Poll: Immortality, with a catch

[CODE-D]

Eh, I don't even need to worry about the moral aspects of it, I don't think I could get away with it for very long without being caught and locked up.

You underestimate how easy it is to create conflicting evidence.

A lot of murders have never been solved, add conflicting evidence and it's borderline impossible.

But the police would catch and I know Id be in jail for at least a year -_-!
kinda negates the point.

Murder gets you a lot more than a year in all the countries I can think of.

On the plus side, there are countries where you can murder 300 people and only get 25 years in prison.

Yeah that was my point, I only gain a year so whats the point if Im locked up for more than that.

 

[Secret world leader (shhh)]

I'll just move to america and become an exicutioner. Did i win?

Most states have done away with the death penalty, and others that haven't never use it...besides Texas. Sometimes I can't help but wonder if everything you guys know about the US you've learned from movies?

Everything i know about the US comes from the internet and modern studies. And i was thinking of Texas when i wrote that

 

[Spy_Guy]

My superhero name would be "The Janitor".

That's a yes.

 

[ElPatron]

Yeah that was my point, I only gain a year so whats the point if Im locked up for more than that.

1. Kill several people
2. Create conflicting evidence
3. If you get caught, run. You're immortal.
4. If they lock you up even though you have telekinesis, do it in a country with a max sentence, and wait patiently while you enjoy not growing old.
5. ????
6. PROFIT!

 

[Goofguy]

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Joining the army would probably help you out with that whole "being hard to kill gangsters" thing while the moral implications are thrown out the window if you're doing it for what you believe is right.

Funny you should mention that, I am in the army. It's not my job to kill gangsters and it's not a fair generalization to consider us all to be hardened killing machines.

If you believe killing criminals to extend your lifespan is right, all the power to you. I'll just never be convinced to do so.

 

[AgDr_ODST]

I highly doubt I'd be able to get away with the first killing if I did commit to this idea of 'immortality so Im saying no. Unless there was some dark system in place that would conceal the proof of my involvement in the killings, then I think I would give it ago........and sadly I know exactly who I would make my first victims to gain the extra years

 

[Etherian87]

fuck fighting in a war for petty governments, i'd simply kill anyone who got in my way.

 

[Rowan93]

Depending on how efficiently you think charity money can be spent, I'm probably already murdering a child every time I upgrade my computer. So yeah, of course I'll go for this.

I wouldn't try becoming particularly superheroic or supervillainous, I'd just live a pretty chill life, while being immortal, and occasionally kill people. Since forensic technology is likely to advance quite a bit, I'd probably have to get plenty of murders in pretty early to make sure that I have a head start (if I can live 200 years, by age 150 I'll be in a position of power and able to cover things up).

Although I'm not sure if this actually counts as immortality, because, you know, it ends unless you sustain it. Not sure what the technically correct phrase would be, though.

Oh, also, would I die when my time runs out, or would I just become mortal again? (Since I expect science to discover immortality in the next few centuries, even if it's not within my lifetime, and the non-murderey kind would be preferable).

 

[Dogstile]

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Joining the army would probably help you out with that whole "being hard to kill gangsters" thing while the moral implications are thrown out the window if you're doing it for what you believe is right.

Funny you should mention that, I am in the army. It's not my job to kill gangsters and it's not a fair generalization to consider us all to be hardened killing machines.

If you believe killing criminals to extend your lifespan is right, all the power to you. I'll just never be convinced to do so.

For your first point, I wasn't generalizing, I was assuming if someone joined up under this whole immortality thing to kill people, they'd try to join a combat regiment. Failing that (because hell, I don't know how the army works) I hear America has many places to learn how to shoot. Many options of learning how to make it easier to kill said gangsters.

Second point: Fair enough, I wasn't really trying to convince you and I doubt i'd do it (living to the point where everyone I know was dead so long ago I hardly remember them? Fate worse than death).

 

[DeepReaver]

arm me up and send me to Africa, i am now a gun for hire for a African warlord, let the fun begin.

