Limitless!

[Big D]

Been a while since I posted a thread...

Totally theoretical here.
Suppose you could have an unlimited quantity of something. What would you choose, and how come? For nearly each thing, there's a bevy of good and bad consequences.

For example:

Unlimited lifetime: You'd live forever, never having to worry about old age and death... which would mean becoming an anachronism and having to watch all your friends pass away and fade into historical obscurity, for century after century.

Unlimited wealth: You could buy heaps of stuff, but everyone would want to rob you or would ask for donations. Also, you'd distort the value of whatever currency you're using

Unlimited strength: It'd be really easy to break things, even things such as mountains, which are usually quite hardy.

Unlimited knowledge: You'd have the answers to all the big questions, but it'd be hard to convince other people. Also, your mind would be a clutter with an infinite assortment of trivial facts, as well as the info that actually matters.

So each 'gift' would also be a bit of a curse. Personally, I'd probably go for unlimited knowledge. It'd be nice to know the straight answers to the big universal questions, as well as knowing other handy things like cures for cancer and other maladies.

[theundeadhero]

A very interesting thread. I'll have to put some thought into it.

[Spammerman]

INfinite amount of ways for me to have fun.

[Yamaneko]

Are we too assume that there is an infinite universe to house that infinite wealth, or is it purely credit?

I would have infinite HDD space. The only downside I can forsee is that there isn't enough porn to fill it all up.

[Madame Adequate]

Unlimited knowledge: You'd have the answers to all the big questions, but it'd be hard to convince other people. Also, your mind would be a clutter with an infinite assortment of trivial facts, as well as the info that actually matters.

But we have quite a lot of knowledge anyway in our heads, and we can still usually pull relevant data to the fore. Still, if I ever meet a genie, "I wish to know everything" isn't as simple as that. Clauses are necessary:

"I wish to know everything excepting fictional information I have not already observed, I don't wish to know the future, and I don't wish to have more knowledge than I can handle without going insane."

Wily ones, those genies. One has to be careful. But I think that would cover it, because knowledge beyond that would be awesomesauce. I want to still be able to enjoy plot twists in movies and books, which is why fiction is ruled out.

[fire_of_avalon]

Unlimited root beer. Whenever I wanted a rootbeer, it would be right there.

[Madame Adequate]

Unlimited root beer. Whenever I wanted a rootbeer, it would be right there.

That seems somewhat like asking for a sandwhich when you just saved the President's life...

[Hawkeye]

I would love an infinite number of SunChips, but then I would get fat

[xX.Silver.Wings.Xx]

Unlimited wealth: You could buy heaps of stuff, but everyone would want to rob you or would ask for donations. Also, you'd distort the value of whatever currency you're using

If someone had UNLIMITED wealth it would be likely that curreny would be rendered obsolete rather that distorted...

and I would choose unlimited knowledge. Think about it. You would have the knowledge to cure cancer and other terminal dideases. Maybe bring about world peace. if you knew EVERYTHING you would be able to fix the mistakes of past generations and leave a better world to the future generations. Compared to the other choices that, to me is the most constructive.

[fire_of_avalon]

Unlimited root beer. Whenever I wanted a rootbeer, it would be right there.

That seems somewhat like asking for a sandwhich when you just saved the President's life...

What?

[Madame Adequate]

Unlimited root beer. Whenever I wanted a rootbeer, it would be right there.

That seems somewhat like asking for a sandwhich when you just saved the President's life...

What?

Well, I mean, I can understand - I'd sure love a wellspring of endless Mountain Dew - but when you could have so much more than a lot of a tasty liquid, it seems rather... strange to ask for just that. Like, you save the Prez's life, and don't ask for a medal or a monetary reward, just for a ham and cheese sammich. Tasty, sure, but... small.

[Shlup]

I want unlimited wealth. Who says I'd have to tell anyone? I could have a palace built under the sea. Then who'd bug me for money?

[-N-]

Unlimited limitations.
I'll take paradoxes for 800.

[rubah]

unlimited bandwidth.*




*Of course I mean really unlimited, not the kind that says 'you should only need x amount a month and we'll terminate your account if you dare go over

[Zell's Fists of Fury]

Unlimited ROCKIN' OUT GUITAR POWER X-TREEEEEEEEEEEEME