Painless or painful death

[Gordar]

While I was drinking with a friend of mine tonight, we started talking about immortality. I said that I wouldn't mind being immortal if I had no girlfriend/wife & no kids, but if I did, I wouldn't want to be immortal & I certainly wouldn't want to outlive my kids.

He said that he wouldn't mind, cause even though it might hurt, he'd find new friends, wives, etc. and he also said that the main reason he wanted to be immortal was because he's always curious about tomorrow.

Since I don't share that point of view (I'll come back to that in a minute) I asked him if he would do that if he would spend the rest of his eternal life in pain & he said yes, since he doesn't fear pain but does fear death. He also said that the motto "luctor et emergo", in English "I struggle but I'll survive." applies to him.

I'm the opposite kind of person. I'm not curious about tomorrow, because the past has proven that tomorrow isn't always the way you want it to be & you can't trust it. It can cause pain and other unpleasurable feelings. To me, the motto "carpe diem quam minimum credula postero", in English "seize the day, trusting as little as possible in the future" is much more applicable.

I, unlike my friend, do not fear death, but I do fear pain (both mental & physical).

Still, immortality can be very tempting, so I rephrased my question. I asked my friend the same thing I'm gonna ask you now.

Would you rather live a 1000 years and live your last 10 years in pain & die a painful death or would you rather live 50 years and die a totally painless death?

 

[mrtrebus]

Only 50 years, or 1000?!?

 

[dadolfo]

^^ yeah i only went with 1000 because 50 is too little

 

[Gordar]

Only 50 years, or 10000?!?

1000, not 10000, but you'd get to see your wife die, your friends, your children, etc + you'd get to live your last few years in physical & mental pain. The main point of my post is to see whether most people here prefer pain over death or death over pain, but if I had said 100 years & painless or 110 years and the last 10 years in pain the difference would have been so small that the choice would be too easy (why spend your last 10 years in pain if there's only a 10 year difference?).

 

[mrtrebus]

1000, not 10000, but you'd get to see your wife die, your friends, your children, etc + you'd get to live your last few years in physical & mental pain. The main point of my post is to see whether most people here prefer pain over death or death over pain, but if I had said 100 years & painless or 110 years and the last 10 years in pain the difference would have been so small that the choice would be too easy (why spend your last 10 years in pain if there's only a 10 year difference?).

But only live till you are 50?!? Some people on this forum would be dead already!

 

[Gordar]

But only live till you are 50?!? Some people on this forum would be dead already!

Yes, only 50, simply because that's the opposite side of the coin. Live extremely long & in pain or live extremely short & painless (& these days 50 years is extremely short in the western world). Why would anyone choose pain if there was no downside to the painless death?

 

[turtle825]

"It's not the quantity of the years, it's the quality."

I'll take my chances with 50.

 

[habo9]

What sort of question is this? FFS

A thousand years who would want to live a thousand years anyway even if it was a painless death nevermind painful

Dumb question Gordar , well seen you were drinking , was there a little bit of weed getting smoked as well? LOL :thumbsup:

 

[Jagger69]

"It's not the quantity of the years, it's the quality."

I'll take my chances with 50.

What he said! :thumbsup:

 

[PornKhaos]

I'd like to see what the futures like in 1,000 years but i wouldn't want to endure a painful life just to see it. Living 50 years is long enough for me. In 50 years i'll be 72, and by then im sure i'll see some marvellous things!

 

[Neutron66]

I'll take the 1000 trusting that during that time I'll figure out a way to avoid the painful ending.

But it's really a moot point since I plan on living forever anyway.

 

[PlasmaTwa2]

I'd rather have lived a 20 year life and died than those options.

 

[rwill25]

I said 1000, but how does the age process work? Do I stay young... or am I looking like Larry King for 910 years? :dunno:

 

[GregCentauro]

It would be too depressing to live for another 1,000 years and still don't see the Cubs win the World Series.

 

[Ace Bandage]

It would be too depressing to live for another 1,000 years and still don't see the Cubs win the World Series.

That better be sincere or else... :fight: I hope that you weren't besmirching my beloved Cubbies. They will win a World Series in my lifetime.... I hope.

 

[biomech]

I would choose the 1000yrs. Just to see the world evolve; besides after that long 10yrs of pain is a drop in the bucket time wise.

 

[jod0565]

Fiifty years is enough to live a good life.

 

[lechepicha]

long life for me.

 

[Gordar]

What sort of question is this? FFS

A thousand years who would want to live a thousand years anyway even if it was a painless death nevermind painful

Dumb question Gordar , well seen you were drinking , was there a little bit of weed getting smoked as well? LOL :thumbsup:

Considering it's 5-6, I don't think it's such a dumb question...

 

[Hypergalaxy]

Live 1000 years... Already Prepared for a painful death here and now so why not get that 1000 years to maybe figure out some things about life