How old would you like to be when you die?

125+ couple of million

with option for hibernation

srsly why not stick around for as long as you can

didn't want to get greedy. also earth probly fucked somewhere around the 125 mark tbh

I wanted to die when I was a teenager but I got over it

my grandfather lived to be 102 but it wasn't very pretty at the end

I was supposed to die at 21, so I'm already on borrowed time!

i imagine i will probably have had enough at around 60.

The answer to this question is contingent on when my life partner dies. Basically I would not want to be around if she died.

what are all those fuzzy-looking things out there? trees? well, I'm tired of them

If I get to live to be 125+, can I also develop the ability to grow a nice new set of perfect teeth every decade or so?

65-75 ~ you get to meet your grandchildren
75-85 ~ you get to see your grandchildren grow up, you get to meet your great grandchildren
85+ ~ you get to meet your great great great grandchildren, will probably gradually lose your faculties

The answer to this question is contingent on when my life partner dies. Basically I would not want to be around if she died.

― (Z S) (Z S), Friday, December 19, 2008 12:38 PM (21 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

otm, I'd like to pull a Johnny and June Cash and die within a couple weeks of one another

This depends on a couple of things, if I become stupidly rich, then I’d want to live for as long as I could. If I become poor and it doesn’t look like the rest of my life will be comfortable or shared, ASAP.

At the moment, I’m not arsed and wouldn’t mind if it was tomorrow.

The answer to this question is contingent on when my life partner dies. Basically I would not want to be around if she died.

Romantic, but strange. Get another - they're not rationed.

The idea that there's one special person for everyone is one of the most perniciously destructive ideas for human relationships around. Might have made more sense when life expectancy was 35.

My Grandmother got to look back on most of C20 with most of her marbles. I'd like to get that kind of perspective before the curtain.

I've never seen anyone older than 75 in a way I'd like to be. (ie motile, competent)

between 70 and 80. most of the men in my family died around this age, and it suits me too-- enough to know the grandkids a little and have some interesting perspective, but also young enough to drink bourbon and dance around to salsa music, as my grandfather used to do.

what a depressing topic. voted 80-85

guys you know Wired said we are the last generation that will have to die

he also smoked til the day he died-- fell asleep doing a crossword puzzle, and never got up. that is a pretty fucking awesome way to go, imho.

Hale old age beyond 90 is much scarcer than hen's teeth, but people do win the lottery, too. It just strikes me that this thread is an invitation to pure wishful thinking, which may be pleasant, but so is thumbsucking for some people.

can i say how old i'd like other ilxors to be when they die?

table, yes, if I died in that fashion I would feel like The Champion.

ethan, how old would you like me to be when I die?

I had several grannies (actually a couple of them were great-grannies and great-great-aunts and things) that lived into their 90s, not entirely hale and hearty, but definitely compos mentis. But then again, they were all dead posh, and having servants and champagne for breakfast every morning definitely helps with having a nice old age (just look at the Queen Mum's last years.)

Still, I voted for 21. Even though genetics says I'm not even halfway there yet. :-(

ethan, how old would you like me to be when I die?

― Abbott of the Trapezoid Monks (Abbott), Friday, December 19, 2008 2:53 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

75-80

i said 60-65, though i'm sure that will change before or by the time i am 50-55.

Kate you are ten and one-half years old???

young enough to still wipe myself thx

TOO FAST TO LIVE, TOO YOUNG TO DIE!

No, given the average female age of death in my family, of mid-90s, I'm not halfway to THAT age yet.

I'm pretty sure once I get settled into life I'll never want to end it (always one more thing to see, one more book to read, etc.), but at the same time I don't want to be at a stage when I'm a crazy statistical anomaly who every year everyone wonders if it'll be my last Christmas. So 80-85, assuming mental faculties fairly intact and physical faculties tolerable? Wouldn't mind seeing the year 2100, though, so I can truly feel that I've lived in "the future" before I go. That'd make me 115, which is prrrrrrrobably unlikely. Especially since all the men in my family die young.

65-75 ~ you get to meet your grandchildren
75-85 ~ you get to see your grandchildren grow up, you get to meet your great grandchildren
85+ ~ you get to meet your great great great grandchildren, will probably gradually lose your faculties

― redmond, Saturday, December 20, 2008 6:00 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

You could make a fortune with that secret to pre-pubescent pregnancy.

about five years ago

:(

75-85 ~ you get to see your grandchildren grow up, you get to meet your great grandchildren
85+ ~ you get to meet your great great great grandchildren, will probably gradually lose your faculties

My dad's dad would've been about 105 when I was born, and his dad would've been maybe 145 (they both died in their mid-'60s iirc). I envy families who have mastered the art of assembly line style breeding.

oh, that didn't make sense. uh:

My dad's dad's dad would've been about 105 when I was born, and his dad would've been maybe 145 (they both died in their mid-'60s iirc). I envy families who have mastered the art of assembly line style breeding.

this is made easier by calling them "grandparents," "great-grandparents" and so on

would like to live for as long as i'm physically independent, and not a moment longer

xp

But "paternal great-grandfather" sounds so stodgy. How else are you supposed to specify which great-(x)-grandparent you're talking about w/o saying "dad's dad's mom" or "dad's mom's dad's mom's mom's dad"?

