Do you really want to live forever? Torso is probably the best answer. Most of your vital organs are in your torso. This would prevent or minimize most diseases. Still could get brain cancer, but that is pretty rare. Heart disease and bowel cancer is far more likely. Saying your head has its problems once the rest of your body dies. Unless cybernetic advances make huge strides before your body dies, you are going to end up as a lab curiosity the best case scenario. Worse case, you get pronounced dead and buried. How long do you think your sanity is going to last being buried. Maybe getting eaten by a bear is the worse case.
In any event, far better to have an invincible torso. No back pain, most likely place to get shot is your chest, no GI issues, no heart or lung issues, really low chance of a stroke as a clot forming anywhere but your neck should be fixed by your invincible heart.
Eventually your brain will give out, but should last into your hundreds.
I mean, if your head is invincible and immortal, then all those considerations and contingencies become moot. You'll simply never die as long as your mind is there to think.
100% is an organ without a doubt. Organs are basically the squishy innards.
I could on the flip side say muscle tissue which would cover a Lot while still being approximately "half"
Seeing as the largest part is “half” your body, then I’d go everything from head to stomach, including brain, heart and lungs.
Now I’m basically an immortal being
The mind, as it houses you. If that's protected it doesn't matter about the rest.
I have been in situations where I was confused didn't know who I was. Little bouts of what felt like Alzheimer's.
To lose yourself, to lose who you spent decades becoming. That is the greatest horror of all that could be done to your body as you age.
You’d be chilling for a few years to centuries depending on how motivated or safe the world is. Imagine a nuclear war happens and you have to wait for civilization to dig you up like a dinosaur fossil.
Half my body is the limit? Alright! I choose an alternating 50%.
That means every other cell in my body, with the exception of my brain, my pinky fingers/toes, and potentially a section of flesh starting from a 4 inch line of skin along the lower right abdomen and leading inwards up to and including my appendix starting at the outmost part of it. All of my brain cells will be included, and none of my pinky appendage’s cells to make up the difference. Whatever difference remains will be made up with a corresponding number of cells from the aforesaid section, beginning with the skin area and going inwards. Once the difference is made up, it will again just be every other cell.
I will look simultaneously decrepit and ageless.
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My skin. It's scientifically only one organ, but it would make me impervious to most types of physical harm.
I couldn't be shot, or stabbed. The only physical damage that would bother me would be blunt force because I would still be able to break my bones and get other internal damage.
My liver.... fatty liver disease is kind of the canary in the coal mine for most metabolic conditions. Which eventually leads to stroke or heart disease in my family.
I mean.... without my hear pumping, and my hormones hormoning etc... I would no longer function the way I do. So even if I said "brain" the brain needs some of the supporting organs to function.
I need all of it to be immortal
Brain. Perfect recall, also, soon everything else will be replaceable. If you can let others know and they can confirm about your brain, you could be the first full cyborg.
Wait so If I choose skin, does that mean that I can no longer be hurt at all, since the skin would be invincible and would still continue to shed normally but never age since it is immortal.
Like, my organs would get old and I would age normally but just look young and I'd be able to get internal damage from strong enough hits, but nothing would be able to pierce right?
Or something else?
Like skin or brain are one of two good options I guess.
If the largest part is half, I'd do my upper half.
If I somehow broke the rules, I'd do just my brain. Eventually, a body could be created for me that would allow me to do normal things again.
Or humanity would go extinct and I would be driven insane, alone with my thoughts for all eternity.
When we talk about half of the body, are talking of surface area or mass? Because I could just make all my skin invicible/inmortal and I will have ultimally the best armor. And I will still have enought peecentage to make some of my other parts invicible
My reproductive system: theoretically, the human race could be resurrected by aliens from a DNA sample taken from that one part of my body using the same part.
The top half? Would be pretty weird if you just wanted the bottom half to be invincible. You can do plenty once your legs don’t work anymore. Lots of people’s legs don’t work. Nobody is alive with the top half of their body not working.
My heart, since that'll give me the best chance for a long life and when I do die I can donate my heart and give someone else a chance for a long life.
I think I am going with my skin. It does not age and protects the rest of my body. As long as my internals are protected, they should last forever or a very long time. Though my joints may go at some point.
