# If you had the chance to live an extra 100 years ... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 29, 2018, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-the-chance-to-live-an-extra-100-years/816998 "2018-06-29T15:44:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-the-chance-to-live-an-extra-100-years/816998/21 "2018-06-29T16:54:24Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-the-chance-to-live-an-extra-100-years/816998/22 "2018-06-29T16:58:36Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Alcohol is a poison, and you can’t be poisoned. Isn’t pretty much anything a poison in high enough quantities? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-the-chance-to-live-an-extra-100-years/816998/23 "2018-06-29T16:59:55Z")
Even without the ridiculous alcohol restriction (sugar is also thought of as a poison by some, as well as meat, for instance,) I would think twice about it before probably accepting. The reason I’d think twice is the possibility of forced imprisonment and experimentation. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-the-chance-to-live-an-extra-100-years/816998/24 "2018-06-29T17:03:43Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Isn’t pretty much anything a poison in high enough quantities? And pretty much nothing will be able to effect you physically. How you are when/if you accept the deal is how you stay for 100 years. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-the-chance-to-live-an-extra-100-years/816998/25 "2018-06-29T17:15:44Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > And pretty much nothing will be able to effect you physically. How you are when/if you accept the deal is how you stay for 100 years. So, no new synapses or neurons get created? I won’t be able to remember anything or learn anything new? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-the-chance-to-live-an-extra-100-years/816998/26 "2018-06-29T17:22:16Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > So, no new synapses or neurons get created? I won’t be able to remember anything or learn anything new? Or you could take the offer in the spirit it is given and not try to find shortcuts, cheats, and/or other ways to nitpick it to death. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-the-chance-to-live-an-extra-100-years/816998/27 "2018-06-29T17:24:22Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Or you could take the offer in the spirit it is given and not try to find shortcuts, cheats, and/or other ways to nitpick it to death. Hey, you took away beer! Let me have that, and I concede to the spirit of the offer 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-the-chance-to-live-an-extra-100-years/816998/28 "2018-06-29T17:34:37Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Hey, you took away beer! Let me have that, and I concede to the spirit of the offer 🙂 I gave you the ability to eat all you want, and the ability to drink everyone under the table. You can try foods you’ve never had before, and sample scotches of dozens of different varieties and remember which ones were good and which were liquid shit. You can enjoy an Anchorage A Deal With The Devil Barleywine (Double Oaked)(ABV 17%) _and_ a cask-strength Kilchoman whisky in the same meal. It’s quite a deal when you think about it. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-the-chance-to-live-an-extra-100-years/816998/29 "2018-06-29T17:36:57Z")
Can I get high from pot? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-the-chance-to-live-an-extra-100-years/816998/30 "2018-06-29T17:40:34Z")
> [@campp](#): > > Can I get high from pot? You can’t even get high from hyperventilating. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-the-chance-to-live-an-extra-100-years/816998/31 "2018-06-29T17:41:29Z")
Are you kidding? I’ve been waiting in line all this time. No way am I missing my turn to get off this planet. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-the-chance-to-live-an-extra-100-years/816998/32 "2018-06-29T17:42:31Z")
So then the maintenance meds I take aren’t effective anymore? I’ll have to change my answer. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-the-chance-to-live-an-extra-100-years/816998/33 "2018-06-29T17:45:41Z")
> [@campp](#): > > So then the maintenance meds I take aren’t effective anymore? I’ll have to change my answer. Whatever state you are in right now, whether it is due to currently working meds or not, is the state you will stay in-no better, _and no worse_. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-the-chance-to-live-an-extra-100-years/816998/34 "2018-06-29T18:01:33Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I gave you the ability to eat all you want, and the ability to drink everyone under the table. You can try foods you’ve never had before, and sample scotches of dozens of different varieties and remember which ones were good and which were liquid shit. You can enjoy an Anchorage A Deal With The Devil Barleywine (Double Oaked)(ABV 17%) _and_ a cask-strength Kilchoman whisky in the same meal. It’s quite a deal when you think about it. But no ability to forget about my myriad problems and issues for a short while with liquid forgetfulness? Hmmmm…I’ll have to think about it. It’s not possible to drown, right? And water pressure wouldn’t kill me either? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-the-chance-to-live-an-extra-100-years/816998/35 "2018-06-29T18:03:19Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > But no ability to forget about my myriad problems and issues for a short while with liquid forgetfulness? Hmmmm…I’ll have to think about it. > > It’s not possible to drown, right? And water pressure wouldn’t kill me either? The contract is for 100 years, and you can’t back out. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-the-chance-to-live-an-extra-100-years/816998/36 "2018-06-29T18:34:06Z")
I’d do it. I might say no to eternal life under those conditions but a hundred years seems like a reasonable amount of extra life for me. I’m not in great shape but I’d be willing to continue in my present shape in exchange for a hundred extra years of life. ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-the-chance-to-live-an-extra-100-years/816998/37 "2018-06-29T18:48:25Z")
Oh hell no. Why would I want 100 more years in this 49 year old body? 100 more in my 21 year old body? Hell yes. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-the-chance-to-live-an-extra-100-years/816998/38 "2018-06-29T19:20:30Z")
If I lift weights, do I get bigger/stronger? Conversely, if I stop do I get smaller / weaker? ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-the-chance-to-live-an-extra-100-years/816998/39 "2018-06-29T19:21:10Z")
No way. Absolutely not. To me, that’s more of a nightmare. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-the-chance-to-live-an-extra-100-years/816998/40 "2018-06-29T19:21:14Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > If I lift weights, do I get bigger/stronger? Conversely, if I stop do I get smaller / weaker? No and no. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-the-chance-to-live-an-extra-100-years/816998.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-the-chance-to-live-an-extra-100-years/816998.md?page=3)