immortality eh?

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**Hughzle**

on the subject of immortality

first of all what does it mean to you?

**Frazzled**

A lifetime of bills and worrying about my family.

Immortality is way over rated.

**Hughzle**

next question the first one didnt seem to go anywhere

if you were immortal what would you do?

**Clthomps**

go about finding some way of killing my self....

can you imagine living to the end of the universe? No light, No heat, nothing but empty space...

**Belphegor**

is this immortality or immortality with invulnerability (including no pain from things that can't kill you)
feel the steady stroke of geeky mental-masturbation
I think there should be a ground rule of: no discussing the Incredible Hulk, Superman or Vampires (unless directly related from stories pre-1700)

**sexiest_hero**

I'd float though a black hole. or maybe chill out on a comet. that's how i'd waste eternity and squander my gift.

**Anti-Mag**

I'd take on every military junta in the world. That's assuming I'm using sexiest_hero's interpretation. If not, that plan can wait.

**Xav**

immortality is not invulnerablity so are we talking Highlander immortality or invulnerable immortality?

**Hughzle**

i mean highlander style immortality except you dont die you just keep going

instead of dying then coming back

**Frazzled**

That would completely inutterably suck. You'd probably be just this side of Satan within 2 centuries. Everything you know and care about dies and you keep going.

**reds8n**

Place a lot of bets.

I'd probably smoke again as well. It aint going to kill me after all.

Truth be told I'm sure the novelty would wear off fast as everyone you know dies, so I suspect I'd collect a whole variety of narcotic habits.
Think Cassidy from Preacher I guess..... oh damn it ! Broke the rule already.

Or spend a lot of time in labs etc being experimented on when our benevolent overlords cottoned onto my perculiar longevity.

**Xav**

I would declare myself emporer of the world, and challenge anyone with a gun to stop me!

**Belphegor**

Make long term investments.
meditate, work out, and game -- a lot
maybe open a bi-strip bar/Caffè that offers comprehensive benefits and health insurance to it's employees

**dogma**

Immortality would be precisely as fun as the amount of concurrent mobility you could possess. If were immortal I would spend a lifetime in every distinct locale on the planet, and certainly as far beyond as science would allow.

**Xav**

Would go in the guiness world record, for the most time spent underwater, mans who been burnt alive for the most time, and finaly for being the richest man on the planet, oh and last but not least "surviving the most hits from bodyguards after attacking Britney Spears"

**stonefox**

Clthomps wrote:go about finding some way of killing my self....

can you imagine living to the end of the universe? No light, No heat, nothing but empty space...

Ah, read "The Last Answer" have we?

**Xav**

Well it would give you time to enter every reality TV show on the planet and what happens if your legs get cut off, your stuck with no legs for the rest of time!

**Anung Un Rama**

Yeah, that would suck. A lot.

**Xav**

I wouldnt mind awesome robot legs though!

**Gen. Lee Losing**

I would have drugs, hookers, machineguns... what? OH!!! You said "Immortality" not "Immorality"!!! Now I am embarrassed.

**Xav**

Well when your immortal and are allowed to live several lifes at once its the same thing.

P.S anyone seen highlander, the first one was good, sequels were ****.

**Frazzled**

Ah yes, Sean Connery as a far out Scottish accented...Egyptian

**Belphegor**

hmmm, how long would a life sentence be? and would it be considered cruel and unusual if it was for 'life'?

**RapidKiller**

If i was immortal i would go about personally insulting every human being on this planet just to pass time

**Mekniakal**

Invest A LOT of money in a money market funds, and IRA, 401k, etc.

I'll live my first sixty years in absolutely crappy conditions, then when I hit the big 70, BAM! BILLIONAIRE!

**Lint**

I'd start my own cult, get everyone to drink the kool-aid, and then have a good laugh over the dead while drinking a second cup.

**Lint**

RapidKiller wrote:If i was immortal i would go about personally insulting every human being on this planet just to pass time

"Arthur Dent?"
"Yes?"
"You're a complete kneebiter, a total jerk."

**sebster**

There's a lot of pessimistic people here. Sure it would suck when loved ones died, but with mortality this is solved by you 'dying' as well. Screw that.

Compare it to immortality... loved ones die, go to a funeral and be sad, but be sad while staying as youthful and pretty as always. Then spend more time living, and get new loved ones. They'll die and it'll be sad, but there's always more time for more loved ones.

Meanwhile you get to see humanity advance and develop. Think of where we'll be in 100 years, and think of how horrible it is we'll never see it. Immortality would be sweet.

**Hughzle**

Props to you sebster you saw through the nasty cloud of pessimisim

**Frazzled**

Mekniakal wrote:Invest A LOT of money in a money market funds, and IRA, 401k, etc.

I'll live my first sixty years in absolutely crappy conditions, then when I hit the big 70, BAM! BILLIONAIRE!

Or end up poor like the rest of us who just lost big bucks.