Would you accept Immortality?

[toylion]

I don't know if I'd want immortality as much as I would like to have the chance to live my life over or to live another life with the knowledge I have now. I have too many regrets with this life.

Funny, whenever I fantasize about starting over with the knowledge I have now, all I can think is, then none of my children or grandchildren would ever be born. Ruins it for me. I'm just not that selfish, even in a fantasy. Even with all the regrets, and there's a lot.

 

[KingB]

Funny, whenever I fantasize about starting over with the knowledge I have now, all I can think is, then none of my children or grandchildren would ever be born. Ruins it for me. I'm just not that selfish, even in a fantasy. Even with all the regrets, and there's a lot.

Yeah, know what you mean, kids and spouse will change the dynamics. Don't want to chance not having that to enjoy. Now, if everything you did early on differently still lead to you finding the same person and having the same kids that would be neat to be able to say yes instead of the no or do things differently in high school....stuff like that.

 

[The Ween]

Funny, whenever I fantasize about starting over with the knowledge I have now, all I can think is, then none of my children or grandchildren would ever be born. Ruins it for me. I'm just not that selfish, even in a fantasy. Even with all the regrets, and there's a lot.

I don't have any of that, so.....it's kinda wide open for me. I just sort of got cheated out of part of my life because of the hand I was dealt and I'd play it differently if given the chance of a do over.

 

[toylion]

I don't have any of that, so.....it's kinda wide open for me. I just sort of got cheated out of part of my life because of the hand I was dealt and I'd play it differently if given the chance of a do over.

I got married to my first wife at 18. And I wasn't in love with her. Had just broken up with the girl I really loved and being young and foolish tried to fill a void. It was a mistake I tired to make work for 11 years because of the children. But finally had to walk away, not from the kids, I got custody of them, but from her. So as much as I would like to have never gotten married so young, I wouldn't change it because 17 other lives came out of that mistake in my life.

 

[The Ween]

I got married to my first wife at 18. And I wasn't in love with her. Had just broken up with the girl I really loved and being young and foolish tried to fill a void. It was a mistake I tired to make work for 11 years because of the children. But finally had to walk away, not from the kids, I got custody of them, but from her. So as much as I would like to have never gotten married so young, I wouldn't change it because 17 other lives came out of that mistake in my life.

Oh I don't blame you there and if I had kids, I'd feel the same way.

 

[Intruder04]

Best of both worlds.




The idea is awesome live to see the future ect... but with everyone dying off around you it'd be maddening over time.

Might depend on the person, i have roots and like my security and family., whereas one of my friends is always moving and never settles long, i'd say he'd enjoy immortality more than i would.

No worries
BTW, there shouldn't be any catch to that immortality.

I would like to say yes because I am really wanting to see what the future holds for technology. I want to say yes only if I can still choose to die at some point. And i say yes only if I can be roughly the age I am now. Not an old bitty with a walker.

I say no because life is long.... life is tough, rest sounds nice.

Some times I feel I may already be immortal, come so close to death one too many time and some thing snatches me from the hands of death at the last second. Happened to me again just this past Friday. Car missed me by inches going 50 miles on a 25 mile an hour street just before midnight as I was about to run across the street. For some reason I suddenly had second thoughts about running across as I slightly leaned forward about to run across and the car sped pass me. Scared the hell out of my boss and co-worker. I just look at them and thought, "again." Guess I'm meant to stay here till the end. No easy way out, lol.

It's Howard Chan. He doesn't want you to die that way.
On a serious note, near-death experiences are terrible than death itself.

Sounds to me like becoming a vampire would be the best thing to do (best of both worlds)

You become immortal.
You get to turn people immortal if you want to (family, friends etc)
You can die if you want to (sunlight)

from what I am reading here, sounds like becoming a vampire would be the best way to go about this whole immortality thing. You get to live for a long time but there is always that risk that you could die.

Sounds cool but would the fangs be visible always??

edit - Can't go out in the sun.....no want vampire. Thanks

This just came across my Facebook page. Kinda fitting....

The last one.......

 

[BB&WSF]

Nope......

 

[Mr Quimper]

Even though I'm afraid of death, I'd be more afraid of living forever in some un-ideal state (say you break your neck or something). No thanks!

Yep, thats the crux of the arguement for me. It's all fine and dandy if you live forever, but what if you lost your legs. And then your arms. And then catch some rotting flesh disease. You're basically doomed to live your live laying on a bed, being eaten alive and never dying.

I can't imagine anything worse.

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Until they invent robotic augementation and perfect cloning. Then its ON!!!!!!

 

[Intruder04]

Nope......

Aww...c'mon man.

 

[BB&WSF]

Aww...c'mon man.

Henry Hamilton: "You are right. But the day comes when you've had enough. Your mind can be spent, even if your body's not. We want to die. We need to."

I watched In Time yesterday, maybe that's why

But seriously, I really wouldn't want to be immortal ever. I mean, for what? Too much misery mate, wouldn't want to see it forever. At the most, I'd really want to have a healthy old age (if I live to be that old) and go in my sleep

 

[batfan08]

I would totally be immortal, providing there are conditions:
1.) I can die whenever I want to
2.) I can't be killed
3.) I remain young (perhaps, 28) for the duration of my immortality
4.) The world doesn't end
5.) It doesn't void my entry into the afterlife/send me to the naughty place
6.) I'm wealthy; incredibly so.
7.) I can't be harmed in any way.

If that's what Immortality is like, then sign me up!

 

[Darth_Fatso]

If total omnipotence is part of the package, then yes, immortality would be great, but I'd hate to be immortal if all my limbs, my eyes, tongue, nose, and ears have all been removed and I'm nothing but a conscious human vegetable forever or something like that.

 

[BB&WSF]

^ Yeah, not like this

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qcz0L6tzJiU[/ame]

 

[The Ween]

It would depend on how you would be immortal. If it was like Wolverine or some other immortal who could regenerate or not be killed, that's one thing, but to live like, say, a vampire who has to kill or could possibly be closed up in a box forever, well, no one would want that!

 

[TheObsoleteMan]

Some people seem to be confused on what the word immortal means. It means unending life, never dying. If you can die, you're not immortal.

 

[scarecrow jim]

I picked immortality because I don't want to spend eternity in heaven with all those Mormons.

 

[toylion]

If total omnipotence is part of the package, then yes, immortality would be great, but I'd hate to be immortal if all my limbs, my eyes, tongue, nose, and ears have all been removed and I'm nothing but a conscious human vegetable forever or something like that.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OarsvZbhds&feature=share&list=PL0A76C65D7A07A477[/ame]

 

[wavestuff]

i would accept if it offered a good PPO plan, but id settle with HMO and dental

 

[Uncanny Web-Slinger]

I would totally be immortal, providing there are conditions:
1.) I can die whenever I want to
2.) I can't be killed
3.) I remain young (perhaps, 28) for the duration of my immortality
4.) The world doesn't end
5.) It doesn't void my entry into the afterlife/send me to the naughty place
6.) I'm wealthy; incredibly so.
7.) I can't be harmed in any way.

If that's what Immortality is like, then sign me up!

#1 & #2 kinda contradict each other

 

[batfan08]

#1 & #2 kinda contradict each other

Nope, I'm saying that death is like an off switch. If I'm bored and decide I want to take the next step to the universe's greatest mysteries, I can, but I don't want some drunk jerk to throw me through my windshield in the year 2800.