Would you live for ever? : Othor Games

» Sat May 28, 2011 12:00 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcf7DnHi54g

No I would not like to live forever. A few RAISONS it would be sooo boring. Everyone I knew would die. People from my childhood I would get so angry. Id probably be a hermit or something with a dog. And a double barrel shotgun. Mmm shotgun.

I'm pretty sure its spelled 'raisins'. :tongue:

But, yeah, I would totally live forever if I had the choice.

» Sat May 28, 2011 11:05 am

Okay. That'll effectively happen in my own lifetime anyway: anyone older than me will probably die before I do, and I will have to deal with that loss anyway. Watching my kids die would svck, but hey, I could just not have them.

Unless you are a hermit, you'll make friends throughout life, not all of which will die before you. The close deaths that happen in a normal mortal life cannot compare to the amount of close deaths an immortal would experience.

And then what, I'll die? I'm gonna do that either way if I'm not immortal...

Some fates are worse than death, such as your freedom being taken away and your body being experimented on. Imagine a life where you are just constantly being cut open and experimented on, that's a life far worse than death.

Admittedly, that would svck, but I'm sure I could dig my way out with enough time on my hands. Can't make me more crazy than living forever!

It only takes a couple of feet of dirt to completely immobilize you to the point you can't move.

Swim out?

Not always possible, you could be pinned in a spot without the strength to move it. Just because you are immortal doesn't make you have godly strength.

Evolution is more or less cancelled out by technology, and social evolution, assuming I get to keep my moldable young brain, is not impossible for me.

That's yet to stand the test of time.

Sure, but if I'm still happy I won't care, and if I'm not I can always just commit suicide.

I'm talking about true immortality, the kind where you cannot die.

By then I'm sure humanity will either be all dead anyway, or have developed means to survive despite the Earth's inviability.

Or you'd be doomed in the suns gravitational field trapped for all eternity.

» Sat May 28, 2011 1:27 pm

No. Immortality is stupid.

» Sat May 28, 2011 12:36 pm

Yes. Death scares me more than any living torment, and eighty years (about fifty of which would be in top health if I'm lucky) is not nearly long enough to do it all.

I would travel the world, not getting tied down and doing as much as inhumanly possible. When I got bored I would probably try to change the world however my wise self would see fit. And if I died along the way? Hey, I was bored anyway.

Yes please.

Thinking about dying saddens me. Especially considering how short of a life we all live. That's why I try and enjoy everyday of my life. I'm an Atheist, and I am not the close-minded type.I would gladly accept the existence of a "creator", if I could find thebfaith I would, figuratively die of happiness if I could feel faith that there was an after death anything. So, in case you haven't figured it out:Yes I would live forever.

» Sat May 28, 2011 9:36 am

The movie http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/The_Man_from_Earth/70076096?trkid=2361637#height1618 gives an interesting perspective on what it's like to live forever. It's on Netflix instant-watch and is definitely worth a watch for those who like cerebral movies.

» Sat May 28, 2011 4:30 pm

If I were given the chance to live forever, I would take it.

Yes, it would be sad having the people I love die around me, but that happens anyway. We grieve and then move on.

For those of you talking about the freak accidents that could happen, so what? Those things could happen to anybody, being immortal only increases your chances of getting out alive.

If I were immortal, I would probably also upgrade my parts to better survive. Sure, a man with synthetic self-repairing skin and a swiss army hand probably isn't going to be a big hit with the ladies, but I'd be immortal, and I'd have enormous potential to do great things.

» Sat May 28, 2011 9:24 am

The way I see it, finite beings with a limited thought process like ourselves could never truly grasp what it means to be immortal other than "I won't die".

» Sat May 28, 2011 8:29 pm

I am.
Thats all I'm going to say about the matter.

+1

I feel ya man.

» Sat May 28, 2011 5:04 pm

Certainly not. All my other friends would die. My family would die. That would mean I'd have to cut friendships with everyone. And I'd be lonlely

» Sat May 28, 2011 7:11 am

No thanks, I'm fine being mortal. Living forever would be depressing.

» Sat May 28, 2011 7:39 pm

Not on this earth, no thank you.

» Sat May 28, 2011 2:55 pm

Not on this earth, no thank you.

I agree...not here.

Love the new sig.......LOL !

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» Sat May 28, 2011 7:50 am

I would only take immortality with these conditions:

If I could share the experience with a select few
I could die

» Sat May 28, 2011 8:38 am

I could quote Forrest Gump....and it would sum it up for me. Might as well keep it simple, "Lieutenant Dan".

And that's about all I'm going to say about that.

» Sat May 28, 2011 1:28 pm

I agree...not here.

Love the new sig.......LOL !

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Yeah, I have another place in mind I'll live forever...

And the sig just popped into my head one day.

» Sat May 28, 2011 5:16 pm

I would rather be able to sacrifice immortality to share a incredibly long and healthy life with a loved one.

» Sat May 28, 2011 1:40 pm

Yes. Death scares me more than any living torment, and eighty years (about fifty of which would be in top health if I'm lucky) is not nearly long enough to do it all.

I would travel the world, not getting tied down and doing as much as inhumanly possible. When I got bored I would probably try to change the world however my wise self would see fit. And if I died along the way? Hey, I was bored anyway.

Yes please.

This.

Plus, from all the money I'd accumulate over the years I'd be living in the lap of luxury while I do it. Yay!