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5/27/2013 2:12:22 AM
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what is life without death?
The question: what is life without death? What drives an immortal to do something great if he has no due date? And how far would immortality go? The universe itself could collapse and leave you, a shell of a living being that used to be driven by a sense of emotions and drives only understood by very few. Do those who wish not to die, and for those who wish for life without death, what will become of you when all you know and love is gone and will never return? Is life precious because we can choose our outcome , where we end and with what left done or undone? Next time you think of immortality, remember that it is a two-sided coin, a blessing and a curse, a positive or negative.
tl;dr Immortality is bad, m'kay
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The gifts out weight the curse I would say. -Get to always play the next new video game -Get to watch the human society either grow or destroy themselves -May get to meet aliens one day -Get to do all the fun and crazy things you always wanted to do -More chances to get rich -More women to bang. Find the right one, make her immortal and bang each other for eternity
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Where is the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing? They have passed like the rain on the mountain. Like wind in a meadow. Don't ask why that came to mind.
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I like cheese.
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pretty chill
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Edited by Spooter: 5/27/2013 4:22:17 AMI think that even with all the negative aspects of such a thing, I would still accept immortality, albeit with some measure of reluctance. Because while I do want to live, to see things beyond my little window of existence, to somehow change the world and see what consequences (both positive and negative) that my actions might bring, I do still want to pass on one day. But what immortality do you mean anyway? Do we stay exactly how we are now, invulnerable from the effects time and worries like going blind or becoming senile as experience and use eventually wear us down? Or just the unending life part, where you can live an unending life but can still die (though difficult of course)?
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Edited by White: 5/27/2013 4:14:59 AMWhat is life with mortality? 5 years of being unable to do what you what due to lack of knowledge or position of power, 13 years being stuck within an educational system, more if you go for an higher education, Roughly 40 years of working in order to have the cash to sustain oneself and have fun in your little time between with spare cash, retire and wait till you're roughly 75-80, more if you're lucky, to kick the bucket? Really, how many people go through their life getting to live it to the fullest, living within an almost hedonistic manner? How many people are going to do great things that will get them into the history books? How many people hope for an afterlife in hopes that all their time here was not for nothing? In all honesty, I would see immortality as the greatest blessing that could be bestowed, allowing oneself to bypass this, this structure that all pretty much have to adhere to. One could truly have all the time in the world to do what they want.
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If I were offered immortality, I would take it. Not because of the fear of death, but because of what I could accomplish with it.
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mere existence without end. an eternity of being. the truest form of purgatory.
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Immortality is bad if you don't have an eternity of stuff to do with it.
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If I was immortal, I would do the dumbest crap ever. Like jump of a skyscraper, swim to the bottom of the ocean, swim in lava, rob banks and give the money back to them afterwards (why the hell would I need money anyways), ect...
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Becoming a batman would use immortality for the good
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Obviously.
