Poll: On the Subject of Immortality

[ImperialSunlight]

2. indefinate lifespan because I can live however long I want as long as I don't die, never grow old and decide when I want to die. The other would create more problems than it solves.

Invulnerability
Then I would go about setting up a vast criminal network so that my
I would be unstoppable no fed will be able to get their hands on me
then I can give the reins to my offspring
It is going to be a legacy

If someone shoots you or does anything to harm you, you still feel pain. Have fun when your enemies decide to torture you till you die of old age.

 

[cthulhumythos]

indefinite lifespan. invulnerability seems nice, but eternal life is what i strive for.

 

[Cazza]

In option 2 does a few hundred years of odd here and there sun burn build up into cancer? If it's a yes then your likely to die of cancer. Maybe even within the 70 year window before your 90s. I even if it were yes I would still want to take it.

 

[loc978]

Invulnerability... lack of immunity to cancer means the "indefinite" lifespan of the second option is anything but indefinite. You may live a bit longer, but... damn near everything a human can do exposes them to trace amounts of carcinogens. I'd rather be immune to injury for the time I have than "maybe lengthen my life a number of years, or maybe not lengthen it at all".

 

[DkLnBr]

life without fear of accidental death or injury? or accumulate hundreds or even thousands of injuries, to the point of being whittled away to a bed-ridden vegetable (or hide in a padded house for all eternity so i wont get hurt), all while watching loved ones grow old and die?
I don't know, it seems like a no brainer to me. Option #1 is all the perks of both a normal life plus the bonus of invulnerability, while option #2 seems to be the disadvantages of both mortality and immortality.

 

[Guardian of Nekops]

Option 1, absolutely. I'd sign back up for the military and wade into volatile situations with a sword... I'm a pretty poor shot with a firearm, honestly, but if bullets can't stop me then it wouldn't matter. Firefighter would be good, too, but since my invulnerability wouldn't extend to those in my care I think that would get depressing rather quickly.

At present, I don't see an actual lack of time as my main problem. The idea of not being able to leave my mark in my eighty years actually gets WORSE when I consider that I might not do much better with a hundred years longer. I mean, I sure don't see my parents gaining crazy amounts of power and influence as they age only to be stopped by the ravages of time... each day takes the resources earned in that day. I don't really see how that would change with an infinite life span.

Yeah, make me a super hero any day.

 

[natster43]

1. I have never been a huge fan of the whole living longer thing, mostly because I don't like the idea of staying young while my friends and family grow and wither away over the years. I also feel it would be hilarious to use it to scare people by doing stupid things like jump in front of a car for shits and giggles.

 

[DarthFennec]

life without fear of accidental death or injury? or accumulate hundreds or even thousands of injuries, to the point of being whittled away to a bed-ridden vegetable (or hide in a padded house for all eternity so i wont get hurt), all while watching loved ones grow old and die?
I don't know, it seems like a no brainer to me. Option #1 is all the perks of both a normal life plus the bonus of invulnerability, while option #2 seems to be the disadvantages of both mortality and immortality.

... you don't really accumulate injuries over your lifespan, your body heals them at the same rate that it does at whatever age you are right now ... so I'm not sure how your logic there works. Unless you mean injuries you can't recover from like getting your arm chopped off but I don't see that sort of thing happening to many people.

 

[DkLnBr]

... you don't really accumulate injuries over your lifespan, your body heals them at the same rate that it does at whatever age you are right now ... so I'm not sure how your logic there works. Unless you mean injuries you can't recover from like getting your arm chopped off but I don't see that sort of thing happening to many people.

Ya but even small injuries could cause permanent damage (like if you step on glass or drop a knife and hit a tendon or nerve). Imagine getting small insignificant injuries, say, every 5-10 years, then imagine then living a hundred, thousand, or hundred thousand years. All of that damage will add up to be more serious. Soon you will be nothing more than a blob of ancient scar tissue. Plus that's not including rare occurrences, like car crashes. Drive a car every weekday for a 1000 years (assuming we still use cars), odds are you'll crash sooner or later.
Or say that a debilitating injury occurs once every 10000 years. You live for 10000 years and then you lose an arm, 10000 more years and no more eye, and so on...

 

[Scarim Coral]

I go with Invulnerability since that way I don't have to worry about some reporter/ detective snooping into my life when he or she discover I had never ages.