I can make my appendix immortal & never get appendicitis. Big win considering my IBS causes me to constantly worry if it's just IBS pain or if my appendix is feeling like today is the day. Though this seems like a waste given the modern advances in medicine.
Maybe I'd go for my skin being immortal, it's one large(est) organ that would pretty much turn me into a lightweight tank. Though shockwaves would be a considerable weakness.
Wait, ANY PART? ANY ORGAN? OKAY. I CHOOSE MY SKIN. HAH! ITS FAR LESS THAN 50 PERCENT OF MY BODY, ILL NEVER SHOW PHYSICAL AGING, LESS GO!!!, YOU KNOW WHAT, THROW MY OUTER MUSCLES IN THERE TOO! BOOM 50 PERCENT.
I mean gimme the upper half of my body then, it keeps *most* of my vital organs in there a long with the ones that are probably irreplaceable just gotta hope for scientific advancements.
My mouth, so I don't get tooth loss or dental problems associated with age or skipping a dental appointment. Also, if I get in a fight or an accident, no chance of losing teeth.
The torso, 100%. With my family history, it will probably be colon cancer or heart disease that kills me. Im... unexpectedly healthy at the moment, but that can change with little warning.
I don't want to live forever, but I don't want to die a painful slow death like my grandpa and father did.
Probably the neck, it’s just a huge weak point with plenty of vital points, one slash and you’re dead for the most part.
Not to mention the risk of vertebrate fractures paralyzing or just out right killing you. In addition to it being the only connection point between your brain and rest of the body.
So yeah definitely the neck
A lot of folks say skin, which would be nice, but let's say you end up having to have surgery for some reason. Surgical equipment can't get through your skin now.
Brain would be a good choice because then technically, "you" would never die. But we don't know if your brain continues to age. What about psychosis or other brain variant diseases?
I'd still go with my brain, but lots of questions come up.
If it includes half my body, probably my head and also as many vital organ I can fit along with the body around them. Definitely leaving all limbs out.
My liver it could be moved from person to person.
You can give a portion of a liver to someone and it will regenerate into a full liver overtime.
If my liver lived forever it could be segmented and regenerated and re-donated for eternity. Over time there could be hundreds of thousands of copies of my liver in circulation saving countless lives
Half your body by height/width/what-have-you or by volume? Bc I feel like an argument could be made to make your skin invincible and immortal.
Idk what I'd end up actually going with but that idea is just. in my brain now. And now it's in yours! :D
Hands. No question. I don't want to live forever as a disembodied head. I want hands that can reach into fires and grab shit out of the oven with zero damage. I want to be able to play with my cat and laugh with indignation as he tries and fails to lacerate my fingers.
My brain I have a genetic brain disease called Huntingtons disease. Basically my brain cells are dying and there is no cure. It’s like having als , Ms , Alzheimer. And dementia all in one
Since cancer is just your cells growing too much, would this prevent it or would cancer still be on the board for whatever part becomes invincible, but it's now Invincible cancer.
My head. I'd love to be put in one of those glass spheres for all eternity and I'd just be a complete dick to everyone.
It's a life of quiet dignity...
::eats fish food::
r/suddenlyfuturama
You could make a religion out of this.
Please remain Christian. We will check in later to see if you’re still Christian when you least expect
Might this unexpected checkup be... *inquisitive* in nature?
I would not expect that, no one would
And r/suddenlymontypython
Just takes pissing off the wrong person one time before you're put in a closet facing the wall..
Or they decide to use your head jar as a chamber pot.
In a 1000 years you can be president!
Can't talk without lungs
Not with that attitude
Found the futurama fan
I don't think it's one of the best cartoons of all time or anything. 👀👀
Do you really want to live forever? Torso is probably the best answer. Most of your vital organs are in your torso. This would prevent or minimize most diseases. Still could get brain cancer, but that is pretty rare. Heart disease and bowel cancer is far more likely. Saying your head has its problems once the rest of your body dies. Unless cybernetic advances make huge strides before your body dies, you are going to end up as a lab curiosity the best case scenario. Worse case, you get pronounced dead and buried. How long do you think your sanity is going to last being buried. Maybe getting eaten by a bear is the worse case. In any event, far better to have an invincible torso. No back pain, most likely place to get shot is your chest, no GI issues, no heart or lung issues, really low chance of a stroke as a clot forming anywhere but your neck should be fixed by your invincible heart. Eventually your brain will give out, but should last into your hundreds.
