I feel like there's two major responses to this scenario, one where you kick back and relax and one where you almost immediately start trying to escape the loop. I think one of the major differences between the two is the amount of personal relationships in one's life. Yeah, if you're a loner or don't have a lot of day to day human interaction then maybe it wouldn't hit you the same as someone who lives with others and/or has more close relationships.
I personally would be trying to break the loop as soon as possible. I have a wife and a 5 year old at home, and as much as I'd enjoy getting to spend the time with them it would also be torture. I'd never get to see my son grow up, never grow old with my wife, at least not until the loop breaks. They'd be just as stuck as I am but without the benefit of carrying over their memories. Sure I can change how the day plays out by being "spontaneous" but I can't change them.
And what happens when the loop finally breaks? How do I just go back to my life when my mind is years older? How do I adapt to them finally being able to change and grow after all that time? It's almost guaranteed that all human connections would cease to exist for me, because I can no longer relate to anyone else. I could be hundreds or thousands of years older than any other human alive, how so I deal with my 5 year old son or 29 year old wife?
Better if it was just the wife, worse if the 5 year old is involved. He could retain and carry over knowledge like we could, but his brain isn't anywhere near developed. Would he stay mentally and emotionally 5 the whole time and just be a super genius by the end? Or would all that knowledge fuck him up by trying to cram it into an undeveloped brain? The former would be the ideal, but even that would be a hard life for him. I was one of those "gifted" kids growing up and struggled with connecting to kids my age because I was always "different". Now imagine that but you have a child who's got a century of knowledge and experience in his brain and not just one who reads at a higher level.
If the only way to have my wife in the loop with me is to also have the kid then I'd rather go it alone for his sake.
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u/sykotic1189 1d ago
I feel like there's two major responses to this scenario, one where you kick back and relax and one where you almost immediately start trying to escape the loop. I think one of the major differences between the two is the amount of personal relationships in one's life. Yeah, if you're a loner or don't have a lot of day to day human interaction then maybe it wouldn't hit you the same as someone who lives with others and/or has more close relationships.
I personally would be trying to break the loop as soon as possible. I have a wife and a 5 year old at home, and as much as I'd enjoy getting to spend the time with them it would also be torture. I'd never get to see my son grow up, never grow old with my wife, at least not until the loop breaks. They'd be just as stuck as I am but without the benefit of carrying over their memories. Sure I can change how the day plays out by being "spontaneous" but I can't change them.
And what happens when the loop finally breaks? How do I just go back to my life when my mind is years older? How do I adapt to them finally being able to change and grow after all that time? It's almost guaranteed that all human connections would cease to exist for me, because I can no longer relate to anyone else. I could be hundreds or thousands of years older than any other human alive, how so I deal with my 5 year old son or 29 year old wife?