Poll: Immortality, with a price.

[jamradar]

I dislike children and never want to have any. So it's a win-win for me. I get to be immortal and I never have to worry about having children.

 

[SillyBear]

You people are crazy. Immortality would be one of the worst pieces of torture anyone could ask for.

 

[LostCrusader]

It's not quite what I'd call immortality, and it sounds like you mean on a population wide scale of availability (not just me personally). So I would have to answer: no. It's part of a species' strength to be able to adapt and change. The old teach the new how to avoid their mistakes. I don't know that we can account for all the ramifications for completely scratching the tried and true birth & death population mechanics. Are we mentally prepared to live forever, barring any death or injury from something outside our own body? I think that the overturning of our generations grants some advantages that we take for granted such as the influx of fresh, new ideas.

However, were this a "genie in a bottle wish," I think that I would take it. I'm curious to see what happens after my time to humanity. It's a double standard, which makes me uncomfortable, but given the circumstances of each, I think my answers are understandable.

This sums up everything I have to say on this. Not like taking away aging forces you to live forever, you can still die.

 

[bombadilillo]

MY IMMORTALITY IS IN THE SEEDS OF MY LOINS!!!!!

*Runs off screaming into the night*

 

[Seieko Pherdo]

No, not ever. And not because of the whole kid thing.

 

[jthm]

I'm not seeing a downside here. If I really want a kid that bad, I'll adopt.

 

[OctoH]

I do not intend on having children. So not a worry for me. I would take it.

 

[Shio]

No.

Immortality is the worst curse one can have.

 

[voetballeeuw]

Nope. I have no urge to become immortal. I won't be able to make any lasting bonds, except with others like me. I don't want to watch my family die off, while I stay young.

 

[RaNDM G]

I would propose an alternative. By the time immortality can be achieved, humanity will already be capable of faster-than-light travel and will be spreading out across the galaxy. Immortality should therefore be an option for those who choose to boldly go where no man has gone before.

 

[Wintermoot]

I HATE kid,s also I can always adopt a kid or if I get married send my wife to a sperm bank.

 

[Jelly ^.^]

UNPROTECTED SEX FOREVER AND EVER?

FUCK YEAH PLEASE!

 

[Wuggy]

I never have wanted a child, and I don't think I will. So yes, I'll have that.

 

[WolfThomas]

What if you've already had a child? I mean (I think) I haven't created one yet.

I remember this show about people jumping from different dimensions and there was this world where everyone was immortal but there was no children, so they made creepy robot children and eventually wanted to turn the children who jumped there immortal so they could always have children around, it was creepy.

I would take the treatment but with a heavy heart, I want children but I'd like to live a very long time.

 

[Trull]

If I make a child first then have this immortality surgery?

I know that it would suck to watch all my loved ones die away, but, I'm too afraid of death.

 

[smithy_2045]

I really want to say yes, but even though I don't want children at this point in my life, I'm pretty sure I will later on. Plus, without some sort of kill switch I could use on myself, I wouldn't want immortality.

 

[Fredzor]

Longevity? Not aging?? Immunity from disease, including cancer??? Hells yes!
Hell, I wouldn't even require the longevity, guaranteed a decently long life in good health. (I don't have any health problems now, but it's a spectre that keeps worrying me) It might very well even be superior to immortality, given how great the world is developing...

...which incidentally ties into my reluctance to have children.

 

[Womplord]

NO being immortal is stupid anyway.

 

[Thespian]

Yep! Can't bear children anyway, the annoying little things! Ba-dum tsh!

But seriously, adoption is my most likely option anywho, so I'll go with that.

 

[Knight Captain Kerr]

It is a small price to pay.