an animal that CAN LIVE FOREVER!?!?!

[dtewi]

Khuutra said:

dtewi said:

Khuutra said:

Relativity says hat time won't exist without the universe, and it didn't exist before the universe.

Wrap your head around that shit.

@dtewi:

There are two accepted meanings of "immortal" - literally being unable to die is just one of them, and it's much more narrow and imaginary.

But technically speaking, that is the more correct definition.

Immortality is not imaginary though (well, as of now it seems to be). It could be possible in the future.

Very very far into the future.

*sigh*

No, it's not. The etymology of the word was used to describe gods and spirits who never died. Or concepts that aren't capable of death and would never be forgotten. Or ties that would never be broken. Or rocks.

The definition of words can't be traced that easily through the roots, because there are implications in every definition of every word - immortality is that which lacks mortality, and mortality doesn't just mean the quality of being able to die, it also means being limited, and it also means being subject to age.

You can't have a "more correct" definition!

Go to your room and don't come out until you've thought about the crimes you've committed against your language!

So what you would prefer me to say?

That the etymology of the word suggests a more clear idea that its connotation means to not be able to die?

That is long-winded.