(anyways im only here for comedic relief so see you guys later)
i guess we have different definitions about the edge of death, and obviously there’s some pretty ableist politics implied by the perspective on ageing that you’re criticisng, and i certainly agree with that, but, like
Also like even with all of this, I also would not rather die than be severely ill or have dementia or whatever. That’s my fundamental difference here
i think people don’t like conceptualising their life’s lengths in terms of years, only in terms of it being long enough
would you become tithonus given the opportunity
500k
soulmate
mental health
move to another country
20 years to lifespan
british monarchy
cure allergy
wooly mammoths
kill one person
ressurect (im not picking that even if its for free. creepy)
best
- Cure an allergy
- +20 years
- 500K
- Find your soulmate
- Obtain 100% mental health
- Resurrect someone
- Bring back wooly mammoths
- Move to another country of your choosing
- Put an end to the british monarchy
- kill one person you dislike (actively bad! I would feel terrible about it forever)
worst
I’d rather be a cicada than dead
• $500.000
• Soulmate
• Move country/location
• Kill 1 disliked person
• Resurrection
• 100% Mental
• End to British Monarchy
• Wooly Mammoth
• Cure Allergy/Intolerance
• 20 years
thats how im interpreting it thats why im not choosing it. even if they dont look like a zombie they’d be a de facto zombie
moving to another country is something i think you only take if you need to and you couldn’t do it with the half-million, which is entirely reasonable and i’m not going to shame anyone for taking that as a hypotehtical boon
Chomps…
actually can you resurrect the person if its questionable whether or not they existed in the capacity that you think of them as
i.e. what would happen if you tried to resurrect someone like william tell
it’s a bargaining token, imagine, give me stuff or die instantly
might not work if the person doesn’t believe, or if it needs to be instant once you pick it
no one would believe that
ressurecting “jack the ripper” to finally find out who he was, only to be dismayed as several unrelated femicides from 19th century London come back to life simultaneously
ok i leave it in the back pocket then if any dictator suddenly spawns causing ww3
bandit chomps