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So which way do you think you would go?

Option 1 seems pretty cool. Getting to go back in time and relive your life to this point, but knowing what would happen ahead of time of you chose to do certain things could make for a good time. You could alter a decision though and die or something so it does come with its risks.

Option 2 is pretty straightforward. Just reliving the same day over and over for eternity seems as though it would eventually get old and youd wish you were dead like Bill Murrays character in the movie Groundhog Day.

Option 3 I feel like will be most peoples choice because who wouldnt want to live forever? It does come with the obvious drawback that as the years pass you will watch everyone youve ever known die, which seems really depressing, but at the same time youre going to know so many people that it could soften the blow of losing everyone eventually.

All that said, Im going with the Groundhog Day scenario. Its really no different than option 3 aside from its held inside of a boundary of one particular day, but that has its own set of pros. For instance, youd never lose anyone close to you (unless they of course die on the day youre repeating forever), but at the same time youd never get to forge any new long time friendships.

I do believe Id find all sorts of ways to make the same day over and over exciting. You could also throw all caution to the wind knowing that no matter what youre waking up tomorrow and doing this entire day all over again. I think thats an advantage over the option 3 immortality because you could live forever, but if you murdered someone or something crazy you could spend your immortality in jail.

1 > 3 >>>>> 2

I made a lot of mistakes in my past that affected my life going forward, so knowing what I know now, I would absolutely go back to like 6 years old and do things differently, while also developing skills back when it was the objectively best time to do so. I just wish I could also forget things like stuff pertaining to media (games, TV shows, and movies), so I can experience them for the first time again.

Living forever sounds good at first, as you get to see how society develops and--assuming that humanity doesn't destroy itself--you'll get to see some amazing things in the future. However, you'll come to a point where you'll either be trapped on a dying Earth if humans can't establish themselves elsewhere, trapped in a dead solar system if humans can't colonize other star systems, and ultimately left in a dead, dark Universe as everything eventually withers away.

Living the same day over and over again would just be a nightmare, even if it is an otherwise great day. Because eventually you'll get tired of it, and now you're trapped with no discernible way to escape the loop.

1 easily. I could probably use that to my advantage the most in the long run.
2 ultimately sounds kind of pointless and would get tiresome the quickest.
3, no fucking way. I don't think that people who wish for immortality realize that you will inevitably spend most of eternity floating in space with nothing to do.

The first one

Option 1: there are several things I would like the opportunity to change, though I don't know how far back I would actually want to go.

CellBlock7 posted...

who wouldnt want to live forever?

https://youtu.be/_Jtpf8N5IDE

Never understood the appeal of immortality. Everyone you care about gets old and dies. You are going to get very, very bored.