In a hypothetical world, assuming that death means the end of you (you don't have to believe that), would you pay 200k to get a second chance at life in the year 2300-something, when you could be revive from cryonics (freezing your body, so you could be revived when the time comes). And in this future society, you could become the woman you wanted to be, a cisgender woman, because it's possible to make it happened.
Would you live another life? Starting over, you wake up to a team of doctors who were born passed your time. All the people you once knew are long gone, in history books, and only search engines on the internet could bring up historical archives. You lost all resemblance of reality, to this whole new world, but you're finally a woman...
Would you do it???
And you finally found love, but to a man who was born 300 years into the future, and he looks at you with confused eyes like you bumped your head when you thought being transgender was an issue. But he's the first man that didn't look at you like a fetish, or as a transgender woman, but as a woman because in this society... being transgender is just a medical issue (not an anomaly). And you can be young again too.
...Cryonics...
There is just one major problem with cryonics, other than getting the technical details worked out...
Who, in the future, would be interested in reviving you? If you are not a Nobel prize winner, a celebrity or author why would they be interested in reviving you?
Of course if you had some good investments in a trust, you might be able to pay someone to revive you.
Quote from: Randi on February 01, 2017, 10:12:11 PMWho, in the future, would be interested in reviving you? If you are not a Nobel prize winner, a celebrity or author why would they be interested in reviving you?
Scientists, who are curious and in the name of science. To see what happens, etc.
Interesting question. A lot of us has to give up almost everything to be the person who we feel we are and essentially start a new life and this would be kind of like that but with higher risks. I think somebody who have lost almost all hope would be interested in this as it's still better than suicide. As I like to have control over what happens to me this idea would be terrifying for me. Nobody can say for sure what the future will bring and there are so many ways this could go wrong. Memories of Fallout games and some Star Trek episodes come to mind.
Very nice hypothetical. I don't believe i could leave my spouse and kids behind. The same thing goes for the one way Mars mission. Sounds great though.
Quote from: Wild Flower on February 01, 2017, 04:16:27 PM
.... and he looks at you with confused eyes like you bumped your head when you thought being transgender was an issue. But he's the first man that didn't look at you like a fetish, or as a transgender woman, but as a woman because in this society... being transgender is just a medical issue (not an anomaly). And you can be young again too.
...Cryonics...
The men you speak of, with the quality you describe are out there. Even in this day and age :)
For $200K? Sure, first I'd stay in that cabin by a lake with no Facebook for a month for a cool million, then I'd do this five times... :laugh:
Hugs, Devlyn
You're also taking a gamble that the year 2300 is actually an improvement, and that we haven't destroyed our planet and only colonized the best of the best elsewhere....where thawing out a trans-woman would be the least of their worries.
Really interesting topic!
I love history, so if I had the opportunity to go back in time or take myself to the future to see how it would be like, I would!
That said, we do need to live in the now. Who knows what will be of us in 300 years? Humans may even not be here any longer and we certainly will be all dead by then. Live in the present. I agree that the man who wants you for you is out there, you just need to keep looking. ;) I'm a hopeless romantic, thus I haven't lost faith.
Quote from: staciM on February 03, 2017, 11:59:03 AM
You're also taking a gamble that the year 2300 is actually an improvement, and that we haven't destroyed our planet and only colonized the best of the best elsewhere....where thawing out a trans-woman would be the least of their worries.
Thawing Out A Trans Woman. That is the phrase of the week for sure. I can hear it already -- "hey honey, will you reach in the freezer and thaw me out a trans woman". I am stealing this phrase from you :laugh:
Quote from: herekitten on February 03, 2017, 12:51:15 PM
Thawing Out A Trans Woman. That is the phrase of the week for sure. I can hear it already -- "hey honey, will you reach in the freezer and thaw me out a trans woman". I am stealing this phrase from you :laugh:
Lol, I hope you didn't think it was meant to be demeaning.....since I'm talking about myself as well (not the frozen part, although it is pretty cold up here :) ). It was just suppose to be a humorous and "everyday" way of describing such a foreign process.
Quote from: staciM on February 03, 2017, 11:59:03 AM
You're also taking a gamble that the year 2300 is actually an improvement, and that we haven't destroyed our planet and only colonized the best of the best elsewhere....where thawing out a trans-woman would be the least of their worries.
thank you...... Captain Bummer! L.O.L. J/K!!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Quote from: staciM on February 03, 2017, 01:28:18 PM
Lol, I hope you didn't think it was meant to be demeaning.....since I'm talking about myself as well (not the frozen part, although it is pretty cold up here :) ). It was just suppose to be a humorous and "everyday" way of describing such a foreign process.
No at all offensive. Quite funny actually. It would make for a great book title. Thawing Out A Trans Woman. And yes, the heroine would have a 'cold heart'. :laugh:
Quote from: RobynD on February 02, 2017, 04:26:13 PM
Very nice hypothetical. I don't believe i could leave my spouse and kids behind. The same thing goes for the one way Mars mission. Sounds great though.
You can only do this like the second after a natural death.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryonics
Quote from: Wild Flower on February 03, 2017, 05:43:51 PM
You can only do this like the second after a natural death.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryonics
After I posted I realized that this would be done only after death anyway so in that case I would probably try it in the hope that it won't be worse than before my death.
One of the freakiest concepts ever.
Imagine the hell of waking up in totally new century, and going straight into surgery - possibly to reattach your panic stricken severed and thawed out head to a new body. Then coming round again, full force, without a single cultural or technological anchor to the society you found yourself in. All your family and friends long since dead, so that to come to terms with, plus your own death that you had experienced, not to mention your own centuries long interment in a storage tank with lots of other dead people. Where would you live? Your bank accounts and any investments wouldn't exist, so you'd be screwed on that front too. Even if you managed to find a therapist that could deal with such extreme trauma, and a source of income (hawking yourself round the 23rd century equivalent of reality tv most likely), you'd probably end up suicidal anyway.
Quote from: alex82 on February 06, 2017, 03:54:54 PM
One of the freakiest concepts ever.
Science fiction has explored this concept many times as well as other literature. Consider Rip Van Winkle and if you want something a little more modern, there was a TV show called "The Second Hundred Years". People are adaptable and will find a way to fit in even thought it might be a little different.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz-sUUnnv5U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm-WDMMvQwM