If you could live for eternity would you?

whats newxt · 10-04-2014 07:26PM #1

As above if we all had the ability to live for eternity would you? If so why?

I personally wouldn't the video below just about sums it up

BBDBB · 10-04-2014 07:32PM

There can be only One

Too Tough To Die · 10-04-2014 07:33PM

I'd probably hang around just to see what happens in the football every week.

masti123 · 10-04-2014 07:34PM

yes but only if i was able to kill myself

whats newxt · 10-04-2014 07:41PM

masti123 wrote: »

yes but only if i was able to kill myself

You can't eternity is endless time

Tokyo · 10-04-2014 07:47PM

Sounds like fun. But then, I was a big Highlander fan. I might start carrying a sword.

orangesoda · 10-04-2014 07:49PM

well that is one the after life kind of is, just not on this planet

Zed Bank · 10-04-2014 07:49PM

Yes, considering theres nothing after death.

TheMilkyPirate · 10-04-2014 07:50PM

Dont think id enjoy the eventual destruction of the universe that much

poundapunnet · 10-04-2014 07:50PM

masti123 wrote: »

yes but only if i was able to kill myself

Same here, be nice to have the option.

Frank Lee Midere · 10-04-2014 07:51PM

No but I'd like the option of not disappearing into nothingness. Or disappearing. As I wish.

nibtrix · 10-04-2014 07:53PM

Only if I could remain in my early 30's for ever more. I'm happy to be out of my teens and twenties, but I don't want to be old.

I really like this child-less, reasonably healthy, reasonable amount of money, fewer hang ups about what people think of you stage.

Knex* · 10-04-2014 07:57PM

I don't think so. There's a certain beauty in death. In that it makes life, and the world we live in, all the more precious.

I think Colin Wright's quote rings a little true, here.
“You have exactly one life in which to do everything you will ever do. Act accordingly.”

For me, I think I would take things for granted, and my whole mindset would be changed. I think I would find it very hard to get excited about anything, and that's rather depressing in itself. I really don't like the idea of it at all, to be honest.

And all that is from the perspective of someone living in a 1st world country, and is relatively well off in comparison to the World's Population. Can you imagine an eternity in some hell hole corner of the World?

KilOit · 10-04-2014 08:07PM

Knex. wrote: »

And all that is from the perspective of someone living in a 1st world country, and is relatively well off in comparison to the World's Population. Can you imagine an eternity in some hell hole corner of the World?

you would eventually become wealthy

Knex* · 10-04-2014 08:10PM

KilOit wrote: »

you would eventually become wealthy

How? If people can't do it one lifetime, what's gonna change to make them be able to do it eventually?

Perhaps if you were the only one who was eternal, but if everyone was, I think its a little idealistic to say that for sure. Some people are born into situations that will never allow them to see wealth.

Call Me Jimmy · 10-04-2014 08:10PM

If I had eternity it would be long before the end of eternity (i know) before becoming enlightened and then there no problems so would be pretty cool.

job seeker · 10-04-2014 08:11PM

Zed Bank wrote: »

Yes, considering there's nothing after death.

Prove it!!

swanronson · 10-04-2014 08:12PM

An eternity of ****ty daytime tv and endless fapping?

Knex* · 10-04-2014 08:14PM

swanronson wrote: »

An eternity of ****ty daytime tv and endless fapping?

Is that the pro campaign?

beks101 · 10-04-2014 08:14PM

Good god no, imagine having to stick around to watch all your family and friends die, making new friends and watching them die too, suffering on and on and on through old age without even the promise of the release of death.

I think knowing that your days are numbered and could be up at any time makes life all the more meaningful and poignant.

Frank Lee Midere · 10-04-2014 08:14PM

Knex. wrote: »

How? If people can't do it one lifetime, what's gonna change to make them be able to do it eventually?

Perhaps if you were the only one who was eternal, but if everyone was, I think its a little idealistic to say that for sure. Some people are born into situations that will never allow them to see wealth.

Compound interest * eternity = wealthy.

alleystar · 10-04-2014 08:14PM

No, the world is already bad enough, wouldn't want to hang around for any longer than I have to.

Call Me Jimmy · 10-04-2014 08:15PM

Afterlife just won't be worth afterliving without Jeremy Kyle

Knex* · 10-04-2014 08:15PM

Frank Lee Midere wrote: »

Compound interest * eternity = wealthy.

You're still thinking first world country stuff here

The Pheasant2 · 10-04-2014 08:17PM

I definitely would - I love living, the idea of death terrifies me

wretcheddomain · 10-04-2014 08:17PM

If you lived to eternity then it means at some point you'd have done everything you'd ever want or could have the ability to do; except one thing, die. If you couldn't do this last thing, then what's the point in choosing eternity?

Frank Lee Midere · 10-04-2014 08:19PM

Knex. wrote: »

You're still thinking first world country stuff here

No. I understand what eternity actually means and that there are banks in the developing world. And that the developing world will be rich as Europe or the US someday.

So to repeat

Compound interest * eternity = wealth. Just save a dollar and invest.

Artful_Badger · 10-04-2014 08:20PM

No thanks. You would just end up eeking by in some job you dont want to be doing, watching everyone you know die and everything you know become irrelevant until the sun explodes.

Call Me Jimmy · 10-04-2014 08:22PM

Artful_Badger wrote: »

No thanks. You would just end up eeking by in some job you dont want to be doing, watching everyone you know die and everything you know become irrelevant until the sun explodes.

In which case it's a Super Mario Galaxy time for yoohoo!

Knex* · 10-04-2014 08:24PM

Frank Lee Midere wrote: »

No. I understand what eternity actually means and that there are banks in the developing world. And that the developing world will be rich as Europe or the US someday.

So to repeat

Compound interest * eternity = wealth.

And if you're born in some slum, where any scrap you can find goes simply towards your survival? Banks wont open an account when you turn up with fresh air.

But yeah, perhaps you do get lucky someday. Perhaps some aid comes to your area which sees it develop and you can eventually get out of the pure survival mode you're in.

But doesn't seem worth it to me.

If given the chance of being born in a third world country, but being immortal, or being born to rich parents and being as happy/content as you could realistically ask for while living for 40 years, I take the latter every time.

Frank Lee Midere · 10-04-2014 08:31PM

Knex. wrote: »

And if you're born in some slum, where any scrap you can find goes simply towards your survival? Banks wont open an account when you turn up with fresh air.

Perhaps you get lucky, or you maybe in a hundred years perhaps, or perhaps not, some aid comes to your area which sees it develop and you can eventually get out of the pure survival mode you're in.

But doesn't seem worth it to me.

If given the chance of being born in a third world country, but being immortal, or being born to rich parents and being as happy, or content really, as you could realistically ask for while living for 40 years, I take the latter every time.

And again you don't understand what eternity means or that the 3rd world is growing rapidity. Worrying about slums in the 3rd world is like a 12th century peasant worrying about his situation and thinking Europe would never get richer . If offered eternity. In fact it's not like that because Europe wasn't growing and the developing world is, so while the European peasant couldn't anticipate growth the developing world worker can.

You don't understand exponentials even in a normal human lifetime.

Of course the world economy could collapse but that would affect rich and poor. If there is no collapse save a few dollars, live for eternity and long before the sun burns out you will be the worlds richest man. That's just compound interest.

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