>>95913969
If you think about it slowly there's a good reason why the Gift of men is called the Gift of men.
>By a man
>Build great things with your friends and loved ones
>Win battles and gain glory
>Pass away of old age surrounded by your loved ones
Meanwhile if you're immortal you will live to see everything rot. Wars, misery, plague, hard winters, destruction from eldritch creatures. Anyone who doesn't see the whole thing is an ordeal is kidding himself. Tolkien was a visionary.