Poll: Immortality, with a catch

[Mafoobula]

Immortality is overrated anyway. Our brain is barely able to cope with the lifespans we have now, potentially increasing that to infinity is just begging for the type of insanity where that 'catch' becomes a 'perk'.



So no. I wouldn't take it at all.

That. Exactly that.
Add to the insanity that comes from long life, the mental imbalance that comes from the knowledge that I murdered my way to said long life. If I should become completely numb and/or cold to the whole process, well, that scares me even more.

 

[BlackStar42]

Since this is the kind of immortality where you can opt out once you've had your fill of life- why not? There are plenty of people that the world is unlikely to miss much.

 

[Soluncreed]

If I murder myself, does that count as killing someone? Because once I'm dead, I'm immortal. So I'm alive again. But then I didn't murder anyone. So I'd kill myself again. Once I'm dead, I'm immortal. So I'm alive again. But then I didn't murder anyone. So I'd kill myself again. Once I'm dead, I'm immortal. So I'm alive again. But then I didn't murder anyone. So I'd kill myself again. Once I'm dead, I'm immortal. So I'm alive again. But then I didn't murder anyone. So I'd kill myself again. Once I'm dead, I'm immortal. So I'm alive again. But then I didn't murder anyone. So I'd kill myself again. Once I'm dead, I'm immortal. So I'm alive again. But then I didn't murder anyone. So I'd kill myself again. Once I'm dead, I'm immortal. So I'm alive again. But then I didn't murder anyone. So I'd kill myself again. Once I'm dead, I'm immortal. So I'm alive again. But then I didn't murder anyone. So I'd kill myself again. Once I'm dead, I'm immortal. So I'm alive again. But then I didn't murder anyone. So I'd kill myself again. Once I'm dead, I'm immortal. So I'm alive again. But then I didn't murder anyone. So I'd kill myself again. Once I'm dead, I'm immortal. So I'm alive again. But then I didn't murder anyone. So I'd kill myself again.....

 

[Odbarc]

But the police would catch and I know Id be in jail for at least a year -_-!
kinda negates the point.
How bout I gain the lifespan of the person I murder.

Go to some third world country where there are a bunch of children, unguarded and give yourself 50 years.
Leave the country, no one is the wiser.

Everyone blames Kony.

 

[NaumWolf]

i wouldn't want to be immortal if it was free or if it came with strings. the finality of death is what makes life worth living and experiencing

 

[Monkeyman O'Brien]

No problem. I would just hit a prison and slaughter all the scumbags.

 

[Bazaalmon]

I would take the deal. There's a lot of people this world wouldn't miss in the slightest.
Also, I wonder how your life would run out if you decided to stop? If you killed someone on april 2nd, 2215, at 11:30pm, would you suddenly drop dead on april 2nd, 2216, at 11:31pm if you didn't make a kill? or would you age at an accelerated rate until you turn to dust? You need to clarify this hypothetical situation's hypothetical sidebar!

 

[Rule Britannia]

I'd do it.
I'll kill suicidal people, if they want to appear clean in the eyes of a greater power I will gladly kill them to extend my life

 

[Agayek]

I wouldn't want to be immortal even without the catch, so I certainly wouldn't take it.

The closest I'd ever willingly get to immortality is to stay physically young until I would normally die of old age. I don't particularly want to deal with the annoyance of getting old, but I have no real desire for immortality. I'd get incredibly bored so fucking quickly.

 

[darron13]

No, being immortal would suck.
As conveniently outlined here http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Analysis/WhoWantsToLiveForever

 

[RastaBadger]

If it was just the immortality then I would consider it but immortality AND telekinetic super powers? Definitely. To increase my power I'll just help the army/use people on death row/use people who are just terrible people/use people who aren't building my 100ft Platinum statue fast enough.

I can see me starting off nice and going insane with power over time for some reason...

 

[renegade7]

There are some bad people in the world who I could use my superpowers to kill

 

[theSteamSupported]

So it has come to this. A question that reveals if you're prioritizing your life or other's lives.

Shall I dismiss any sort of sympathy for other people in favour of keeping myself alive? Or is the better choice denying my innermost desires to face my horrible decay?

Are those the only two choices? Dying as a hero or living as a villain? Witnessing my ideals become objects of hate, or witnessing nothing at all? Dismissal of life or submission for death? Why?

This is something I won't accept. There has to be a non-tragic alternative. There has to be, a third way. There's always a third way when one looks close enough.

You mentioned that I would be given telekinesis under this deal, is it before or after I kill someone? If after, I want to know where the genie comes from. I want to find the gruesome beast that wrote the deal, and brutally slaughter him! Or maybe just do research on EVERYTHING behind this deal, and question it.

Now, about that telekinesis thing...
Controlling the world outside my nerves is the power that has fascinated me the most. If I study it long enough, maybe just maybe I will make death no longer being a thing. Yeah, I said it. I will find a way to kill death itself! That's my greatest ambition, understanding the nuts and bolts of everything in this universe, so I can completely reshape it.

 

[SnakeoilSage]

Someone's a little too into Hellsing, I see.

 

[Gottesstrafe]

Question: If your immortality discriminates against the elderly and infirm, does it also discriminate against clones?

I mean, I figure that if I put whatever many years of immortality I initially get to good use and amass the wealth and technology necessary to perfect cloning and secure my own personal island respectively, I can advance my immortality by hunting said clones I produce like General Zaroff from The Most Dangerous Game. Hell, I could probably amass more money charging other equally depraved wealthy socialites admission to join me on my hunts.

 

[Optiluiz]

You could do great things with those powers, so it's worth it. I would agree.

 

[Bvenged]

I voted "no" because I'm just that kind of guy, but I flipped the coin and decided "yes"; I would actively eliminate only the most cruel hearted and evil people on this planet.


It would be unfair to cause harm without allowing them to justify their reasons first, and I would off them teh chance to spend some time in jail (I'm talking mega-criminals here); and I would only play for my immortality if they openly engaged me in an attempt to end my life first. That way I would only die when there is no more evil people who deserve to die remaining on this planet for about a century.

 

[cthulhumythos]

sure. i mean, there are bundles of people out there who need to get killed and if it makes me immortal, well sign me up!

note- when i say need to get killed, i mean the people who are legitimately terrible, like other murderers and psychopaths. also drug dealers. there usually isn't a shortage of those.