Immortality, with a price...

[TAGM]

Honestly, what with games, movies, music and all sorts of shit coming out every week or so, I don't think I'd ever really get board with life. I mean, I'd have to work, yeah, but still - learn stuff, see people, get autographs from famous people, think up answers to problems... Hell, when my perception makes everything look like a blur, it'll be like being drunk the whole time! Just watch the world go by... Maybe pay for someone to make video games that run about 20 times slower, so I can play 'em.

Then, when everyone and everything dies anyway, who knows? Maybe I'll just grab a rocket and float off to adventure! Hey, think about it - I would be the last human being. Hell, I'd be the last living thing on earth, the way you've put it! I might be famous on other planets!
Course, I'd keep a grenade or something, just in case I see everything and think "Yeah... Bored now."

 

[Quinadin]

so we only die when humanity dies...

Yeah I'd totally be immortal. I'm super curious about humanity's future and as long as there's another sentient being alive I'll enjoy looking at humanity through an objective lense.
/cross fingers for space age

 

[Atmos Duality]

I know it's not the same, but did anyone else think of "The Planet Zeist" after reading the original post?

 

[conflictofinterests]

Not much one can do about predicting one's actions when one slips the constraints of reality. There is a fairly large chance I'd end up murdering everyone, but not until after I went totally batshit.

 

[Nietz]

Immortality does come with boredom and stagnation. But more importantly, it gives us the most valuable commodity we can have, time. With all that time, comes a great amount of potential. One could really... experiment. For me, that would mean that life would not be a race or a journey, life would be a work of art. What could be more interesting than seeing humanity unfold? And what could be more exciting than living through ever era of humanity?

And I don't really think immortality would ever get "boring", humanity as a whole is f*cked up enough to keep things interesting.

 

[scw55]

Turn into a Justicar from Mass Effect 2. Kill sinful people. There's always going to be major arse holes in humanity. You can avoid boredom by harvesting them.

 

[phantasmalWordsmith]

I'm gonna guess that I would either enjoy it at first then go insane or I'd figure out something and just live an unhappy unending life. I don't think I could bring myself to end all life . I guess I'd have better odds if i could find something to live for; a Mrs Immortal teen maybe, living for knowledge, I could try getting fit, I could start doing degrees in stuff I don't need, I could travel or something...but that would just be trying to delay the inevitable insanity waiting for me

 

[PinochetIsMyBro]

Well assuming I ever get sick of immortality to the point where I'd consider killing everyone else on the planet in order to end my life, it's safe to assume that I'd be quite insane. In light of that, I doubt I'd care how many children I had to eviscerate to complete my objective.

 

[Gudrests]

Let me at least become a Teenager...so i can have some...."real fun" And then...idk put money in the bank...collect interest.....become world's strongest man....see everything...do anything.....SKYDIVE OFF OF TOWERS!!! idk...and if that all bores me...well...they still have video games right lol

 

[Palademon]

I'd just keep immortality and be a super hero. And maybe kill some people I find annoying.

 

[2733]

I would become the great advisor and protector of humanity, using my ancient knowledge to guide all people to a golden future.

 

[ThePurpleStuff]

If theres an apocalypse, everyone on earth dies and I'm still alive somehow.. I'd find a way for me to at least sleep for the rest of eternity so I'm pretty much dead but just not, maybe I'd be found by aliens, woken up from my eternal slumber and become their leader? I rule a new nation of lifeforms, until the days they die if they ever do and I'd move on to the next, spreading and gaining wisdom wherever I go. That'd be fuckin' awesome.

 

[Jonluw]

Eventually, I might have killed everyone, yes.

 

[DudeistBelieve]

I imagine I'd be so removed from my humanity that killing innocents would be as easy as flicking off a light switch.

 

[Elric Randall]

Three people so far pointed out the biggest problems I have with this idea, but I'm unique! T-T

Immortality would scare the shit out of me until I got a handle on identity theft and forgery. One car wreck and you have government officials wondering about your miraculous escape from injury/impossible recovery. You'd have to run from town to town every 15 years or so and cut contacts with friends, coworkers, and anyone else that gives enough of a shit about you to wonder why you don't have nasolabial lines yet.

I see two options here: powerless and invisible, or powerful and invisible.
Either be the shadow lord of a multinational corporation and buy up some mercs to cover any information leaks, or live from apartment to apartment, country to country, keeping just enough cash to bribe the right officials.

If life gets boring after constantly running from town to town, set up yer corporation or vice versa. The ever-changing sameness of humanity ensures that you'll have things to learn for a while yet, but not an overwhelming amount.

Non serious answer? Well, I'd spend 30 years practicing the Kama Sutra and own the night as THE CROWD-PLEASING BISEXUAL GENTLEMAN. On my off days, I'll rescue people from burning buildings and defuse bombs. Just remember, no capes!


TL;DR: Immortality without superpowers is hella dangerous. If it wasn't, I'd be getting laid and defusing bombs for a living.

 

[Jack and Calumon]

Judging by RIN: Daughters of Mnemosyne, I'd never get bored. The world changes, and while I suffer heartbreaks, I have a hell of a time, having time to try new things and such. Just change my identity every now and again to avoid people getting suspicious of my immortality. I could become strong, smart, become God. Anything.

Because I have all the time in the world.

Calumon: I guess it wouldn't affect me much. Jack says I'm the same I was 9 years ago. He has a really good memory!

 

[SomeBoredGuy]

Do what that immortal guy did in Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series

Spoiler

insult everyone in the universe, in alphabetical order

I was going to post the Cracked article explaining how immortality wouldn't be such a good thing after all and how the human race will evolve and you will be left behind as an abomination, but instead I'm just going to nod several times in agreement.

 

[Garrsus]

I hope everybody realizes that this is another topic based on murder.

it's only based on murder if thats what you focus on, otherwise its morals and ethics.

ot: i would probably take the rin approach.

Spoiler: WARNING

if you havnt seen it and dont like any of the following aspects DONT WATCH IT.

anime, sex scenes, gore.

 

[RatRace123]

Do I have to do the killing? Can't I just wait until the sun explodes or whatever and kills everyone anyway?

 

[Omikron009]

I'd probably end up traveling the galaxy in a stolen space-longship on a quest to insult every sentient being in the universe. That would be fun for a while.

Ah a Douglas Adams fan?

No. Who's Douglas Adams?