# Adapting to the vampire lifestyle **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 2, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adapting-to-the-vampire-lifestyle/594995 "2011-09-02T20:14:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adapting-to-the-vampire-lifestyle/594995/41 "2011-09-07T17:50:06Z")
I’d become a stripper because that would make it easy to sleep all day and run around all night. It would also put me in the position of having a daily buffet right in front of me. When people start to notice that I haven’t aged a minute in ten years, simple. Pick up stakes (ha ha) and move to another club or city. Hell, it’s a big world, there’s a lot of places to go and now I’d have the time to see them all. I’ll invest the money earned from stripping and amass a bunch of wealth, but continue to hang out in the club scene to hunt for dinner. I’d convert my BF if he wanted to. He probably would. I think I’ll ask him later, “Babe. If I became a vampire, would you want me to convert you?” I’ll return and report on his answer. ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adapting-to-the-vampire-lifestyle/594995/42 "2011-09-07T17:59:46Z")
Sad to report that BF would not want to be converted. He said he didn’t want to be stuck in limbo, unable to die. I said, “Yeah, but you could always walk out into sunlight if you got tired of the immortality thing.” We decided to discuss it further when we’re both less sober. ---
**Author:** ![holmes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e95f7d/32.png) [@holmes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/holmes)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adapting-to-the-vampire-lifestyle/594995/43 "2011-09-07T18:21:25Z")
I was always under the impression that the reason for a lack of reflection or photographic reproduction was because old technology used silver as part of the process of making film and mirrors. If that’s the case, then a vampire should be visible using current digital photography and non-silver mirrors. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adapting-to-the-vampire-lifestyle/594995/44 "2011-09-07T18:25:29Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > 1. Sunlight will kill you. You can stand a few minutes of indirect daylight but no direct sunlight or prolonged exposure. I don’t get to be one of those sexy teen-age vampires that glitters in the sunlight? Forget it. I want my money back. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adapting-to-the-vampire-lifestyle/594995/45 "2011-09-08T01:11:03Z")
> [@Dogzilla](#): > > Sad to report that BF would not want to be converted. He said he didn’t want to be stuck in limbo, unable to die. I said, “Yeah, but you could always walk out into sunlight if you got tired of the immortality thing.” > > We decided to discuss it further when we’re both less sober. Just make sure he’s aware it’s a limited time offer. You don’t want him coming back in twenty years, telling you he’s changed his mind. You’ll be immortal in your stripper prime and you don’t want to be stuck forever with some middle-aged boyfriend. ---
**Author:** ![toofs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@toofs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toofs)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adapting-to-the-vampire-lifestyle/594995/46 "2011-09-08T04:47:21Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I have an advantage that I’m retired and live on a pension. So my money is direct deposited without me having to go out and work. (Although I’m sure they’d start asking questions if I was still collecting my pension in the year 2100 - I’d need to start working on a Plan B.) This would probably be the most difficult challenge of the vampire life (un-life?). Back in Victorian times, **The Vampire Nemo** would simply move to another country or territory with new papers and a well structured story that allows you to build a new identity. Not so easy to do this today with DNA typing, electronic databases, state driver licenses, social security, etc. The old **Little Nemo** would need a “death” and a new identity set up for **The Vampire Nemo**. In the future, facial recognition systems would be a huge problem. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adapting-to-the-vampire-lifestyle/594995/47 "2011-09-08T05:32:50Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > How would you go about obtaining the blood you need? I’m an EMT. I can find blood in patients, at accident scenes, or at blood banks at local hospitals. ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adapting-to-the-vampire-lifestyle/594995/48 "2011-09-08T13:34:48Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Just make sure he’s aware it’s a limited time offer. You don’t want him coming back in twenty years, telling you he’s changed his mind. You’ll be immortal in your stripper prime and you don’t want to be stuck forever with some middle-aged boyfriend. I hadn’t quite thought that all the way through and you make an excellent point. Eventually, I’m gonna have to eat him. 🆒 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adapting-to-the-vampire-lifestyle/594995.md?page=2)