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[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 day ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (19 children)

There is a species of jellyfish which is functionally immortal. When they get too old they simply turn into children again and re-age.

Edit: I'm not saying it's not biologically immortal, I'm saying functionally immortal because I'm indicating that it can still be killed.

Saying something doesn't experience aging is not the same as insisting it cannot die.

2+2=4 is not less correct because 2x2 also equals 4.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (8 children)
[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Then they'll be unfunctionally immortal.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They will be aerodynamically immortal.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Then they will be comfortably immortal.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

What if they are fans of Evanescence?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

Then they're My Immortal.

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