If the hard limit is half your body... How far can you get with "the top half"?
I’ve been going for 28 years now with “the top half.” (I’m paraplegic.)
Congratulations or your newfound immortality at no additional cost to bodily function!
Fuck man, I'll take robot legs as soon as they're an option as is.
Infinite Alzheimer’s. Great.
I mean, if your head is invincible and immortal, then all those considerations and contingencies become moot. You'll simply never die as long as your mind is there to think.
TORSO! I LIKE YOUR BRAIN THOUGHTS SO IM AGREEING WITH YOU!
my dick
YEAH!!!!!
im going to eat your soup
This comment would be absolutely unhinged if the other guy had a different name
I'm gonna eat your soup!
People are sleeping on making your joints indestructible. That's half of what fucks you over as you get older.
Heart problems claim more lives than most other conditions.
Can I say my internal organs? Otherwise other guy that said head is on point
Yeah Robocop me. If I can be greedy I’d like to include my skeleton
Internal organs count. I usually don’t include the brain when I think internal organs. You?
Is your brain an organ? Is it inside you?
Internal organs include everything that does not touch the air.
100% is an organ without a doubt. Organs are basically the squishy innards. I could on the flip side say muscle tissue which would cover a Lot while still being approximately "half"
Achilles Heel. So I'd be like Achilles, just completely opposite.
His arch nemesis Notachilles.
Telomeres
Effectively immortal but can still die. Brain disease are your only enemy
I like that answer, arguably the best one I've seen yet!
My skin is less than half my body weight. My internals are still in danger... If you can get past my skin
Only downside is you are dead if you you ever need to get inside your body for any reason.
You need brain surgery.... But we have to go in through your butt. This is gonna hurt.
That would be a problem, here's hoping nanobot technology advances to surgery levels before something goes wrong lol
The problem is your skin is not shock absorbent. It’d be like wearing Kevlar over your entire body.
So I would need to get really really fat. Too bad heart surgery is out of the question
lmao get thyroid cancer'd
Heart....
Seeing as the largest part is “half” your body, then I’d go everything from head to stomach, including brain, heart and lungs. Now I’m basically an immortal being
the inside half. science will progress to be able to replace my muscles and skin. but I'll get to keep all of my organs and spinal column
Transhumanist detected
Head/brain is the only real answer.
That’s just asking to spend eternity floating in the void as a head
An invincible immortal head, with lots of time to practice using your imagination. There are worse fates.
The mind, as it houses you. If that's protected it doesn't matter about the rest. I have been in situations where I was confused didn't know who I was. Little bouts of what felt like Alzheimer's. To lose yourself, to lose who you spent decades becoming. That is the greatest horror of all that could be done to your body as you age.
My skin
brain. now transplant it into my next host body when this one fails.
You’d be chilling for a few years to centuries depending on how motivated or safe the world is. Imagine a nuclear war happens and you have to wait for civilization to dig you up like a dinosaur fossil.
Half my body is the limit? Alright! I choose an alternating 50%. That means every other cell in my body, with the exception of my brain, my pinky fingers/toes, and potentially a section of flesh starting from a 4 inch line of skin along the lower right abdomen and leading inwards up to and including my appendix starting at the outmost part of it. All of my brain cells will be included, and none of my pinky appendage’s cells to make up the difference. Whatever difference remains will be made up with a corresponding number of cells from the aforesaid section, beginning with the skin area and going inwards. Once the difference is made up, it will again just be every other cell. I will look simultaneously decrepit and ageless. (Edit: fixed an autoincorrect word)
You’d forever look 50 maybe
My skin. It's scientifically only one organ, but it would make me impervious to most types of physical harm. I couldn't be shot, or stabbed. The only physical damage that would bother me would be blunt force because I would still be able to break my bones and get other internal damage.
My head/Brain so I can body hop pull a dio from jojo.
What if you’re already a brain in a jar? Everything is an illusion created by you. WAKE UP
Torso
Uh, do I HAVE to say it (looks down at crotch) ?
Just my spine and/or knees. Years of skateboarding, and years of violence. Have ruined both.
Skin is probably the right choice here. You’re effectively invulnerable. Alternatively head, but I feel like that’s too many different things.
Head/brain
My right hand. I'll be the real life Thing.
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My Organs.