Worry less about being 'stodgy' and more about concision and clarity.

At least 87, so I can say that I lived through all the decades.

one of the many riveting conversations you'll be having

Worry less about being 'stodgy' and more about concision and clarity.

In this case, though, "dad's dad's dad" is more concise and at least as clear as "paternal-great grandfather." The latter is actually a bit ambiguous ("You have two great-grandfathers on your dad's side of the family. Which one are you referring to?"). I just wonder if there's a more technical (legalese?) way of referring to a great-grandparent without resorting to a string of "father's father's mother's father's mother's etc." I guess that's why it pays to keep a copy of your trusty family tree in your wallet at all times.

i really don't want to die

AAAAUGH! Change "dad's dad's dad" to "dad's dad" in that last post. I'm already losing my marbles, so I'd also like to change my vote to 20-25 plz.

I want to live long enough to see the US men's national team win the World Cup.

Or at least, like, Copa America.

Anyone who does not opt for 125+ is severely lacking in nerve and should just die now.

Challop Parker Rides Again!

just checked my chart again. well since my Mercury period ends in 2061, I'm generally okay til then, but technically not, as Saturn's transit near my Moon starts (at age 76 and a half) in April 2057 - and that will fuck everything up again. i mean i'd just be living in the hospital til that was over. so definitely, definitely, definitely before then - 2056, hopefully

That would be the year of my 100th birthday. I will get you out of the hospital for the party.

65-70

Voted 80-85. I definitely don't want to live as long as my grandmother did, but she had a pretty good quality of life up to about 100.

so old that they have to pay someone to wipe the ass of the person they pay to wipe my ass

That's the spirit!

one day there will be an old ilxors - classic or dud thread, and we will get nervous for each other whenever it is revived.

I chose 85-90, because that's about all I can realistically hope for. The real answer is that I don't want to die, ever, and it's entirely cruel that I will have to.

one day there will be an old ilxors - classic or dud thread, and we will get nervous for each other whenever it is revived.

Ha, you all get a little nervous now whenever that Ebert thread's revived? Wait another 30 years.

I don't want to do die, so I chose the 125+ option.

90-95. After which, I will be blasted into space, resureccted by aliens, and become ultimate ruler of the universe. Simple.

God Beth you're back on ILE!? That's great!!

I think it's really selfish to want to live forever. The earth's resources aren't infinite, why should our lives be?

what's o bad about death anyway? you're basically just getting a nice long rest.

my gravestone will be inscribed with the words "jus' chillin".

mine will say "Formerly of the Earth".

that graph - which country does it represent?
most female die at 90? most male 85?
thats quite above the world average.

Why must we die?

It's not just ILX, don't worry.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Just in time for Xmas :D :D :D

ah, the sweet embrace of the grave.

what bliss!

One of my grandfathers died at 82 very suddenly, and he was still independent, competent, and in more or less good health (apart from that random heart attack that killed him)...his younger siblings are around that age now and also still doing well...so I feel like wanting to live longer than that is reasonable. Don't know anyone who has remained healthy or independent past 90 though.

hung out with my grandfather earlier tonight who will be 96 next week! he is still healthy (telling me about getting exercise on the treadmill 3X a wk) & has the same level of independence other than maybe driving himself for the last 20 years; also he is still super sharp and gave me the latest revised copy of his autobiography!!

also i am not voting in this pool because i think it is the plot point of a j-horror movie in the making

I don't want to die either. ever. life is way too interesting. as long as I am healthy, have mobility and mind, I would love to live forever.

my x-mas wish is that when people here do go they don't become midget-corpse-slaves for another universe such as in PHANTASM.

is that corpse slaves for midgets or slaves for midget corpses or midget corpse slaves for other beings?

given the choice i'd prob pick the middle one.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

i'm afraid i have to read it as the third, but that's probably the most unpleasant

I just want people to whisper, "he's reached his Hayflick limit; it's his time to go," with equal parts disgust and admiration while my limbs spontaneously disarticulate and my blood vessels glob up explode under the pressure of a century's worth of mutated proteins. if that happens at 125+, then that's cool, but tbh I'll settle for anything 110+.

this is a proto-Treeship thread, isn't it? I'll be very disappointed if he doesn't show up and start talking about the magical life-extending properties of kale.

(that's "glob up and explode", xpost)

that sounds like a good death unregistered. i want to be one of those guys who lives until 104 or whatever and then gets hit by a bus, leading people to jokingly speculate about how long i might have gone on. also, i haven't eaten very healthfully recently due to being in asia. turns out there is a lot of sodium in asia. however, the food in singapore is incredible, especially this dish, which probably has magical life-extending properties just because it is so pleasurable, the way sex is said to have magical life extending properties: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilli_crab