Eternal life with eternal ageing or eternal youth with a fixed lifespan?

Kargath · 11-06-2009, 09:02 PM

Eternal life for me.

Redshirt · 11-06-2009, 09:09 PM

Eternal ageing would not be fun.

Speed · 11-06-2009, 09:17 PM

I'd rather die young as is.

Eternal Youth and Fixed Lifespan for me.

***Ace Mercury*** · 11-06-2009, 10:05 PM

I'd take the gambit with eternal ageing, and hope that technological singularity will provide magic to make living awesome, even if I'm a raisin.

Robotazy · 11-06-2009, 10:13 PM

Punch the person asking this in the face and keep walking.

SephirothKirby · 11-06-2009, 10:36 PM

Eternal Youth and Fixed Lifespan.

**X-3** · 11-06-2009, 10:49 PM

Eternal youth with a fixed lifespan. I don't feel like living forever today.

***Ace Mercury*** · 11-06-2009, 11:09 PM

So what's the appeal of eternal youth anyways, something that eternal life won't offer?

I assume by "eternal life", it's meant as indefinite life. Eternal life in the literal sense I think would end up being a drag; that, however, doesn't obviate that a few hundred years of living might be worth living for.

Kargath · 11-06-2009, 11:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aquatic Mine

Punch the person asking this in the face and keep walking.

**Valigarmander** · 11-06-2009, 11:38 PM

Eternal youth and fixed lifespan.

I sure as hell don't want to have to live forever.

**Deku Trii** · 11-06-2009, 11:53 PM

What's the fixed lifespan? Can you be killed with your eternal life?

Dizzy · 11-07-2009, 12:12 AM

^This.

Metal Man · 11-07-2009, 03:47 AM

I prefer to become a cyborg.

Much less aging to worry about, and eternal youth is dumb. I hated being young, and now that I'm almost 21, I'll finally be free of the 'you're a dumb kid' cracks.

Well, except for ancient bitter people, but they'd call anyone a second younger than them kids anyway.

***Cosmonautical*** · 11-07-2009, 05:38 AM

He means you don't turn into a prune, not that you don't mature into your 20's. 20-year-olds certainly aren't old, in the scheme of things. Meh, kids and their shortsightedness.

Who the hell wants to be a 10 year old forever?

***Ace Mercury*** · 11-07-2009, 11:30 AM

Michael Jackson?

***Marilink*** · 11-07-2009, 11:58 AM

Well, since I believe in a heaven, I'd most definitely go with eternal youth with eventual death. That way I get the best of both worlds.

Gabriel · 11-07-2009, 09:19 PM

I choose eternal youth with fixed life-span. I assume "youth" means about 21-25, so that you'd be in your prime until the day you die. What's the point of living forever if you're so old you can barely stand on your own feet? I figure eternal youth has more to offer.

Also, does eternal life mean you'll never die of old age, or you literally cannot die, or be killed?

***Booyakasha*** · 11-07-2009, 10:40 PM

I choose 'fixed lifespan and normal aging'. Aim low, I say.

Metal Man · 11-07-2009, 11:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Bureau

Who the hell wants to be a 10 year old forever?

Yeah, even as a 10 year old, I told people who told me to appreciate being a child that if anything I disliked it. Of course, this may have been because I used huge words then as I do now, and people attacked me over it.

Yet for some reason it's fine for me to use them now that I'm no longer a teenager or child.

I am nobody · 11-08-2009, 06:15 AM

Eternal life with eternal aging would suck. I don't even want to think about the health problems you'd have at 10,000.

Assuming the "fixed lifespan" is reasonable, I'd take that.

11-06-2009, 09:02 PM	#1
Kargath et in Arcadia ego Join Date: Jul 2001 Gender: Posts: 8,334 Thanks: 1,226 Thanked 780 Times in 488 Posts	Eternal life with eternal ageing or eternal youth with a fixed lifespan? Eternal life for me.

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Redshirt Wiggidy Wack Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: A place with things Gender: Posts: 16,698 Thanks: 703 Thanked 1,006 Times in 695 Posts Blog Entries: 50	Eternal ageing would not be fun.

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Speed Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: If there's a bright center to the universe I'm on the planet it's farthest from Gender: Posts: 3,747 Thanks: 1,598 Thanked 320 Times in 224 Posts Blog Entries: 1	I'd rather die young as is. Eternal Youth and Fixed Lifespan for me.

