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[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 10 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Don’t know if that would work as the payment is your life. You wouldn’t be around to receive it. Interesting thought experiment

[–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This could be a new method of becoming a lich.

[–] androogee@midwest.social 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Lich, I said what I said
I'd rather be immortal than dead

[–] tatterdemalion@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago

Workaround: wish to be reincarnated as an immortal.

[–] Nefara@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It basically describes the idea of a digital replicant though. Your body dies but you'd have a perfect copy of your consciousness to continue on without mortal constraints.