What would you do with your life if you lived forever?

[PureAwesomeness]

Would immortality make you smarter than everyone else? You'd have so much longer to think about things than everyone else...

 

[blkvzgo]

Now that would be horrible, wouldn't it? Life sucks as it is now, I can't imagine what it would feel like if it lasted forever. Besides, I don't want to be alive when cars as we know them disappear from the face of the earth.

 

[Apok]

1. Get a cool castle
2. Spread rumours, that I am a vampire.
3. ????
4. Profit!


But in all seriousness I'd probably go insane. I'm pretty sure living for centuries can do something to your brain.

 

[Danoff]

We need rules, because as has already been pointed out, this is serious business.

A) Am I immortal (cannot be killed), or do I simply have long life?
B) Can I make anyone else immortal?
C) Are there any downsides (like not being able to go out during the day, or having to drink human blood)?
D) Any super powers? Super strength, hearing, vision, etc.? Or is it just the whole living forever thing?

 

[boiltheocean]

We need rules, because as has already been pointed out, this is serious business.

A) Am I immortal (cannot be killed), or do I simply have long life?
B) Can I make anyone else immortal?
C) Are there any downsides (like not being able to go out during the day, or having to drink human blood)?
D) Any super powers? Super strength, hearing, vision, etc.? Or is it just the whole living forever thing?

Also:

E) What physical age am I at if I'm immortal, can I choose?

 

[SlipZtrEm]

OMG Rubens Barrichello is on GTplanet!!!

I'd probably change my name to Ramirez, learn some swordplay, learn a decent scottish accent and move to the highlands of Scotland.

There can be... ONLY ONE!

Count me in the list of people who'd find a way to end it. Preferably in an elaborate Rube Goldberg way.

 

[ExigeEvan]

Become an aerospace engineer, basically exactly the same as I'm doing now.

That doesn't take a lifetime, but certainly your entire life for 3 years!

 

[TB]

We need rules, because as has already been pointed out, this is serious business.

I'm going to take a shot in the dark and say that someone who's main objective whilst living forever is to learn languages hasn't thought things through enough to have established a set of rules.

 

[Sprite]

Wait till everyone I cared for was gone (looking after them) then become a Buddhist and meditate for my total existence or until I came up with a good way of ending war and poverty.

Also I down time from meditation I would learn to care for all animals on the planet. While trying to get all golds in GT5.

 

[McLaren]

Edit* Oh wow, wrong thread.

 

[F1GTR]

Get a doctorate in English Lit., then apply for med school and become a double doctor. Forever.

 

[GT_Prologue5]

Are you planning on evacuating these cities or are you gunning to be a mass murderer?

And that is one hell of a resilient shuttle.

- - - - -

If I lived forever I'd finally get the garage cleaned out. Or maybe, like now, I'd keep blowing it off until tomorrow.

Don't worry TB. I'll get evacuations. I'm not that mean.

And for all those making fun of my ideas, well it's not like it'll actually happen. That's why it says "What would you do..."
Therefore stating a large possibility of my ideas never being fulfilled.

And the Le Mans one, well, I might want to rethink that one....

 

[Lucas]

Probably travel around the world. Learn different languages. Would get pretty bored, though. Pretty much the following, though:

Ernest: Then what?
Lisle: What?
Ernest: Then what happens?
Lisle: What?
Ernest: I don't want to live forever. I mean, it sounds good, but what am I gonna do? What if I get bored?
Lisle: What?
Ernest: And what if I get lonely? Who am I gonna hang around with, Madeleine and Helen?
Lisle: But you'll never grow old!
Ernest: Yes, but everybody else will! I'll have to watch everyone around me die. I don't think this is right. This is not a dream. This is a nightmare!

 

[DK]

Seeing as I could live forever, that would be a huge deterrent from committing any crimes that you can get a life sentence for.

 

[Hollow]

We need rules, because as has already been pointed out, this is serious business.

A) Am I immortal (cannot be killed), or do I simply have long life?
B) Can I make anyone else immortal?
C) Are there any downsides (like not being able to go out during the day, or having to drink human blood)?
D) Any super powers? Super strength, hearing, vision, etc.? Or is it just the whole living forever thing?