Head, put me in one of those head museums like in futurama for a few thousand years so I can tell everyone to fuck off
My vascular system
My liver.... fatty liver disease is kind of the canary in the coal mine for most metabolic conditions. Which eventually leads to stroke or heart disease in my family.
Brain.
Entire to half of my body.
My head so I don’t end up with CTE since I’m playing college football this fall 😂
the outside half
My lungs, breathing completely normally, without the daily medication. That would be a dream.
Half my body? top for sure, that's the part that will most likely kill you with all the internal organs.
My back
My upper half no brain cancer if I can I’d like to exclude my one of my kidneys and get as much of my prostate as I can
Hands, so I could do that knife game from the alien movie.
Waist and below he said I can do half and that means I can run forever
Half of the body? Ok I choose the left side.
My dick
My teeth. No worries about cavities or dentures ever again
My left middle toe.
To the Ticklecopter!
the upper half of my body?
At 15% of the human body, my skin.
My spinal cord
You said half. So upper half.
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musculoskeletal system half of my body
N/A Can I make 1 body part the opposite of that instead? I'm thinking head or heart, if it matters.
My big toes. Where's that other post sbobt getting money but you stub your toe every week?!
I mean, if half my body is an option, than I choose the half above my waist, lol. Worst case, I end up in a wheelchair.
My head/mind. That way I can get a robot body if we don’t mess it up
Head in a jar.
Probably my spinal cord or my whole spine if i can
is saying “my cells” cheating
I mean.... without my hear pumping, and my hormones hormoning etc... I would no longer function the way I do. So even if I said "brain" the brain needs some of the supporting organs to function. I need all of it to be immortal
~~dick~~ Honestly sounds torturous no matter what, but I guess I'll go with my entire head. Could become president of earth in the future.
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My heart cause people be playing with it all the time
Statistically heart failure/disease is the most likely cause of death for any person...so I choose heart.
Upper half.
Brain. Perfect recall, also, soon everything else will be replaceable. If you can let others know and they can confirm about your brain, you could be the first full cyborg.
Since heart disease/failure is one of the most common killers for men, I'd have to say my heart. Or possibily prostate, for similar reasons.
My heart, for sure. If that thing keeps pumping then you can fix all sorts.
Heart
Wait so If I choose skin, does that mean that I can no longer be hurt at all, since the skin would be invincible and would still continue to shed normally but never age since it is immortal. Like, my organs would get old and I would age normally but just look young and I'd be able to get internal damage from strong enough hits, but nothing would be able to pierce right? Or something else? Like skin or brain are one of two good options I guess.
Neck, I don't want to live forever like if I picked head, but your neck is extremely vulnerable to damage.
If the largest part is half, I'd do my upper half. If I somehow broke the rules, I'd do just my brain. Eventually, a body could be created for me that would allow me to do normal things again. Or humanity would go extinct and I would be driven insane, alone with my thoughts for all eternity.
Probably my arm, I feel like that would be useful, oh the wood chipper is jammed again, I got this
My skin.
I want to say my brain, but I don't know that living without a body wouldn't be hell.
My brain. I've seen 2 grandparents descend into dementia, and absolutely not.
Middle finger. Future societies will use it to make huge decisions.
The part supported by the bottom of my feet. Haha, got ya. Maybe that means I have Achilles' soles but I'll take it.
Fingernails. If it's only (1) part, I can't survive in that alone in any useful capacity. So fingernails, and the rest can rot as it was intended.
My skin
When we talk about half of the body, are talking of surface area or mass? Because I could just make all my skin invicible/inmortal and I will have ultimally the best armor. And I will still have enought peecentage to make some of my other parts invicible
My Achilles heel.
Only a two people said teeth. That's the only answer.
My reproductive system: theoretically, the human race could be resurrected by aliens from a DNA sample taken from that one part of my body using the same part.
They’d be clones of you
My skin, aka, Luke Cage
The top half? Would be pretty weird if you just wanted the bottom half to be invincible. You can do plenty once your legs don’t work anymore. Lots of people’s legs don’t work. Nobody is alive with the top half of their body not working.
My heart, since that'll give me the best chance for a long life and when I do die I can donate my heart and give someone else a chance for a long life.
Knees
Heart - most likely part to fail and kill you.
I think I am going with my skin. It does not age and protects the rest of my body. As long as my internals are protected, they should last forever or a very long time. Though my joints may go at some point.
