Would you rather die early young or live a long time?

[cider float 2,538]

So let's say there was a god that gave you two choices.

 

1. You will be able to stay as an age physically of your choice like if you want to be 21 or 18 years old in physical health etc., until your death but the clincher is you will lose about 30% of your life expectancy so you will die early but you will stay young in physical state. So if you were to live up to 75 years you will only live up to 55 years but stay young all the way.

 

2. The second choice is you will be able to increase your life expectancy up by 50%

 

Which would you choose?

Edited September 14, 2016 by cider float

[Snow 7,401]

i want to die just before i feel the pain of age and become an burden for others
option 2 goes against that completely so... ill go with option 1

[Lisa 5,553]

Neither, both options sound disadvantageous. You'd be younger for longer, but die quicker, and dying sooner than the already average life expectancy isn't something I'd like to do. As for the second option, who the hell wants to live longer when you're just going to be an immobile vegetable most likely for that 50% addition.

[Justin_Case001 4,903]

Option 1, stay young all the way.  I have always been for quality over quantity in all things.  I'm kind of an extremist for quality over quantity.  I believe in life if it's worth it, not life at all costs.  There's nothing about life that inherently demands it be lived by anyone or anything.  I'd much rather live a shorter time but be in my prime the whole way then to fade and linger.

 

Very interesting question, btw.  Sounds like some gift you'd receive from some mystic as a quest reward.  Y'know, "Thanks for returning my magic stone, now I will bestow upon you the gift of your choosing, but be warned, each comes with a price.  Choose wisely."

 

+50% armor, -30% HP, or +50% HP, -30% armor.

[Invincible 2,091]

Life expectancy is more valuable to me, not the quality of body i possess. With years of knowledge and experience, i could learn so much more, enjoy life so much more.

 

Besides, maybe ill use mechanical body parts in the future, which would provide much more use than my body, even in its prime.

[ashi 261]

I want to live forever. This world needs me. 

[Anneal 2,197]

Option 2. If I already have that much years ahead of me, that's more than enough time to last this century and increase my life expectancy even more. It's also heavily accepted that our life expectancy is going to go up at least 20 or 25 years by that time, which would put me around the life expectancy rate of the time anyways. Most diseases and disorders that would have made us frail and weak have wide treatment options or can just be outright cured (possibly even eradicated). New diseases might pop up, but with significantly improved medical technology they're much less of an issue. 

 

I'm pretty sure cutting down the time you have left on you would put you out of reach from those technological improvements. When you look at it the person who has Option 2 has double the time you have. 

[kanashimi purinsesu 244]

bit of a grim topic but one that i really enjoy. for me personally i would pick dying young and staying around the age i am now. when i see older folks wandering about i feel really bad and think i really would not want to end up like that. we all have to perish sometime anyway i would rather have a young life full of things i loved instead of a drawn out one. i second the really good topic notion by the way.

[Luigi 7,870]

I'd honestly rather live longer.

 

I wouldn't sacrifice that much life expectancy to stay young the rest of my life.

[simba86 1,541]

I want to live! being dead at 55 would suck because there are so many old people who are active well into there 80s, just look at william shatner

[EquestriaGuy 1,074]

Give me back my 2011 body when I was 26, 190 pounds, and healthy as fuck. The moment I started watching MLP I stopped going to the gym and have since gained 60 pounds.

[Anneal 2,197]

I want to live! being dead at 55 would suck because there are so many old people who are active well into there 80s, just look at william shatner

And with improvement of medical technology most of us barring some accident or serious disease on the way would probably last a good 80 years or so. Probably around the end of the century it'll be much easier to be active at an old age without several diseases getting in the way and a physically active life.

[simba86 1,541]

And with improvement of medical technology most of us barring some accident or serious disease on the way would probably last a good 80 years or so. Probably around the end of the century it'll be much easier to be active at an old age without several diseases getting in the way and a physically active life.

there was a movie I saw where everyone stopped aging at like 21 and then they had a clock built into there skin that would start counting down and they constantly had to earn more time because if they let the clock run out they would drop dead, so time became money and all the bankers kept it all for themselves while the poor people litterally got just enough time to make it until they got more time next payday

I can't remember the name though

[gamecubeguy214 2,512]

I would go with the first option if it means I can live longer as a Smash player. Eventually, your hands will become too old for the tech skill.

[Scarlet SoftPaws 3,581]

Die young, hell I want to die right now. My life is practically meaningless, and it'd be no great loss to lose me so yeah...

[zerox 1,144]

I voted for the first option.

[Tao 7,982]

I pick none,   ageing is part of nature and has its place and even I dye right now given how life can be and never planned out.   I least say if I go i went down as a decent person with good moments and good friends to my life.

[Anneal 2,197]

there was a movie I saw where everyone stopped aging at like 21 and then they had a clock built into there skin that would start counting down and they constantly had to earn more time because if they let the clock run out they would drop dead, so time became money and all the bankers kept it all for themselves while the poor people litterally got just enough time to make it until they got more time next payday

I can't remember the name though

It's called In Time. Honestly I didn't think it was very good. The setting was interesting but the movie lacked much depth and the message it sends is way too cliche to be significant, and it soon devolves into a boring chase film.

[Jeric 46,860]

Option A. There are actual real world implications for me here. I lie awake many nights contemplating the near guarantee that I will be a widower by 60 in the best case scenario. I would rather my 50's be in good health knowing I can be guaranteed to be able to care for my wife without being encumbered by illness.

[Dreambiscuit 10,094]

I wouldn't mind dying young if I could make those years useful to myself and others. It's not all about living forever, it's how those years are spent. If I sit around for decade after decade after I've declined in health and productivity, what good is it to me? I'd rather be like a candle that burns twice as bright but half as long. 

[Kings&Hooves14 616]

My health has always been poor, so I've kind of come to terms with the fact that I will likely die at least somewhat early.

 

I voted "Neither." Que sera, sera, you know?

Edited September 16, 2016 by Kings&Hooves14

[Guest]

Die young. Too lazy to live my full life, considering it gets harder and harder each day, each hour, each minute. Slowly but surely X)

[Luna the Great of all the Russias 2,998]

Live longer. I am interested to see how the world progresses and, as others have mentioned, there is the advancement of medicine that will make the quality of life better anyway.

[SquipyCheetah 449]

Option Two, because I'm a selfish person and prefer to be alone regardless.

[cmarston1 5,959]

I would rather live longer.