This hit me right in the face 2 years ago when my brother died running an Ironman. Not long after, my best friend died of stage 4 cancer. I'm about to turn 50, and im kinda freaking out....
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The longer you live, the more death you see. I've had my own surprise passings of close friends and relatives. It just reminds me to appreciate what's around you while it's there. Nothing is forever.
I haven't died yet.
Therefore: I AM IMMORTAL!
Brb, I'm gonna sit under a tent that says "PROVE ME WRONG" so I can debate people.
Well if someone really wants to prove you wrong, they can shoot you
The truth is, we all really do go through life thinking that the bad shit happens to someone else until it happens to us.
It's probably a feature that benefits the species.
It doesn't have to benefit the individual sheeples.
I’ve never thought I was the main character, logic always suggested I was one of billions lol. But, I came close or technically died multiple times. I’m actually starting to worry I might be the luckiest man alive and it’s only if I keep -metaphorically- getting hit by lightning. 🤬
Don’t you dare threaten me with any kind of immortality, lol. I’m looking forward to silence at some point in my life… I had recurring nightmares that I lived till 120 years old when I was younger.
You're gonna die old and you're gonna like it 
Even if this worked, you would eventually run out of parallel universes once you became the oldest person in the world and finally die of old age.
Not if they cure aging in one universe.
You could make a religion out of thi—
No. Don't.
Just need some kool aid to prove people it'll be alright and we're golden
Sounds like plain old stupidity to me. Unwillingness to learn. Often stronger in "main character syndrome" people than in others. I guess Darwinism will sort it out.
So one of my favorite books is Ender's Game (fuck the author though). Which makes Ender the main charecter. But another one by him that I also really love is Ender's shadow. Where it takes on of the lesser characters and makes them the main charecter.
So, we all are the main character. Just depends on the perspective.
I also love Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow. Shame about the authour. Point of view sequels are great. I've been reading a great fanfiction retelling the Harry Potter books from Hermione's point of view, six books are out so far
There's a fun Harry Potter (fuck this author too) play, called Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic, tat is from the point of view of a random Hufflepuff student.
That sounds fun. I've often wondered about the normal students at Hogwarts not involved in the action. I once read a Reddit post talking about the Frozen movies from the perspective of a random Arendelle citizen. Also, I agree, fuck Rowling.
I think it's clear by the end of Ender's Game that Ender was never the main character (his realization of that drives a lot of his character development in the following books). And Bean is not really the main character in that part of the story either, just someone much smarter who better understands what's going on and who the real players are.
Exactly! His main-character-itis is an issue
Well yeah. Not THE main charecter. But my point was to say your the main character of A story
"we all"??? you clearly seem to lol
OTOH I surely am the main character of my own life. I guess there's different ways of interpreting that phrase. I don't think I have so-called main character syndrome.
I dunno, i just dont see it that way. im an organism who experiences the world from my own perspective but i understand nothing about that makes my perspective special. the only extra duty i have is to care for myself because i am myself and im the best one for the job, most of the time. maybe i did have ego death or something?? i dunno, i never thought about it as being the main character or side character. when i see the ilk of Elon Musk talking about things like NPCs it just blows my mind how ... "single-minded" people can be.
i see your mind and i know it is part of me but the paradox is that upon recognizing that your single-mindedness is part of me, i cease being single-minded
I think that's how human brains be. We're already notoriously bad at correctly accounting for low-risk events (eg the lottery). Plus being constantly aware of the full myriad of threats we face would probably be debilitating.
If you haven't had or seen a kind of accident your brain probably sees no compelling reason to account for it. My partner was lax about flu shots until she started working at a funeral home and saw how many people of all ages die of the flu. Now it's a threat she has the awareness to accurately account for.
Some people are more reckless and others more fearful. Both can be productive, but it's wiser (as it usually is), to pull yourself towards the middle.
So, it may seem like tragedies happen just to other people.
Of course you are the protagonist of your life, but the chances are, you’re still “other people” to other people.
I mean when you die your story IS over.
What about when you really do have plot armor? When you can jump off a building and land flat footed, but your efforts never give you more then you need?
The difference between main character syndrome and plot armor is that people with plot armor aren't the writers of their story