You are immortal.
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Throw myself onto a spike. Not as a suicide attempt, but just so I could run up to somebody, yell "LOOK WHAT I CAN DO!!!!" and stick my hand through the hole in my chest. I've either made that person's day or become their worst nightmare. Either way, they're welcome.
I wouldn't stress out about not accomplishing enough in time anymore... that would be cool.
I'd get DEAD. FUCKIN'. SERIOUS. about the environment, more than I am already (not much). I don't want to have to suffer through the short-sighted shit the politicians allow so as to not become "unpopular" with the public overnight. I don't wanna be stuck putting up with the bad choices of today in a hundred years.
I'd get DEAD. FUCKIN'. SERIOUS. about the environment, more than I am already (not much). I don't want to have to suffer through the short-sighted shit the politicians allow so as to not become "unpopular" with the public overnight. I don't wanna be stuck putting up with the bad choices of today in a hundred years.
I would quickly go utterly insane as the full horror of my existence manifests itself...
Immortality is going to wind up pretty close to hell, to my mind.
Immortality is going to wind up pretty close to hell, to my mind.
After I've gone and got all of the stupid out of my system (i.e. jump into the Grand Canyon without a parachute, play hot potato with a grenade, brush my teeth with nerve gas, etc.), I'd spend some time going to business school while also studying computer science and engineering. I'd use my knowledge to experiment with various business ventures before eventually landing myself a very lucrative company to amass capital for my "dicking around" fund. After that, I'd spend my seemingly infinite time and fortune doing whatever I want, learning everything I could, and possibly engaging in a few side projects (like choosing a group of newly orphaned infants and engaging them in a life long social experiment where I place them in various social, economical, and educational climates and see how they develop/what they achieve).
Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't just spend my life goofing off. I'd build an empire with my financial resources in multiple fields, be it pharmacy, electronics, alternative power, weapons, etc. With enough time (and luck) on my side, I could probably subtly steer the advancement of mankind in whatever direction I choose. I might even be able to control the domestic and foreign policies of entire countries with enough resources at my disposal. Ultimately though, I'd probably expand into terraforming other planets for colonization once I've depleted Earth's resources/overpopulation. Who knows, maybe I'll start a galactic civil war like in Firefly while I'm at it?
Edit: Now that I think about it, discovering time travel while I'm at it would open a whole NEW field of dicking around when I bend the time stream over a pinball table.
Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't just spend my life goofing off. I'd build an empire with my financial resources in multiple fields, be it pharmacy, electronics, alternative power, weapons, etc. With enough time (and luck) on my side, I could probably subtly steer the advancement of mankind in whatever direction I choose. I might even be able to control the domestic and foreign policies of entire countries with enough resources at my disposal. Ultimately though, I'd probably expand into terraforming other planets for colonization once I've depleted Earth's resources/overpopulation. Who knows, maybe I'll start a galactic civil war like in Firefly while I'm at it?
Edit: Now that I think about it, discovering time travel while I'm at it would open a whole NEW field of dicking around when I bend the time stream over a pinball table.
Oh, I guess just keep on keepin' on, for now. I will look up some high-yield long-term investments I can scam: at some point, I will likely wish to shift my eternal life to one of gentlemanly decadence, and I will require much funding.
No sense in worrying about my inevitable ennui and Long Dark Teatime of the Soul: we'll burn that bridge when we get there.
Captcha: Enold Sandhills, which is a great name for an immortal fantasy character.
No sense in worrying about my inevitable ennui and Long Dark Teatime of the Soul: we'll burn that bridge when we get there.
Captcha: Enold Sandhills, which is a great name for an immortal fantasy character.
Jeez... Even thinking about becoming an immortal on a hypothetical level unnerves me to no end.
I am pretty sure that I would have some sort of mental breakdown at first, knowing that I am going to outlive everyone I ever love and there will be a point where it gets very dangerous for me to be out in society.
I know that I'd want to try to do something worthwhile with my time, like learn new things, become more skilled in battle, and so on... So I can, ideally, do something worthwhile for the world. But even that would be hard considering that if any government hears about there being an immortal being walking around, you can damned well bet they'd dissect you for scientific purposes and/or put you to work as an assassin.
However, the worst thing about all this is that I would have to likely fake my own death right off the bat. I would have to abandon my family since, despite how much I love them, this is something I could never tell them about.
Past a certain point, though, I would try to find a way to kill myself. I don't know when, but probably when my perception of time goes completely to crap (since it does speed up as you age/live on) or it becomes too difficult to move around and exist as normally as possible. Like another poster said, I'd have to make certain that every ounce of me is destroyed on a celular level? So I'd probably go pitch myself into some lava and pray that I do not come back from THAT.
Also, Cracked did a nice article about this topic.
http://www.cracked.com/article_18708_5-reasons-immortality-would-be-worse-than-death.html
I am pretty sure that I would have some sort of mental breakdown at first, knowing that I am going to outlive everyone I ever love and there will be a point where it gets very dangerous for me to be out in society.
I know that I'd want to try to do something worthwhile with my time, like learn new things, become more skilled in battle, and so on... So I can, ideally, do something worthwhile for the world. But even that would be hard considering that if any government hears about there being an immortal being walking around, you can damned well bet they'd dissect you for scientific purposes and/or put you to work as an assassin.
However, the worst thing about all this is that I would have to likely fake my own death right off the bat. I would have to abandon my family since, despite how much I love them, this is something I could never tell them about.
Past a certain point, though, I would try to find a way to kill myself. I don't know when, but probably when my perception of time goes completely to crap (since it does speed up as you age/live on) or it becomes too difficult to move around and exist as normally as possible. Like another poster said, I'd have to make certain that every ounce of me is destroyed on a celular level? So I'd probably go pitch myself into some lava and pray that I do not come back from THAT.
Also, Cracked did a nice article about this topic.
http://www.cracked.com/article_18708_5-reasons-immortality-would-be-worse-than-death.html
Become a scholar, but also party my ass off. If you have all of eternity, might as well learn as much as you can. See the world, learn from different cultures, try to find ways to help humanity grow. Meet women, new friends, honor old friends. So much to do. Oh and learn combat arts and tactics(just in case).