 

[Seneschal]

I have a feeling (or rather "hope that I'm not surrounded by despicable selfish sociopaths") a lot of people just read the poll and not the opening post. Jesus Christ, people.

 

[GraveeKing]

I'd do it even without the telekinetic powers, I'd move to somewhere like Africa or India, go on a killing spree in some village where nobody will ever notice until it's too late - then come back home with 300 years of life under my belt.
In that time I'll make myself rich and powerful, then when the 300 years is up I'll be able to call up sacrifices by paying off family's or just kidnapping people.

Hey. It's immortality - may as well make the best of it!

 

[kahlzun]

All for Tyrant!
Renegade 4 Life!

 

[DeepReaver]

I have a feeling (or rather "hope that I'm not surrounded by despicable selfish sociopaths") a lot of people just read the poll and not the opening post. Jesus Christ, people.

Frankly, i cannot speak for the others but being a riflemen was the only thing i was good at, if i could earn years of my life by doing what i am good at you can bet i would get involved someplace where i could, be it working for a government taking out terrorists or allying with a government in exile in Africa taking care of the current dictator.

 

[jurnag12]

I'd go for it, but only for a while. True immortality doesn't really sound appealing to me, so I'd just extend the whole shebang for about 200-300 years by killing criminals to master whatever skills I fancy (Think about how awesome a guitar player you'll be after 200 years of practice!), then allow myself to become mortal again and die a nice, natural death at age 85, living in luxury from the masses of wealth that I have accumulated over the past few centuries.
Sure, it's selfish, even if I only kill criminals, but I'd still do it.

Also, the masses of wealth shall be used to finance the development of a real, working Lightsaber. If I get telekinesis, I'll damn well be a Jedi.

Heh I think after too long people would start to look like your avatar OP.

Question about it though, would abortion doctors live forever?

You can hardly call a small lump of cells a living person, now can you?

 

[Seneschal]

I have a feeling (or rather "hope that I'm not surrounded by despicable selfish sociopaths") a lot of people just read the poll and not the opening post. Jesus Christ, people.

Frankly, i cannot speak for the others but being a riflemen was the only thing i was good at, if i could earn years of my life by doing what i am good at you can bet i would get involved someplace where i could, be it working for a government taking out terrorists or allying with a government in exile in Africa taking care of the current dictator.

Unless 52.7% of this forum consists of riflemen, then a lot of people are overestimating their ability and willingness to take another life.

 

[sumanoskae]

... Yeah, yeah I probably would. No, I don't think it's right or justified at all, but realistically I'd do it anyway. The things I do already get other living things killed inadvertently and indirectly. I might as well have to look my victims in the eye.

besides, I imagine I could probably find a healthy supply of people more than deserving of death. They might as well serve a purpose. But I'm not gonna pretend I wouldn't do it anyway

 

[SilentVirus]

No I would not. For one, as said previously, killing someone to extend your life is not immortality. And two, immortality is over rated. You'll never be able to enjoy life because say if you kill 100,000 people and thus live for 100,000 years, it would appear that human beings are exploding in and out of existence. Your perception of time wold be so greatly distorted, that a moment for you would be an entire lifetime for a regular, less-immortal person. Your brain is not adjusted to be able to pick up and retain knowledge pass a regular lifetime, so anyone you meet you'll almost instantly forget. And finally, in the end, you are not immortal at all. I can say with great certainty that you will get stuck or trapped somewhere (say, in the rubble of a collapsed building?) and you will eventually die because you could not meet your annual death quota. It's not always the rubble of buildings is cleared, eventually rescue forces will just up and say "good 'nuff" and leave and rebuild over the trash. You will be apart of that trash. And lets say, by some slim chance you don't get bored and managed to live the full duration of the sun. It will go supernova, all humans will die (except for you of coarse) and you will be left, spinning throughout the void of space. Left eventually to die because you couldn't kill anymore humans to extend your life.

tl;dr version: No.

So there's my answer.

 

[Marsell]

never said who it has to be,
lethal injections!

 

[Gidiel167]

Excellent, where do i sign up? ^.^