Discussion What would you do if you were immortal?

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  1. Hacalyhd

    Hacalyhd Well-Known Member

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    Step one:
    Earn money. I don't need to be a billionaire, but I do need enough money invested in some stuff to spend the rest of the money-based economy while I do other things.

    Step two:
    Parallel to step 1, learn stuff. Then learn how to remember it. There is a difference between having a library and knowing how to search in it.
    I may know about the problems a thing can cause, but if I don't remember them, I can't act to prevent them.

    Step three:
    Invest in science. As mentioned above, I might have to leave earth some time in the future to prevent drifting through space with nothing to do and being bored all the time. After all, that is one definition for hell.

    Step four:
    Enjoy life. Read a good book, play some games, meet temporary friends, the works...plays.

    Step five:
    Buy a keyboard that is a bit more sensitive so that I don't have to go back every couple lines because there is a letter missing:blobangery:
     
  2. IceLight303

    IceLight303 Well-Known Member

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    I'd have to figure out how to get a new identity first. I would have to get a new one of those every now and again. Also I need a way to build wealth that can follow me around the world (inheritance maybe). Also have to figure out how to avoid cameras as much as possible, so that my face is recorded less and that means less of a chance at being discovered in the long run.

    1) figure out how to get new identity
    2) create wealth that can follow me
    3) learn multiple languages and become fluent so I can pass off that country as my native country
    4) get a part time job or work of some kind to fit in
    5) read everything
    6) watch everything
    7) travel the world
    8) study how to leave earth to a new star system or better yet a new galaxy. I might out live both better to be prepared.
    9) Also might want to prepare for when humans destroy the earth and it is no longer livable.
    10) start my own religion, I can make stuff hide it and have it rediscovered 2000 years in the future. I can really mess with either humans or the new species. In this case I have to learn integrate into them so I fit in.
     
  3. The Hamster Overlord

    The Hamster Overlord Mad scientist/Revered wizard/Alleged antichrist

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    After that?
     
  4. UnGrave

    UnGrave ななひ~^^

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    In the grand scheme of things, making sure humanity figures out interstellar travel would be a high priority. Also I'd like to be able to recreate humans from their DNA if possible so I don't end up alone for eternity on a cold rock. Also I'd seriously avoid ending up in a black hole since that would be hell.
     
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  5. Despapa69

    Despapa69 Revered 17 Syllable Sage

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    Create own literature, make a cult, eventually take over the world, become an autocrat, after that maybe the moon idk.
     
  6. Beren

    Beren Holy Saint

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    Learn as many languages as I can and travel.
    Get really good at many things.
    Live like a hermit on a mountain for a while.
     
  7. seemanta

    seemanta ţɦɛ ʏօʊռɢɛsţ ɮʀѧţ ɨռ ţɦɛ ɦօʊsɛ

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    Read everything that can be read on earth, own a BIG library, spend the rest on hobbies, make money and sponsor researchs on time/dimension travel and try it out.
     
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  8. Lissi

    Lissi 『Queen of Lissidom』『Holy Chibi』『Western Birdy』『⚓』

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    o.o???

    I sleep longer than that sometimes...
     
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  9. Despapa69

    Despapa69 Revered 17 Syllable Sage

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    What are you? A log.
     
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  10. Lissi

    Lissi 『Queen of Lissidom』『Holy Chibi』『Western Birdy』『⚓』

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    10 hours of sleep is very normal >.>;;
     
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  11. Despapa69

    Despapa69 Revered 17 Syllable Sage

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    No, it's not. Preschool and school-age children should sleep for 9 or 11 hours at most. Teenagers 8 to 10 hours and adults 7 to 9 hours a day but 6 hours of sleep per day bring no consequences to health.

    You're lazy, though everyone is.
     
  12. Gandire Alea

    Gandire Alea [Wicked Awesome Translator]

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    After doing all the impossible death defying stunts for thrills, I’d probably spend that life time trying to stop being immortal...

    I get lonely easily
     
  13. Lissi

    Lissi 『Queen of Lissidom』『Holy Chibi』『Western Birdy』『⚓』

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    I'm offended that I'm being called lazy for sleeping a normal amount of time, what the heck :/
    6 hours of sleep is bad for health. It's bad for development, both physically and mentally. I should get 8-10 hours of sleep every night. 10 hours isn't extreme at all. :blob_coughblood:
     
  14. Despapa69

    Despapa69 Revered 17 Syllable Sage

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    Its not extreme, it's unnecessary. Eight hours is more than enough and six or seven hours is the amount of time you'll sleep for if you've got a busy day tomorrow, at least here. Been running on that for the past 2 years. 8 hours is ideal if you've got time to kill. Most is 9. 10 if you're bored or just want to sleep.

    Adults typically sleep for six to eight hours. Nine hours is uncommon.
     
  15. reagents 11

    reagents 11 disaster personified

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    Became librarian, story teller, chronicler, witnesser, and guide for mankind.
     
  16. Lissi

    Lissi 『Queen of Lissidom』『Holy Chibi』『Western Birdy』『⚓』

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    Stop comparing me to adults, and I wouldn't sleep that long if I had stuff tomorrow so really, just stop acting like you know my life schedule blah blah blah. I'm literally not you.

    2 years isn't long enough for me to trust your judgement, either. That's not even long-term. Come back in 20 years if you wanna dish out health advice.
     
  17. Despapa69

    Despapa69 Revered 17 Syllable Sage

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    If you're not an adult, what are you? Not said I was giving advice either, as you said I'm not you, I don't know how you function on a day to day basis. Two years is not enough for somebody to give health advice without professional training, that is true. If I'm still wasting away after 20 years, alright.
     
  18. Lissi

    Lissi 『Queen of Lissidom』『Holy Chibi』『Western Birdy』『⚓』

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    Teen :/
    I just don't appreciate being called lazy for this. Kinda rude if you ask me.
     
  19. Despapa69

    Despapa69 Revered 17 Syllable Sage

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    Sigh, I feel like I gotta choose my words better when conversing on this forum.

    Really thought you were an adult.

    Can't even identify how old somebody is now.
     
  20. ludagad

    ludagad Addicted to escapist novels

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    Hmm, go to North Korea first. Hm hmm, then China. Then Syria, Afghanistan, tour in Africa... When wars are over, go after mafias. When that's over, go visit corrupt politicians and bankers. After that, it's case by case.
     
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