Poll: Who wants to live forever?

[whatdoyouthink]

i think it would suck to live forever, dealing with sickness, catastrophes etc. Plus having to see all of your friends and family die right in front of you would not be cool

 

[Chris^^]

no. nothing to strive for, would watch everyone you knew die and could watch the world fall apart. it would be meaningless agony.

 

[Kevlar Eater]

If I were able to withstand the pressure/temperature of any environment and stay the same age as I currently am, then yes. Drifting for eons until I enter another planet, then take it over and possibly recreate humanity in my image.

 

[Poofs]

id do it cuz living forever would be kick ass

 

[Layzor]

I think it would be awesome, I'd learn guitar, become amazing at martial arts, play laserball when it gets invented.

Only thing that would bug me is that I'd never get to know what happens after you die. Whenever I think of that though I'll just play laserball.

 

[Mistermixmaster]

As long as I get to choose when to die, HELL YES!

Living forever would be stonkin' awesome, untill you run out of people to talk to about the old NES games, when they're off playing their newest hologame or something like that... And with no friends with common interest life would get pretty boring. So yeah, living forever + possibility to die when I choose to (with multiple confirmations for safety reason) would be something I'd accept.

 

[Caligulove]

Seeing all the people I know and love slowly wither away and die... then see it happen over and over and over again.

I don't know if I could deal with that- without becoming a cynical sociopath... which I don't think would be an improvement in my life.
The only way I could see it being useful would be if you were to endlessly travel, never staying in one place and just experiencing everything, occasionally meeting others and impacting upon them... which does sound cool. But to give up all the great relationships I have for a life of solitude and sparse interaction? Til who knows when?... I don't know about that.

 

[sneeky033]

i'd just like to see the progression of technology over the next two hundred or so years

 

[Skullmaster123]

I always wanted to see the end.

 

[EeveeElectro]

I'm 18 and already bored of life... so nooooo.

 

[Fingolfin High-King of the Noldor]

It depends on how this immortality works. If it's eternal youth that's a different story but if you are just always alive and your body ages continuously I can't imagine a worse way of living.

 

[Shifty Tortoise]

I'd love to, but only if I could control the amount of time I can sleep for, say I get bored? I'd just sleep through a couple of decades then have fun catching up.

And I kind of agree with this guy.

I'd like a longer lifetime, say around 200 years (and the aging thing is changed for us humans), but eternal life would suck, especially if others didn't have it. Watching everything die around you while you sit and survive? That is a worse hell than I could ever imagine. Death is a release from life, and should be treated that way, not like it is horrific.

It'd kinda suck if I was the only immortal, but I guess in the end you'd just get used to it. I disagree about the death being a release thing though. The thought that there is probably nothing after life scares the shit out of me.

 

[JRCB]

I'd do it, then help people. I'd be like a superhero, or something like that. Could be interesting.

 

[DividedUnity]

Id love to live forever as long as I was invincible too. It would be boring if I couldnt kick a terrorist in the nuts and live.

 

[StarStruckStrumpets]

I'd love to, but only if I could control the amount of time I can sleep for, say I get bored? I'd just sleep through a couple of decades then have fun catching up.

And I kind of agree with this guy.

I'd like a longer lifetime, say around 200 years (and the aging thing is changed for us humans), but eternal life would suck, especially if others didn't have it. Watching everything die around you while you sit and survive? That is a worse hell than I could ever imagine. Death is a release from life, and should be treated that way, not like it is horrific.

It'd kinda suck if I was the only immortal, but I guess in the end you'd just get used to it. I disagree about the death being a release thing though. The thought that there is probably nothing after life scares the shit out of me.

Honestly? It scares the shit out of me too. I've always been tolerant of death though, since I was a kid, just because I kept telling myself that. I guess it was a denial thing, y'know? My Mum has always said that when she dies, her funeral shouldn't be depressing. She always tells me she'd want it like a new year party.

When it comes to death, I always say that we should celebrate who the person was, instead of mourning over their loss. Commemorate all of the great things they did, and distance yourself from it all with pride, not sadness.

I've always been a little grim too...

 

[Glademaster_v1legacy]

Humanity dies out sooner or later, stuck on a barren rock for billions of years. Solar flare comes and destroys the planet, pulls you into the core of the star where you burn for even longer.

Star dies and becomes a black hole, trapped inside a crushing gravity well for however long a black hole lasts. After that it's just waiting until entropy overtakes the Universe and leaves you immobile for eternity.

I'll pass, thanks.

Not necessarily as people don't know what exactly happens in black holes you could be transported to another time or place just saying.

OT: No it would be awful as you would have to see everyone you love die before and you grow jaded and never be able to be emotionally attached to another human being again for fear of the pain their inevitable death will cause you.

 

[Toar]

Living forever at first will suck, but after you go insane, the only way to go is back to sanity. BUT, after you become immortal, you become a figurehead of a capitalistic nation like, say, America, and rule it from the shadows. AKA Walmart is operated by several immortal beings varying from Vampires to "Fountain of Youth" immortals.

Also Nephilim, because the half human sons of fallen angels always end up involved in this kind of business.

Now that I take offense to sir! The Children of the Fallen Angels are a very refined people with problems of their own. The statistical fact that there are a majority in polotics and economic power is simply a coincidence... *cough*... You will be getting a visit from our people soon enough.

 

[AndyRock]

Nope, Would make life boring if I knew I couldn't die

 

[JoJo]

An extended life would be cool, but eternal life would turn into a never-ending torture very quickly...

...plus if I was immortal then some day I would have to a watch my daughter die :-( *sobs at the very thought*

 

[Xeros]

No, I would rather the ability to live my life over again should I die.