Poll: Immortality, with a catch

[Matt King]

so it isn't immortality, i'm just killing people for one extra year? i'd be caught so quickly even with my powers
or i'd just move somewhere with the death penalty and operate the electric chair

 

[Slayer_2]

I'd try joining the military, try and get into spec ops or something. All the standard infantry ever seems to do is lay down a wall of suppressing fire until the insurgents retreat. After I got my first kill, I'd quit ASAP, and hunt down criminals and evil assholes who deserve to die, using my powers for good. Since you say I'm "immortal", I should be able to survive whatever they throw at me.

 

[NightHawk21]

In a heartbeat. I'd move to a country where fetuses are considered people from conception and operate some sort of pseudo-abortion clinic for people who can't take birth control, but don't want a child. It would work even better if the lifespan of the individual got added onto yours.

 

[Simon Pettersson]

i would kill Criminal's, they deserve it more then anyone else.

go Death note up in this

Exactly my thoughts. I wouldn´t have any problem with it, if your immortal you can even take the jailtime ....
Would be like a nights sleep for you.

 

[ZephyrFireStrom]

Every time you murder someone your immortality will be extended by 1 year.

Well, that's not immortality then, is it? You don't extend immortality. It's just an extended lifespan dependent on some very immoral logistics.

My thoughts exactly when I first read this. It's not immortality, it's just killing one person at a time to increase your lifespan by one year.

It's too easy to say yes to this outright. So one of the things stopping people from committing murder right now is that there's no promise of one more year of life? Is anyone considering that it may actually be pretty hard to kill hardened criminals and gang members? Or how about the moral implications?

No, I would not accept immortality under these conditions.

It's not hard to kill corruption, specially humans, they're all fragile in the end. What moral implications? Killing corrupted people makes you a good guy, it's as simple as that. It's similar to how fantasy works. Does killing a monster make you a monster? No it makes you a hero.

 

[SD-Fiend]

doesn't sound all that great. you'd have to live with all of those deaths

 

[Zen Toombs]

...You know there's this thing called the army, right? Where you get paid to shoot people? Hell, outside of the army you could always just assassinate people with your telekinetic powers

that's what i was thinking you could be the super soldier who single handedly wins the war and makes his life span a thousand years longer

Are you referenceing the [adept]Shepard "control the Reapers" ending? 'Cuz it would amuse me if that were the case. ;-)

OT: Toombs is amused by the current 50-50 split.
Toombs would be unable to accept the cost of this Immortality, and would not accept.

 

[letfireraindown]

Heh, My yes tied it 48 to 48.

As far as the morality would swing it, I would likely choose to take criminals, but that always brings up questions of innocence. Any thought of guilt wouldn't likely set in to deep until 80 to 150, when it's obvious I'm living on taken time.

 

[NathLines]

Who in their right mind would choose "no"? From what I read, you can just take the power and not use it. If you're ever forced into a situation where you have to kill an asshole; hey, longer life span.

 

[Toaster Hunter]

I'd take out murderers and terrorists. There are plenty to go around and would be doing humanity a favor.

 

[Fightgarr]

Immortality always has a catch. You realized that if you can't die, the probability of you becoming trapped forever rises to 100%. See, being immortal doesn't entail you're super strong, or anything else. It just means that you don't die. If you were trapped beneath a rock at the bottom of the ocean, you'd just be experiencing drowing... forever. And one could go with the argument "Well I'll avoid those situations", but the thing is: this is forever we're talking about, it will happen eventually because even if the probability of that event is low, when a probability is given infinite time, it always happens.

 

[Chairman Miaow]

Yes. Be a super hero who kills badguys.

 

[Macgyvercas]

Could I kill serial killers Dexter Morgan style? I'd probably do that for a while. I'd want to die eventually, though.

 

[The Unworthy Gentleman]

Morality is overrated and immortality would be awesome; I'm taking this deal as fast as possible. People die all the time, I only live once; if it got boring then I could just stop too.

Immortality is a terrible power, why would anyone ever want it under any circumstances? If I could just get the telekinesis on its own then yes.

The time slowing down (or speeding up, I forget which) thing would be gone because you're at your peak condition. People dying isn't that big a deal, there are plenty of people to get to know. I can't think of any other ways it would be shit.

 

[Storm Dragon]

Wow, those poll numbers are depressing.

 

[cswurt]

Reaver doesn't seem to have a problem with it.
Neither would I.
Most of the population is trash anyway.

 

[VladG]

Where do I sign up? Seriously, I'd take this deal in a heartbeat. I see no downside to it. Plenty of scum to kill, you can stop doing it whenever you get too bored and eventually die. No sickness, peak physical condition, the opportunity to see the future, loads of money (hey, invest any sum for a very long time, it's going to stack up)

 

[Sean951]

I'd go the route of a violent Batman. Those criminals didn't need their life anyways.

 

[Pontus Hashis]

Easy. I would kill "bad people". As in people society think is bad.
No reprecusions.

 

[Sir Thomas Sean Connery]

Yes, I would.

I thought about the getting caught aspect, but to be honest, if I WAS, I could just shank other inmates until I was ready to escape.

The only real problem with this whole scheme(Ya know, besides that big moral elephant in the room) is that it would only extend to the end of humanity.

After that, it would pretty much be over.