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*Ace Mercury* Marshmallow Knight ☆ Supermod Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Southern Ontario Gender: Posts: 23,274 Thanks: 568 Thanked 3,297 Times in 1,582 Posts Blog Entries: 1	I'd take the gambit with eternal ageing, and hope that technological singularity will provide magic to make living awesome, even if I'm a raisin.

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Robotazy PRESS ANY KEY TO PANIC! Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: A Tiny Shed Gender: Posts: 16,483 Thanks: 529 Thanked 1,254 Times in 897 Posts Blog Entries: 46	Punch the person asking this in the face and keep walking.

11-06-2009, 10:36 PM	#6
SephirothKirby Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Those who criticize our generation forget who raised it. Gender: Posts: 7,213 Thanks: 373 Thanked 760 Times in 447 Posts	Eternal Youth and Fixed Lifespan.

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X-3 Useful as an Owl Join Date: Jan 2004 Gender: Posts: 15,943 Thanks: 753 Thanked 1,213 Times in 790 Posts Blog Entries: 10	Eternal youth with a fixed lifespan. I don't feel like living forever today.

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*Ace Mercury* Marshmallow Knight ☆ Supermod Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Southern Ontario Gender: Posts: 23,274 Thanks: 568 Thanked 3,297 Times in 1,582 Posts Blog Entries: 1	So what's the appeal of eternal youth anyways, something that eternal life won't offer? I assume by "eternal life", it's meant as indefinite life. Eternal life in the literal sense I think would end up being a drag; that, however, doesn't obviate that a few hundred years of living might be worth living for.

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Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,755 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,700 Times in 2,580 Posts Blog Entries: 20	Eternal youth and fixed lifespan. I sure as hell don't want to have to live forever.

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Deku Trii PP&R Mod Current Events Mod Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Texas Gender: Posts: 9,031 Thanks: 521 Thanked 1,099 Times in 583 Posts	What's the fixed lifespan? Can you be killed with your eternal life?

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Dizzy Podiaphobe Join Date: Oct 2007 Gender: Posts: 19,359 Thanks: 1,764 Thanked 1,161 Times in 804 Posts Blog Entries: 116	^This.

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Metal Man Fairy-Slaying Maniac Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: 1592 Miles Away From Here Gender: Posts: 18,062 Thanks: 148 Thanked 683 Times in 482 Posts	I prefer to become a cyborg. Much less aging to worry about, and eternal youth is dumb. I hated being young, and now that I'm almost 21, I'll finally be free of the 'you're a dumb kid' cracks. Well, except for ancient bitter people, but they'd call anyone a second younger than them kids anyway.

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*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	He means you don't turn into a prune, not that you don't mature into your 20's. 20-year-olds certainly aren't old, in the scheme of things. Meh, kids and their shortsightedness. Who the hell wants to be a 10 year old forever?

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*Ace Mercury* Marshmallow Knight ☆ Supermod Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Southern Ontario Gender: Posts: 23,274 Thanks: 568 Thanked 3,297 Times in 1,582 Posts Blog Entries: 1	Michael Jackson?

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*Marilink* Gotta catch 'em all! Supermod! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Location, Location. Gender: Posts: 29,118 Thanks: 2,535 Thanked 1,822 Times in 1,007 Posts	Well, since I believe in a heaven, I'd most definitely go with eternal youth with eventual death. That way I get the best of both worlds.

11-07-2009, 09:19 PM	#17
Gabriel Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Pesterchum~ Gender: Posts: 2,752 Thanks: 206 Thanked 139 Times in 115 Posts	I choose eternal youth with fixed life-span. I assume "youth" means about 21-25, so that you'd be in your prime until the day you die. What's the point of living forever if you're so old you can barely stand on your own feet? I figure eternal youth has more to offer. Also, does eternal life mean you'll never die of old age, or you literally cannot die, or be killed?

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*Booyakasha* SuperMod of War Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Wisconsinland Gender: Posts: 9,945 Thanks: 157 Thanked 1,481 Times in 763 Posts	I choose 'fixed lifespan and normal aging'. Aim low, I say.

11-08-2009, 06:15 AM	#20
I am nobody Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Over there. Gender: Posts: 5,515 Thanks: 309 Thanked 365 Times in 242 Posts Blog Entries: 7	Eternal life with eternal aging would suck. I don't even want to think about the health problems you'd have at 10,000. Assuming the "fixed lifespan" is reasonable, I'd take that.