Poll: Immortality, with a price.

[OptimisticPessimist]

I shall answer that quetion with this question:




Also, I have no plans to ever have children. Ever. So....yeah, I guess.

 

[boringanarchy]

I shall answer that quetion with this question:




Also, I have no plans to ever have children. Ever. So....yeah, I guess.

That song automatically wins. Best Queen song EVER!

 

[CM156_v1legacy]

No, because, quite frankly, I don?t want to live forever. Personally, I believe in God and paradise, so why would I want to remain on earth? Besides, these deals always have a greater catch.


(NOTE: I am not trying to use this as a debate point, I just found it interesting)
I am also reminded of ?lichdom? from fantasy games, or undeath in general.
Let me quote the Dogma of Kelemvor

?Recognize that death is part of life. It is not an ending but a beginning, not a punishment but a necessity. Death is an orderly process without deceit, concealment, and randomness. Help others die with dignity at their appointed time and no sooner. Speak against those that would artificially prolong their life beyond natural limits, such as the undead. Do honor to the dead, for their strivings in life brought Faerûn to where it is now. Forgetting them is to forget where we are now, and why. Let no human in all Faerûn die a natural death without one of Kelemvor's clerics at her side. ?

 

[Toaster Hunter]

I don't want children anyway, so this won't be a problem at all for me.

 

[adragonofgold]

No. Even if it came it with no strings attached. Living forever also means your going to have to provide for yourself forever too. No matter what job you have, after a few hundered years of working, college, or even just exploring life is going to get tedious. Not to metion when people (goverment) start to notice you're not aging/dying. Then you'll be a lab rat. No thank you.

 

[captaincabbage]

Meh, I always wanted to adopt anyway.

 

[Zaik]

That would be a bonus for me.

It's like going to the pizza place to pick up a pizza and they give you a free 2 liter because it passes the sell by date tommorrow.

 

[Edge Hypermatter]

That's fair, I mean if you're gonna be immortal, there really isn't any point to making more of you, you're going to be your own legacy. Though, there really isn't anything stopping you from having the child before the operation.

 

[Pappytech]

Why would I want to live forever?

A. It's not really my place to remain on earth any longer than I'm supposed to.

2. Earth really isn't the best place to live. I'm already depressed anytime I open up a news site, why would I want to spend thousands of years here?

Finally, I'd like to end with a quote from Gurren Laggan:

"Those who are dead are dead. If we bring them back, they'll just get in the way of the next generation, right?"

While I like being alive and all, I know I'm not supposed to live forever. I'll make my contribution to mankind, and pass on. I want to lead a life that I can look back on and be satisfied by. And I can't do that if I never die. Death, whether people choose to accept it, is an important part of life. Nothing can change that.

 

[jamradar]

I dislike children and never want to have any. So it's a win-win for me. I get to be immortal and I never have to worry about having children.

 

[SillyBear]

You people are crazy. Immortality would be one of the worst pieces of torture anyone could ask for.

 

[LostCrusader]

It's not quite what I'd call immortality, and it sounds like you mean on a population wide scale of availability (not just me personally). So I would have to answer: no. It's part of a species' strength to be able to adapt and change. The old teach the new how to avoid their mistakes. I don't know that we can account for all the ramifications for completely scratching the tried and true birth & death population mechanics. Are we mentally prepared to live forever, barring any death or injury from something outside our own body? I think that the overturning of our generations grants some advantages that we take for granted such as the influx of fresh, new ideas.

However, were this a "genie in a bottle wish," I think that I would take it. I'm curious to see what happens after my time to humanity. It's a double standard, which makes me uncomfortable, but given the circumstances of each, I think my answers are understandable.

This sums up everything I have to say on this. Not like taking away aging forces you to live forever, you can still die.

 

[bombadilillo]

MY IMMORTALITY IS IN THE SEEDS OF MY LOINS!!!!!

*Runs off screaming into the night*

 

[Seieko Pherdo]

No, not ever. And not because of the whole kid thing.

 

[jthm]

I'm not seeing a downside here. If I really want a kid that bad, I'll adopt.

 

[OctoH]

I do not intend on having children. So not a worry for me. I would take it.

 

[Shio]

No.

Immortality is the worst curse one can have.

 

[voetballeeuw]

Nope. I have no urge to become immortal. I won't be able to make any lasting bonds, except with others like me. I don't want to watch my family die off, while I stay young.