Poll: Invurnerablity, or Immortality?

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Yopaz

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Immortality is overrated. You get to see everyone you care about die. You get to see humanity die. You get to see all animals die. You get to see all plants die. You will be stuck on a planet with no resources left. A cold dead planet that has lost all of its beauty. You want to see how it ends? It ends in a very boring way and it will stay boring for a few 100 million years before the sun finally consumes all the planets. You'll also not be able to grasp the flow of time and thus you're doomed to go crazy. Immortality isn't a reward. It's a curse.

Invulnerability, now that is better. I would always go with that.
 
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Really? You guys picked invulnerability? There are two simple reasons why that makes no sense:

1. Death is much more inevitable then injury.
2. If you're immortal, you have time to figure out how to make yourself invulnerable. And solve any other problems that might come with immortality. Friends all dead? No problem! Figure out how to make them immortal too, then invent a time machine to back and prevent their deaths! What's that you say? That'll take a really long time? Who gives a shit? You're FUCKING IMMORTAL.

Captcha: The all new Chevy Sonic. Why do I feel like I'm being brainwashed?
 

Davatehi

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Cazza said:
Davatehi said:
Invulnerability of course. I always wanted to take a swim in a volcano. That would be cool!
Skinny dipping in a volcano sounds fun. Sign me up for invulnerability. Unless you have lava proof bathers.
Even if I had I wouldn't wear them. The only way to enjoy a volcano is naked.
Though we would have to invent a beachball that could resist the heat.
 

TheRookie8

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I would pick invulnerability, if not for one problem...

Guy 1: "Me and my friend here are going to demonstrate the wonderful benefits of invulnerability!"

(Guy 2 kicks Guy 2 in the crotch)

Guy 2: "Grrrraaahhhhh!!!!"

(Guy 2 collapses)

Guy 2: "I'm invulnerable to INJURY! Not PAIN!!!"

Guy 1: "And that is our first benefit! I can do this all day!"
 

Timberwolf0924

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Now, with immortality would it be you can say, get shot in the face in die?

Invunerabliity would be nice, as long as your body didn't get hurt. IF you did swim in a volcaino, wouldn't your flesh melt and grow back , or would it be like whatever, no damage?
 

Phlakes

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Moromillas said:
40% of escapists want a curse?
40% of escapists aren't really a fan of the whole dying thing. If there's no afterlife I'd much rather just keep living.
 

Havok2099

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I've always been one of those people who think immortality would be awesome regardless of the cons. Sure I'd have to watch my loved ones die, but damn it, them dying wouldn't be my fault I'd miss them but hey. As for the worst case scenario of immortality such as being trapped in the vacumm of space or something, if you're immortal, who cares! You live forever eventually something will happen to change that state.
 

Section Crow

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Invulnerability

i can't live forever knowing that i will never sate my curiosity of the feeling of death and the aftermath of it
 

Zen Toombs

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As has been said, true immortality is no fun. As least if you get thrown in a "fate worse than death" you'll eventually die with the indestructibility. You'll be stuck there until the sun explodes with immortality, and noone wants that.

Also I'd end up being super-racist.
 

Jaeke

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Aside from the bad grammar and misinformation from the post.... Invulnerability for me!

Sure, you could be the greatest scientist or philosipher of all time, but you would still have to see it all come to ruin one way or the other.

Invulnerability grants that I live a fulfilled and complete life without it having it taken away from me.

But I always thought that:

A) Immortaility= Cannot die of old age, but susceptible to disease/wounds.
B) Invulnerability= Can die of old age, but completely immune to disease/wounds.
 

DugMachine

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Invincibility; because I would think immortallity would get boring after 100 years. While invincible i'd go and capture every person on the most wanted list of the world. Just walk right into their bases being a bullet sponge and laughing the whole time and just round em all up and stick em in jail. Maybe beat a few douches up at the bar hitting on girls that obviously don't want to be talkin to them and go fight a whale (cause its something i've always wanted to do :p)
 

TheVioletBandit

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YeOldeMoose said:
I think the whole point of immortality is that you are invulnerable and you do not age. That's just me though.

I would be very interested in living forever. I'm not sure if I would be able to cope with everyone I know dying, but you can always meet new loved ones. What would really get me would be being forever alone for all eternity.
I agree with your first statement. It seems to me that you would need a level of invulnerability in order to be immortal. An example of why I think this: Lets say your immortal and you live to see the sun go supernova. Now because of this event your reduced to nothing but ash; are you still alive as ash? How does ash think or feel? In other words invulnerability and immortality must be a package deal simply because you cannot live (in biological terms at least) without a body.
 

TheVioletBandit

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Sean Hollyman said:
So if you were forced to choose, which would you pick?


Immortal-Never die, never age. Ever.

Invulnerable- You will age and stuff, and eventually die, but you a pretty much invinicible.


Me I pick invulneranble, because Immortality would suck in about 1million years when the sun dies and Earth explodes. Floating round space forever wouldn't be fun

It seems to me that you would need a level of invulnerability in order to be immortal. An example of why I think this: Lets say your immortal and you live to see the sun go supernova. Now, because of this event your reduced to nothing but ash; are you still alive as ash? How does ash think or feel? In other words invulnerability and immortality must be a package deal simply because you cannot live (in biological terms at least) without a body.
 

Souplex

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Living forever can be horrible in oh so many ways.
There isn't really much of a downside to being impervious to harm.
 

Jonluw

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Invulnerability.
I've outlined in several other threads why I wouldn't want to be immortal.
Don't have the time to do it now.
Suffice to say, I think immortality would suck.

Immortality is a curse, invulnerability is a super power.
 

dark-mortality

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Gimme that immortality baby!

Yeah, I have a strange fondness for immortality, I like the thought of seeing everything...

Quick question: Am I invincible too, or can I die when a random meteor hits me while I float around in space? When I think about it, if I die by a meteor, I will most likely be dead when the sun explodes and destroys the solar system... Anyway, invincible in the sense that I can't die from being squashed like a itsy bitsy insect? And what about regeneration? If I get squashed, can my body slowly (Or quickly) regenerate itself back into a functional state?

...I may think a bit too deeply into this...
 

Ifrit7th

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TheVioletBandit said:
Sean Hollyman said:
So if you were forced to choose, which would you pick?


Immortal-Never die, never age. Ever.

Invulnerable- You will age and stuff, and eventually die, but you a pretty much invinicible.


Me I pick invulneranble, because Immortality would suck in about 1million years when the sun dies and Earth explodes. Floating round space forever wouldn't be fun

It seems to me that you would need a level of invulnerability in order to be immortal. An example of why I think this: Lets say your immortal and you live to see the sun go supernova. Now, because of this event your reduced to nothing but ash; are you still alive as ash? How does ash think or feel? In other words invulnerability and immortality must be a package deal simply because you cannot live (in biological terms at least) without a body.
Perhaps you simply regenerate a few moments later, presumably with magic. At any rate, I can't imagine a worse hell then existing in space and suffering from never ending asphyxiation.
Although, immortality in the form of a energy-being that transcends the mortal form would be kind of sweet. You'd be all ghostish and able to observe everything, both immortal and practically invulnerable. Still, the solitude would suck.