If you were immortal, would you be happy or sad?

[Celli 4,332]

You would be around their offspring, though (someone else pointed that out when I mentioned not wanting to watch my loved ones die). You'd be the everlasting relative/friend for everyone's kids and grandkids. The thought of being around to help my great grandkids raise THEIR kids is kinda cool.. and it would provide a sense of security for my kids that I would always be around. 

Hmm, never thought about that. That is a good point.

[ChoroChii 284]

I would be very sad, I don't want to live forever.

[Shargrath 40]

It would likely go from sad to happy, just like it does when I am not immortal. The only thing is, I would be happy that I will be able to see...and know, how the world ends...and have so many questions answered that I know will never be answered in my lifetime...like, what lies in the great beyond of space, the origin of everything, the nature of the universe. It will not be known in my lifetime, but I am sure, the answer will be revealed sometime in the very distant future.

[Windseeker 546]

It would be boring, to simply live forever and slowly watch the fall of humanity while I sit on my ass and play Fallout for hours.

 

Now if it came with Omnipotence... that would be flat out amazing.

[Wayzer 1,418]

There would both be sad and good moments. I mean how much would you be able to learn if you where immortal. That would just be awesome. But slowly loosing friends family loved ones, that would really suck I'd guess.

[Keezuw 107]

Lol would be fun in a way. Time would never be an issue for me anymore.. Though, I'd only be happy being immortal if my loved ones are also immortal. Then we can all have an immortal party!

[Best Username Ever 211]

I would rather just be the doctor, maybe not immortal but i'd live long enough and see plenty of things

[GreyScholar 1,584]

Sigh, okay this is starting to get annoying.

 

Death is not a bad thing, is a natural part of our existence, likely you will lose family and friends in your lifetime even without immortality, and though you will feel sad on their passing... lost connection to make you stronger, its not like you can't make new friends and gain new experiences. Better you hold the memories in your heart, and live your life hopefully learn something from your time with them.

Edited January 22, 2014 by EquestrianScholar

[Hanibal94 218]

I found an interesting FIMFiction story called "Moments Worth Sharing" that discusses this.

You can view it here: http://www.fimfiction.net/story/36141/moments-worth-sharing

[ghostfacekiller39 23,856]

I'd be sad...having to watch everyone I know and love die off around me when I'm gonna end up having to live forever.

 

That'd be depressing.

[Treble Bolt 1,122]

To be immortal is akin to atheism.  Yes, your loved ones will die all around whether you are immortal or not.  What makes any religion worthwhile is the prospect of seeing your loved ones again once you pass on.  To be immortal means to never see anyone again.  Once they are dead, they are gone and there's nothing more to it.

I would not want to be immortal because I'd never see my beloved husband ever again after the short time he is on this earth.  Plus, I'd never see God, well, until the end of the world, but I wouldn't want to live to see that anyways.

[Blaze Bronson 343]

I haven't read through all the comments, so someone might have brought this up.

I might over think this topic abit, but being immortal, and unable to kill yourself would be an incredibly harsh punishment.

 

First you see your closest die, then you see your next friends die. You will feel incredibly lonely as everyone you ever get close to die.

To wrap it all up the sun will consume the earth and you will be stuck in an endless torture.

 

Have fun.

 

Unless you are lucky enough to at some point end up on a livable planet, for a brief rest.

[silvadel 1,393]

I would be relieved.  Not having to worry about death would make things a lot less stressful.  It would also change my frame of reference.  I would start doing things with a longer time window like learning to play instruments.

[Rainboom Dash 1,054]

Being immortal would probably be mixed...I could get to see everything ever but would have to lose everyone around me.

[catnet 9,353]

Sad, definitely. I'd rather not spend eternity seeing all the fancy new ways humanity devises to kill and degrade itself with, thanks. And even if my body was eternal, I doubt any virtues or positivity I may have would hold on for another hundred years or so, let alone a thousand...  -_-

Edited March 18, 2015 by WoofWoof~

[Pastel 7,627]

Honestly I would be happy, death is something that terrifies me. I'd gladly stay alive for thousand of years rather than dying in a couple of years.

However if I can't kill myself I'd prefer to be mortal of course.

Edited March 18, 2015 by Blobulle

[BlinkZ 1,151]

I would kinda be upset if I were immortal...because I wouldn''t die old with my friends and forced to watch everyone around me disappear. 

:'(

What about you, guys?

Pretty much my answere right there.  imagine how Celstia feels about her students and how many she seen come and go, succeed and failed yet no matter what they do in life they are all left behind a she keeps living.  Now having to banish her sister for a thousand years, the only one who was by her side for who knows how long now out of reach.  Imagine the heart break of just staring up at the moon and knowing you had to send her way.

 

immortality is a curse, at least in the physical world it is.

[Hashi 323]

Sad  :okiedokielokie: 

Live everlasting, to be unkillale would be a terrible curse.
Ageless, however, is a much better option!

[Misty Rose 3,215]

I honestly don't know how to answer this. Having been suicidal recently this is tough.

 

Most people may say they don't want to outlive their friends and family and watch them grow old as they remain youthful forever. Truth is, I don't have anyone special anymore, I wouldn't mind outliving the people around me.....but being immortal would also be a curse since I'm stuck in immense loneliness. If I get into an accident and am immortal while going through terrible issues, I won't die so I'll be forced to continue living and not get peace

 

So yeah.....unsure

[TwilyTastic 88]

I would be sad, because I definitely would not want to watch my loved would die in front of me, it would probably put me into a deep depression and it would just be terrible.  

[Venomous 18,813]

I would probably be depressed.

I would out-live my partner, pets, family, and friends

[midnightlegacy 172]

I would be sad.  I would be alone forever.  I would have to watch a myriad of friends and family, born, live, and die, while I stay unmoved.

[SCS 7,443]

Depends on many factors. I would certainly not want to be immortal in this world. Fuck that. 

 

I would not want to outlive my family or friends, and I would not want to have to be here forever.

[Midnight Solace 5,129]

If I was immortal, I would probably be in constant despair. I already can't live my life currently, and living forever would make it worse. 

[Dreambiscuit 8,022]

Being immortal in this world would be a sentence without end. It would not be pleasant but hopeless thinking that this is all I'd have for the rest of eternity. The longer one lives, the smaller one's world seems to become and it would be very, very boring.