Totenkopf Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 What, if anything, dear to you would you give up in exchange for virtual immortality (ie maybe another 50-100k yrs of life)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reclaimer Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 Nothing. Unless in the next 50 to 100k years involved season two of Chibi Vampire. Then I'll give my own reproductive organs to watch it. Seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimartin Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 Who said I hadn’t already given something up. Back to reality…I would not give up anything dear to me for another 50-100k. To me you would be giving up everything near and dear to you by living that long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pho3nix Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 Nothing. Living forever in this ****ed up world would suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reclaimer Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 Nothing. Living forever in this ****ed up world would suck. Exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDJOHNNYMIKE Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 I'm cool with death Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentScope001 Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 $100,000. $1 for 1 year. Seriously, it's only 50k-100k years of your life. You're still going to die anyway. If you offered eternal life, then no. But since it's only 100,000 years, why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDJOHNNYMIKE Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 meh, world will probably burn by then, rather not be stuck here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Dando Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 I might be able to cope with another few hundred years, but only if I'm not a decaying wreck by the end of it, but anything above that would kind of suck, for me anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det. Bart Lasiter Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 My Wii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fredi Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 I prefer to live 83 and that's still much .... let me die in peace.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tk102 Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 I think I'll try answering in 2nd person just for fun. If you were to choose virtual immortality, I'll tell you what you'd give up. You'd give up a good part of what makes you human. Your outlook towards others would change significantly. You would be attending so many funerals of friends and family that you would learn to restrain your emotional attachments. You would become strangely patient with all things, which might appear unmotivated to some and appear wise to others. But in your lengthy life you would feel more and more detached from people even if they made you their philosopher-king. You would become a legend, but no one would be your peer, no one would be your teacher, and no one would be your hero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 You uh... need a hankerchief or something tk? That was um... depressing... Personally... I'm not going to live past 35... I'll take up bungee jumping and sky diving... just hoping for an accident to come along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det. Bart Lasiter Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 You would become a legend, but no one would be your peer, no one would be your teacher, and no one would be your hero.Others would be my short-lived peers/Yoda/Superman o wut nao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corinthian Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 Not another 50000 years. Good grief. Maybe 1000. It'd be nice to explore strange new worlds and seek out new life, and new civilizations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tk102 Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 You uh... need a hankerchief or something tk? That was um... depressing... You could read it that way. "Sour grapes!" followed by is an equally valid response. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JediKnight707 Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 What would I give up? Well, just about anything. At least I could avoid death for as long as I can. I think its safe to assume that everyone is scared of death, so why not shy away from it as long as I can? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 Actually, tk, I take it back... it was quite enlightening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentScope001 Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 Uh, I need to ask something. Mr. Totenkopf, when you mean "virtual immortality", did you mean "you be placed in a robot/computer mind and become a virtual represenation of yourself, with all your memories"? Because that is what I thought you meant. Being a virtual form of yourself can be useful, you can see how the world is, and you could possibly help out future meat-people in their day-to-day task. And you can go almost anywhere if you are a virtual being, so you can attend an funeral and go to Happy Fun Park at the same time. You can be in 200 different places at once, which would be awesome. If you meant virtual immortality as in, you are almost immortal, but you remain in a physical form, like you go and stay in your OWN body, as a human being, instead of as a very cool computer like HAL or Helios, then I'm not going to hand over $100,000 for something as stupid as that. Only being uploaded into a computer would suffice for my money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedHawke Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 If you were to choose virtual immortality, I'll tell you what you'd give up. You'd give up a good part of what makes you human. Your outlook towards others would change significantly. You would be attending so many funerals of friends and family that you would learn to restrain your emotional attachments. You would become strangely patient with all things, which might appear unmotivated to some and appear wise to others. But in your lengthy life you would feel more and more detached from people even if they made you their philosopher-king. You would become a legend, but no one would be your peer, no one would be your teacher, and no one would be your hero. Sounds better every time I read it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tk102 Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 Oh yeah, I forgot, you'd also give up your girlish curves and supple soft skin. Mummies are what, like 5000 years old? My hunch is that things wouldn't improve much for a 50,000-year-old. Hope you have a good dental plan too. Edit: I think it's time to sleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totenkopf Posted July 19, 2007 Author Share Posted July 19, 2007 Uh, I need to ask something. Mr. Totenkopf, when you mean "virtual immortality", did you mean "you be placed in a robot/computer mind and become a virtual represenation of yourself, with all your memories"? Because that is what I thought you meant. Being a virtual form of yourself can be useful, you can see how the world is, and you could possibly help out future meat-people in their day-to-day task. And you can go almost anywhere if you are a virtual being, so you can attend an funeral and go to Happy Fun Park at the same time. You can be in 200 different places at once, which would be awesome. If you meant virtual immortality as in, you are almost immortal, but you remain in a physical form, like you go and stay in your OWN body, as a human being, instead of as a very cool computer like HAL or Helios, then I'm not going to hand over $100,000 for something as stupid as that. Only being uploaded into a computer would suffice for my money. Frankly, I was thinking the latter, but realized that the use of the term virtual might cause a little confusion. However, I'd add that the virtual immortality I was speaking of would allow for you to remain in human form, but with none of the messy aging problems (who'd want to spend the next 50-100K years as nursing home fodder anyway ), thus allowing for your libido to thrive (a sop thrown to tk102 ), less you traded that in for the immortality in the 1st place. Think of it as being in peak physical condition, and with the ability to defy the laws of physics even (ie, you don't die just b/c you didn't see the bus coming down the road). But if it suits your purpose to embrace your first instinct as to what was meant, that's ok too, b/c I was a little vague about the particulars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabretooth Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 I'd give my life for immortality. <_< >_> oh noes, it is the ironies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabish Bini Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 I would rather die when my time is up. If you lived for an extra couple 100 years, you'd have all sorts of diseases, you'd be to weak to stand and other tortures. I'd choose to avoid that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Jones Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 My mortality! Question Mr. T., what would I do for a living in like 50K years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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