"You have to eat, sleep, breathe, and don't have any useful abilities. You apparently can also die if it gets too hot or too cold, you can't shapeshift and you're not nearly as durable either." Lapis has had this conversation a lot, and she lists off her problems with him without pause. "Not to mention you have to 'grow up'. What's with that anyhow?"

It sounds like a huge waste of time.