Poll: If a stranger walked up to you on the street, and offered you immortality, would you accept?

[Goofguy]

That depends, do I have to go with him in to his nondescript, windowless van?

 

[game-lover]

Nope.

Those rules hint to me plenty of flaws about how immortality is not what it is cracked up to be.

 

[Sansha]

Not if I have to go into the back of a van to get it, otherwise absolutely.

 

[Vlywncint]

Sign me up. I think I'll destroy the world before the sun does though.

 

[kasperbbs]

Might be fun for a hundred years, but who knows what will happen in the future, eventually life on earth will cease to exist and what do you do then with your immortality? count rocks? go insane from loneliness and start building stuff as if you were playing minecraft?

 

[Imperiused]

Yes. And folks, I'm tired of hearing the "watching everyone you know die" line. Just tired. If you're that uncomfortable with death, I'd recommend that you do take the immortality pill.

Its just that, when I see immortality, I think of it in the exact opposite terms. Think of all the people you could get to know. Think of all the love and friendships you could share. Think of all the people you could see born! You act as if life is stagnant and unchanging and that immortality is such a goddamn curse, to remain in this horrible world forever.

And then you turn around and tell someone who is suicidal that there is so much to live for.

Double-dealing mortals...

 

[MammothBlade]

I was about to jump for it, but no. There are some people I don't wish to outlive.

 

[Kyle1527]

No. I would need time to work out and make myself worthy of being Immortal, also never dying...I mean what happens in 4.3 billion years when I'm cast adrift into space forever? What happens in 400 years when we run out of fossil fuels. What happens when everyone you love and care about dies? I mean, living for 300 years is one thing, forever is another. However if when drifting through space I landed on a planet consisting entirely of extremely hot females who have been looking for a man for centuries...then sign me up.

 

[NoOne852]

Yes.

Unless I cannot learn anything new and am limited to what I know now. Then I don't think it would be worth it since thats the main reason I would want to live forever. Being able to learn whatever you want without having to worry about a time frame to do it would be simply amazing, but being stuck with the same knowledge without even being able to recall what happened the day before would be a new kind of hell and would soon leave you outdated when new tech develops.

 

[NightHawk21]

Sure y not. I'm not exactly in the fittest shape, but I would go right away to the Vatican and jump off a balcony. The only problem I have with those rule is the pain part. Why would you feel pain if you instantly heal any injury, severe or otherwise? That doesn't make sense.

 

[Al-Bundy-da-G]

Even if the terms for the immortality were awesome, I'd still say no. Who wants to outlive everyone they will ever know? No me, that's for sure.

Meh you'll get over it after a few decades, and if you go mad eventually you'll get bored of that too. Just learn as much as you can until you float into the next universe.

 

[Death God]

If he gave immortality to all of my friends and family, then yes. If not, no.

 

[StarsintheBlood]

That kind of immortality kind of sucks. And even though I am extremely paranoid about growing up (I'm about to enter college), I really don't think it's worth it. Might think about it for a while, but the idea of sticking around after the end of time isn't appealing. Heaven -if it exists- would probably be better, and I am curious about what happens after death.

 

[ZombieMonkey7]

Wow, I'm blown way about the sheer amount of ignorant/ selfish people that actually voted yes. Just immortality itself is kinda a curse depending on your point of view. Friends, family, anyone you love (or will love), dead. Now just to clarify our sun will never explode because it's too small, so crisis averted right? WRONG! In fact it's even worse because our sun will become a red dwarf and burn everything to death, well except you, you'll have the pleasure of spending a few million years burning on the surface of a dead planet while experiencing unending pain. That is until the sun dies out and everything is consumed by utter darkness (except for some pretty stars you can stare at)

 

[Marcus Kehoe]

Unless its for the grater good than no, its not time for human to be immortal.

 

[Singularly Datarific]

Eventually people will die. My best friend, future girlfriend or wife, everyone I know will die and I'll be alive for it. I'm in this life to run its course with those I love. I do not hate it because it's "not natural", but rather that it would be torture. My mind would struggle to remember anyone or anything not much after a normal lifespan. I'd begin to forget my old lifetimes worth of memories, and I think that is the worst part.
What is better, one life to treasure, or a billion to forget?

 

[Mafoobula]

Every time I see this kind of question, I already know exactly what my answer is and why. No, because I'm pretty sure I'd be bat-shit insane after the first one or two million years.

 

[davidmc1158_v1legacy]

To quote a certain android: "The first billion years, they were the worst. The second billion years, they were also the worst."

Not only no, but HELL no! I am mortal. I will eventually die. Being mortal makes me what I am and brings out the potential to be everything I could hope to be. Without that definite end, what incentive would I have to learn, to improve, to be?

Forget that mess. Let me follow the mortal's path that I was meant to.

 

[Helmholtz Watson]

I know what my answer would be. The rules are thus:

1: You cannot die. Not now, not ever, until the end of time. Perhaps you'll be alive even afterwards. (Who knows?) But if the sun were to explode right now, you would be cast adrift in space, floating ever onwards.

2: You still feel pain.

3: Your body is to remain unchanged at the instant of immortality. Whatever is part of you, will remain part of you forever. You won't have to eat, you won't feel hunger, but you will still retain the ability to do so, if you so please.

3a: You will have no need for breathing, however, you may still choose to do so. But no oxygen will be absorbed, no CO2 lost.

3b: Should you lose an arm, piece of hair, tooth, blood, etc, it will instantly returned to it's previous location, by any means necessary.

3c: This rule also applies to your muscular structure: Since your muscles cannot degrade, you will never be able to become stronger. But, since your muscles never degrade, you will never tire, either. An example of this would be, if you can lift 50 lbs with your right bicep, you will be able to hold 50 lbs indefinitely, but you will never be able to lift 51 lbs. Another example: If you can run at a sprint at 20 mph, you will be able run at such speed indefinitely, but you will never be able to run faster than that.


4: You cannot die, but you can become trapped. Should you be laid underneath a pile of rocks, and unable to extricate yourself, you will be unable to do so until present circumstances have changed. (Geological activity, someone moving the rocks for you, the earth exploding, etc)

5: You may say yes, or no. You may not choose to wait until your physical condition has changed. So no new haircuts, no excessive working out, nothing. Now or nothing.

Would you do it?

mysterious stranger is offering me immortality? sure! I'll also accept any candy or drinks that he is offering as well. Heck I think I'll go with him to his van which is parked in a back alley and look at his new puppy too. I mean whats the worst that could happen right? ;D