If You Could Be Immortal, Would You Be?

[Anubis]

Wait for the planet to blow up again, then caress the sweet sounds of nothingness while you float threw space.

 

[Aesop Rocks]

Yeah right, if they're immortal too, it's all going to be "we can float endlessly in space together!~".

 

[Duke]

Wait for the planet to blow up again, then caress the sweet sounds of nothingness while you float threw space.

would'nt just grabbing a space ship be a better idea?

 

[Anubis]

Yeah right, if they're immortal too, it's all going to be "we can float endlessly in space together!~".

How? No sound. It's perfect!

Also and I don't know, maybe you could just, break up with them before the planet blows? Plenty of other immortal aliens to go around.

 

[Anubis]

would'nt just grabbing a space ship be a better idea?

From where? You're on some crappy planet with blue immortal chicks. You think they got space travel?

 

[Duke]

From where? You're on some crappy planet with blue immortal chicks. You think they got space travel?

It stands to reason that they might be a species more advanced than humans.

 

[Anubis]

How so? You fell into their planet. They didn't find you floating in space. They could just as easily be as dumb as Beavers. Sexy, sexy Blue Beavers.

 

[Duke]

How so? You fell into their planet. They didn't find you floating in space. They could just as easily be as dumb as Beavers. Sexy, sexy Blue Beavers.

Well, if there is intelligent life out there, I think humans are behind in terms of technology

 

[Anubis]

Based on what?

Chances are, if there is intelligent life, we'll have to find them, not the other way around.

 

[Duke]

Based on what?

Chances are, if there is intelligent life, we'll have to find them, not the other way around.

So far, it's been the latter.

 

[Anubis]

Aw come on man. Don't be that guy.

 

[Mr.Webs]

No way. Sadly enough, without death life wouldn't make much sense...wouldn't be much of a point to it, no ticking clock telling you to get a move on.

 

[PyroChamber]

Here's an article I found explaining why immortality may not always be a good thing...

http://www.cracked.com/article_18708_5-reasons-immortality-would-be-worse-than-death.html

 

[Harls]

Yes, I would. I'm not adverse to the idea of starting anew all the time, moving around and going through a new set of people. I'd probably like to be immortal at the age of 26, then stop aging. Oh, by the way, if you don't age do your hair and nails still grow or not?

Oh wait. I just thought of something. So, if you can't ever die what would happen when the sun finally blows up? D:

 

[Duke]

Yes, I would. I'm not adverse to the idea of starting anew all the time, moving around and going through a new set of people. I'd probably like to be immortal at the age of 26, then stop aging. Oh, by the way, if you don't age do your hair and nails still grow or not?

Oh wait. I just thought of something. So, if you can't ever die what would happen when the sun finally blows up? D:

It just go nova, but since you're immortal, you'd still keep living.

 

[WildcatNC]

I would definitely accept "soft" immortality. Where you would never die of natural causes, never age and live forever but can still be killed. I would want an option to end it if I wanted to.

I would NEVER want true immortality. Where you can't be killed by any means. That would be a terrible curse.

 

[Anubis]

That would be f**ked up though if as soon as you make the soft immortality deal, you get hit by a bus and die.

 

[Thebumwhowalks]

I would NEVER want true immortality. Where you can't be killed by any means. That would be a terrible curse.

How would you know?
You only have the perspective of a mortal life, and you are still in your youth, maybe you will start thinking mortal life is a terrible curse, as you start to get older.

I mean, what the hell is life anyway right? I don't think you are supposd to be able to nail it down exactly, it is constantly changing as your experience and knowledge increases.
That is what life is about in the first place, one big cosmic enigma wrapped in a puzzle of a mindbending surprise party, a helluva lot of folk can't even handle a mortal life.
Our conciousness/soul is energy I hear, so we go on in one form or another forever, if a person or persons were selected to stay in that one concious form forever, it would be for a damn good reason.

edit: and wth is time anyway? A way of measuring our conciousness? Time is not that big a deal, unless of course you only have a certain amount of it to things in, if you were immortal you would only be concious of time in the way of wanting to spend as much time as possible with your loved ones, it wouldn't be relevant to yourself and how long you would be around, you wouldn't project so far into the future in regards to your own existence, what would be the point?


I think some folk in here need to start throwing up the apple of logic they swallowed in the garden of eden and lose the fear.

 

[Duke]

That would be f**ked up though if as soon as you make the soft immortality deal, you get hit by a bus and die.

Too funny!! It almost be like a Wily E. Coyote moment.

 

[WildcatNC]

That would be f**ked up though if as soon as you make the soft immortality deal, you get hit by a bus and die.

Yea it would lol. It would be nice if you had a "weakness" kind of like the immortals from highlander. You have to lose your head or something. Still gives you an out but makes it difficult.

 

[WildcatNC]

How would you know?
You only have the perspective of a mortal life, and you are still in your youth, maybe you will start thinking mortal life is a terrible curse, as you start to get older.

I mean, what the hell is life anyway right? I don't think you are supposd to be able to nail it down exactly, it is constantly changing as your experience and knowledge increases.
That is what life is about in the first place, one big cosmic enigma wrapped in a puzzle of a mindbending surprise party, a helluva lot of folk can't even handle a mortal life.
Our conciousness/soul is energy I hear, so we go on in one form or another forever, if a person or persons were selected to stay in that one concious form forever, it would be for a damn good reason.

edit: and wth is time anyway? A way of measuring our conciousness?
I think some folk in here need to start throwing up the apple of logic they swallowed in the garden of eden and lose the fear.

I think thats all fine in philosophy and theres no way to really know. But I would argue that viewpoint is not thinking about the consequences of immortality on the human psyche. The soul may be eternal, but our psyches are cyclical and need a "reboot" so to speak every now and then.

Whether we like it or not, we are a human animal and tied (on this plane) to concepts like "time". I reckon there may be a few people capable of handling immortality well. Maybe some isolated monks, etc.

Most would begin wishing for death after a certain period. We exist in cycles. As good as we feel in the afternoon one day, eventually sleep will become an overwhelming gravity so that the mind/body can be replenished. Your soul would feel the same gravity eventually imo, even if on a much longer cycle.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

All the knowledge in the world < loneliness.

You'll have a never ending cycle of friends

 

[Thebumwhowalks]

I think thats all fine in philosophy and theres no way to really know. But I would argue that viewpoint is not thinking about the consequences of immortality on the human psyche. The soul may be eternal, but our psyches are cyclical and need a "reboot" so to speak every now and then.

Whether we like it or not, we are a human animal and tied (on this plane) to concepts like "time". I reckon there may be a few people capable of handling immortality well. Maybe some isolated monks, etc.

Most would begin wishing for death after a certain period. We exist in cycles. As good as we feel in the afternoon one day, eventually sleep will become an overwhelming gravity so that the mind/body can be replenished. Your soul would feel the same gravity eventually imo, even if on a much longer cycle.

If an immortal were here, I guess they would say 'That's just what the mortals say cause they are jealous.'

Isolated monks? You mean those guys who walks around in potato sacks, shave their heads and are too scared to ask girls out(hence the attire)?
Those guys are just sitting waiting on death, lol, no, I think someone who could handle and enjoy immortality would have to be possessed of great imagination, verve for life, courage, intelligence, compassion and put that into such a mix as to be able to handle the craziest states of mind without going insane.
In other words, a wannabe rock star.

 

[Llama_Shepherd]

You'll have a never ending cycle of friends

Well, y'know, til all life dies in the universe except you.

 

[SooperWoman]

I feel that it would become a bore after a while.