Also:

E) What physical age am I at if I'm immortal, can I choose?

A)Yes, your immortal.

B)No, your not Edward Cullen.

C)There are no downsides, except for getting fat if you eat a lot (still not going to get you killed though).

D) The fact that you can't get sick... is that a super power? No health issues (eg. Cancer, Tumors, Other deadly diseases).

E)Let's make it 21.. because an average person is at their best physical shape during that time I think?

 

[GT_Prologue5]

I will change mine, I will just live a normal life, as it should be. Although wouldn't it be awful to not age with people, especially a wife, I mean plus wouldn't people become suspicious of me always being 21? Or would I just travel the world, finding women and impregnating the mere mortals.

Sorry for the strangeness, the idea comes from the Greek God Zeus. (I'm studying Mythology, why not bring up the idea?)

 

[TB]

Although wouldn't it be awful to not age with people, especially a wife, I mean plus wouldn't people become suspicious of me always being 21? Or would I just travel the world, finding women and impregnating the mere mortals.

If you'd like some pointers, check out The Man from Earth.

 

[Dan_]

Just cut out the impregnating part, and you'll do fine for the rest of your life....erhm...wait....whatever, you got my point.

If I were immortal, living with my current body and guaranteed health, I would definetely graduate in dozens of courses, take on dozens of different jobs and write and read dozens of books. In the spare time, I would live exactly as I do now, working, hanging out with friends and getting out to hit the chicks until I get bored and decide to die.

 

[GT_Prologue5]

But I thought you can't die Dan_? What are you going to do when you want to die.

 

[lpb-nissan-gt-r]

I would be 35 and live the life of Charlie Harper (being 35 I get decent insurances rates) and just drive around in an r35 all day

 

[Hollow]

But I thought you can't die Dan_? What are you going to do when you want to die.

Exactly


I guess one thing that would be bothering is that you can't get famous, cause if you do, then people would know your immortal and it'll be a huge deal lol

 

[Joel]

I think I'd try to learn more languages, I'd try to finish learning French, maybe go on to Spanish, German or Mandarin. If my body would never physically deteriorate, I'd probably just keep trying to get as good at hockey as possible and try to get to the NHL. Lots of fun stuff to do with unlimited life.

I'd probably get bored and try to kill myself eventually though.

 

[Lilday]

I'd rob a bank. Hide the money.

Go to jail for 20 years or whatever.

Come out and be rich.

Spend it all & repeat.

 

[TB]

I find it a bit odd that you are discussing theft mere hours after your bike was stolen.

 

[Joker-GTBR]

Drive all possible cars, hit all possible hot chicks, party when possible, and master many things

 

[boiltheocean]

I'd probably attempt to work my way up from hobo to billionaire just to see if it could be done.

 

[Dan_]

But I thought you can't die Dan_? What are you going to do when you want to die.

Fair point.

I dunno, judging by that perspective, living forever is not even slightly attractive to me, the curiosity moves me to accept death when it's time to go, not having that option takes reasonability of life away.

 

[IVKillerVI]

C)There are no downsides, except for getting fat if you eat a lot (still not going to get you killed though).

D) The fact that you can't get sick... is that a super power? No health issues (eg. Cancer, Tumors, Other deadly diseases).

Well with this news I'm thinking fatest man in the world would be a goal....no heart problems I could easily make a few tons. And after that I would just take a few decades to loose all the weight.

Come to think of it, if I'm physically incabable of be killed, I'll....actually, that fits with my whole "everything" idea I originally had, but I would go skydiving with no parachute.

 

[Kryz11]

What would you do with your life if you lived forever?

I would suicide after 10,000 days of my birth.

 

[Lilday]

I find it a bit odd that you are discussing theft mere hours after your bike was stolen.

Stealing from a bank is approved of since they make millions every day by screwing people over.

I was cycling 5 miles every day to get myself a better education. Stealing from me is not approved of. Especially when its my only form of transport.