time before you are almost 100% guaranteed to have died by violence or accident. Of course, there will always be those who beat the odds one way or another, but thats the average we can expect.

[@docv6950]

If we are born to die, And we all die to live, Then what's the point of living life if it just contradicts -Ronnie Radke

[@JustinMinnaar]

The best summary of the problem of death I've seen online.

[@hunter5643.]

Title: Why Die? Well we did it boys. Dying is no more.

[@bugjams]

I can't believe CGP Grey destroyed the CEO of Dying.

[@EurasianInvasion]

You are now the CEO of Health

[@blunderbus2695]

Mortality rates for everything drop to 0% across the world

[@nschwartz311]

Video: “When do you want to die” Me: **looking at my GPA** “right now, riGHT FUCKING NOW KILL ME RIGHT NOW DO IT RIG-”

[@CadetGriffin]

What's a GPA?

[@adre76]

College grades

[@nschwartz311]

My GPA isn’t even that bad rn it’s like a 3.33 but this bio class man...that shits gunna tank it

[@nschwartz311]

edric maglalang yeah college. I’m in my second year so if this class does tank my GPA I’ll still have time to bring it back up which is good since I do plan on going to graduate school for my masters in clinical counseling

[@alexr1101]

Jacob Griffin it means grade point average. All your grades averaged out, somehow coming to the number 4

[@legionluciano]

The CGP / Kurzgesagt symbiosis is adorable and I'm here for it.

[@Twisted_Code]

the music as you talk about our Stockholm syndrome w/ Old Grim was great... reminded me a bit of the insanity ambience from Don't Starve/Together

[@arturoreyescortez2476]

No healthy person wants to die. The only reason we want to die when we get old or sick is because of the pain caused by diseases, including mental ones like depression.

[@emberrr44]

Mee

[@xLOKIx0830]

I think it's important to realize not everyone who considers death does so because they are in pain or are depressed. Some people, like myself, just don't value life as much as others do. Value is subjective, after all. Some people hate the way society functions and have no desire to participate in it. Some people get overcome with debt and don't want to see themselves become slaves for the rest of their lives trying to pay it off. Some people die for the sake of others. Some people die for pride and honor. Some people choose death because the thought of living forever scares them more than death. Some people find the thought of death comforting. Suicide isn't so black and white. Why do you think the highest suicide rates happen in the wealthiest places with the highest overall standard of living?

[@pappydaddy77]

Loki AMV Nigaa, you sound like the type of guy to keep a gold olated AK in your backpack at all times so when the moment hits you can live through your GTA 5 military base raid IRL. I feel bad for you, and that you actually think ending your own existence out of some pathetic sense of loathing tophose around you will solve ANYTHING. "Nobody's killing me but me!!" Grey argues here that the idea that eternal rotting blackness is not healthy for anyone. That this mindset is just the traces of our ancestor's superstitious philosophy to make something, so close and omnipresent, appear less threatening. "I died for something", a soldier says. Yes along with the other 1,000,000. You were on the losing side and in the end the onoy thing remembered about you will be your name and name alone. Your personality, faults and fears will die along with you.

[@troopydo]

Fuck that I don't want to live forever. Imagine having the body of a 35 year old for all of eternity until the earth dies. You could only dream about retiring then. If there ever is a cure for aging, large company's, governments, capitalism is going to fuck everyone over so hard, everyone voluntarily throws themselves off a bridge.

[@guerillachan20]

Arturo Reyes Cortez Everyone dies get over it you want to put your hopes on junk science go ahead. The fact remains that greatest human minds will never solve death if they cant even cure simple disease like diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, cancer. Your pharaohs today are in digital form promising better future but alternative is more likely. When people turn away from God they lose connection with reality.

[@Jesteresque20]

I think it's perfectly natural to want to live forever, or at least have that option. It's just not an option I want for myself

[@quaza2001]

Immortality is bad, it would make people go crazy

[@justskiddingaround-idontkn7519]

It’s not about living forever. It’s about living until we’re ready to go. Curing the process of age doesn’t mean we will no longer die it just means we’ll attain greater control over when and how we die.

[@cia5530]

Imagine how bored you will get Edit was a spelling error

[@raife9700]

I would love to live forever

[@Stardustabyss8365]

@@raife9700 entropy:hold my cold glass of water

[@DoctorTex]

"If you tortured people to make them better appreciate the pleasures of life, you would-" -just...be John Kramer.

[@manetarofl]

Yeah, as I get older... this dread is also consuming me. Im baffled at how most people dont seem to care.

[@rapidkai51423]

The immortal generation is already here, after all... There's no letter after Z

[@tjallingappelhof2055]

In Scandinavia, there is lol

[@hollowknight8464]

Well there is Å, Ä and Ö in Finland so guess I'm not immortal.

[@tjallingappelhof2055]

Sad :(

[@kazioification]

Actually, in Polish there are two. It's "ź" and "ż". So I guess, Vikings and Western Slavs won't be immortal? Damn it... So much lose.

[@jamesrenold259]

AA

[@dralel1381]

I'm gana live forever, or die trying.

[@GolDannyHD]

Gamma King Probably the latter

[@jesslittlefield1034]

this optimistic nihilism stuff is stifling... to say thte least. OH YEAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@BaronAnon]

Good one m8 xD

[@lightning_11]

I agree that we shouldn't accept the degeneration and death all around us!

[@minecrafttroller5980]

thanks cgp you've made me fear death again

[@nicholaskotlarczyk9083]

Don't take life so serious. You won't get out of it alive.

[@jasonpeng5798]

Nicholas Kotlarczyk lol

[@nicholaskotlarczyk9083]

FlurryOfStyx that's what I'm saying. Some people don't like to have fun. I just think you misinterpreted what I said.

[@takuansoho5836]

Haha ! Watch me !

[@Brisbae]

FlurryOfStyx It’s the internet, a place where these sorts of people hang out. Makes sense, right?

[@takuansoho5836]

+FlurryOfStyx Of course we are here for a reason, like every life ever created, we're here to pass our genetic material for future generations and fertilize the ground when we die ! We are vehicules, the problem of intelligence is that give you the illusion to be the driver.