DaftyduxScientists discover a treatment that will let you live to be 1000 but it also turns you into a reptile. Do you do it?
ChihuahuaOfDoomNope, I’ve been fighting my own mind for over 4 decades and possibly have another 4ish to look forward to. Lizard or not, tacking another 919 years onto my life sounds like torture.
Plenty of celebrities and highly paid athletes commit suicide, wealth cannot cure depression. Same answer.
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darkdemizeWhen you say “turns you into a reptile”, do you mean like a lizard-person, or an iguana?
KoboldCoterieEither way, I’m in. Wouldn’t even need the life-extending part.
“With a certain audience, this life extending solution tested very well.”
“Great. How soon can we perfect the life extending bit and start selling it?”
“About that…”
Or like Peter Theil?
I already said lizard-person.
I somehow imagine normal lizard-persons as less horrible than Peter Theil. Less sweaty for starters.
Is it traveling at Warp 10? What happens at Warp 10, stays at Warp 10.
I’ll go with yes even before looking up the cons of being cold blooded. So… does it suck to be cold blooded for 1000 years?
You never sweat, need to eat one a week and you can be happy just sitting under the sun/heat lamp for a few hours every day.
But you just can’t live outside where it is too cold even if you wear thick winter clothing, unless someone makes externally heated clothes for you.
You just described my wife.
I saw my children come out live, but maybe she’s just like the platypus of reptiles or something.
There are some reptile species that do live birth.
If I can choose later in life, after ive had a “full” life, I would debate it then. If I ha a to choose early in life, say teenage years, I would hope I would say no.
If I have to choose now, I would say yes. My appearance would be uglier, the world would be worse, but I would use the extra time to gain more life experiences and be a wise old lizard.
No. Being a reptile might be cool, but I’m now 40 and already think that being at the half-way point is fine with me.
I’m in, though I’m curious what “turns you into a reptile” means. Does it just mean I become cold blooded. I’m fine with that, it just means I’m moving somewhere tropical. Do I grow scales and a tail? Certainly not ideal, but I could probably live with it, especially if the tail is prehensile and if I get claws in the mix. Do I get a really long, controllable tongue? Can’t think of any uses for that. Nope, none at all…
Attraction, sex and reproduction would be interesting questions as well. Do I still find human women attractive, or is my brain rewired to want a lusty argonian maid? What does my new plumbing look like? Are there others of my new species around for me to do the monster mash with?
But overall, yes I’d probably go for it. I don’t delude myself into thinking that I will somehow continue to exist after death; so, not dying seems like the better alternative. Sure, if the downsides are really bad, I can accept that death is a better outcome (e.g. you live forever, but have locked-in syndrome forever). But, living as a lizard person doesn’t seem too horrible.
ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠If she’s not, consider a more adventurous spouse! …or get her to accept the offer, too.
LibertyLizardEasy choice for me.
「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」 | (aka: 鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma)Sure.
My mom always said I’m like a turtle since I love to hide from problems. So I’ll just hide in the shell wheneven I’m scared.
“Mom, you can’t hit me lmfao, I’m just gonna hide in the shell forever.”
ThePowerOfGeekCaptain Janeway: “Oh hell yes!!!”
If it means I get to hibernate through winter then the answer is yes.
CorkyskogAbsolutely, though it might be awkward
spittingimageI wouldn’t want to be one of those reptiles that shoots blood from its eyes.
Other than that… I’m interested.
What? That sounds awesome. Imagine how easily you could get out of awkward social situations with that ability.
I’d rather be one of those lizards that flares its rills. Like a living warning flag.
AceFuzzLordWell, even as a furry, I’d say haell no! Reptiles ain’t something I’m a fan of. Besides, I’d rather die after however long I live rather than completely turn into a reptile for the next millennium.
As long as I don’t turn into some tiny prey lizard, sure. I wanna still be able to play video games.
why would I do that? I’m already a lobster, so I’ll live forever.