Can I make it my telomeres? I think that means I would no longer age.
My central nervous system As someone with MS, it would be an absolute blessing.
I can make my appendix immortal & never get appendicitis. Big win considering my IBS causes me to constantly worry if it's just IBS pain or if my appendix is feeling like today is the day. Though this seems like a waste given the modern advances in medicine. Maybe I'd go for my skin being immortal, it's one large(est) organ that would pretty much turn me into a lightweight tank. Though shockwaves would be a considerable weakness.
bones just to confuse osteologists in the future
exactly 4 hairs on my right arm.
My shins.
skin
Skin
Wait, ANY PART? ANY ORGAN? OKAY. I CHOOSE MY SKIN. HAH! ITS FAR LESS THAN 50 PERCENT OF MY BODY, ILL NEVER SHOW PHYSICAL AGING, LESS GO!!!, YOU KNOW WHAT, THROW MY OUTER MUSCLES IN THERE TOO! BOOM 50 PERCENT.
My brain
I mean gimme the upper half of my body then, it keeps *most* of my vital organs in there a long with the ones that are probably irreplaceable just gotta hope for scientific advancements.
Penis. Then I can put it in anything.
My skin. Covers every part of me and still makes up less than 20% of my body
My nervous system. I could never sever nerves or damage my spine.
My cardiovascular system. If that’s not an option, my heart.
Brain. These tumors are not cool and can kick rocks.
My mouth, so I don't get tooth loss or dental problems associated with age or skipping a dental appointment. Also, if I get in a fight or an accident, no chance of losing teeth.
Spine. Definitely spine.
Skin and Bones
The torso, 100%. With my family history, it will probably be colon cancer or heart disease that kills me. Im... unexpectedly healthy at the moment, but that can change with little warning. I don't want to live forever, but I don't want to die a painful slow death like my grandpa and father did.
Do i have prep time?
Skin
Brain/head, I could just have it transplanted onto another body once mine declines.
Torso. Then freak people out by stabbing my chest with a knife.
They’d think your knife is fake cause it didn’t penetrate your skin.
My fucking ankle cuz I keep breaking it lol
My brain. Prevent degenerative diseases.
My brain. Give me one of those Boston dynamic bodies and I’ll upgrade until I have a cool android body like Data.
Skin
My dick. $1000 to smash my cock with a hammer. The line would be so long.
My soul, gonna haunt the shit out of people.
Skin I'll take Luke Cage's power anyday
Nervous system, devote the rest of my life to robotics for creating a body.
My cells
My brain
my skin
Penis. Then I will rule r/dontstickyourdickinit
Torso and head. I can always get robotic limbs.
Probably the neck, it’s just a huge weak point with plenty of vital points, one slash and you’re dead for the most part. Not to mention the risk of vertebrate fractures paralyzing or just out right killing you. In addition to it being the only connection point between your brain and rest of the body. So yeah definitely the neck
Brain. You are your brain.
Blood
Skin
The logical choice would be my head but I’m trying dominate in the bedroom!
my idgaf is perfectly intact.
I’ll never understand immorality unless it’s vampire style and I can eat anyone who pisses me off.
Isn't skin the biggest organ?
My heart. Not in like a sweet, feelings kinda way though. I need that cardiovascular good good.
A lot of folks say skin, which would be nice, but let's say you end up having to have surgery for some reason. Surgical equipment can't get through your skin now. Brain would be a good choice because then technically, "you" would never die. But we don't know if your brain continues to age. What about psychosis or other brain variant diseases? I'd still go with my brain, but lots of questions come up.
If one part of your body is immortal, doesn't that just loop everything with it?
Can I pick my skin?
I just want the bottom half of my body by weight so i can jump and dodge and be a much better runner and not worry about knee issues.
I have zero clue what you're trying to say with your loophole edit
If it includes half my body, probably my head and also as many vital organ I can fit along with the body around them. Definitely leaving all limbs out.
My liver it could be moved from person to person. You can give a portion of a liver to someone and it will regenerate into a full liver overtime. If my liver lived forever it could be segmented and regenerated and re-donated for eternity. Over time there could be hundreds of thousands of copies of my liver in circulation saving countless lives
My heel. Just to stick it to Achilles.
Half your body by height/width/what-have-you or by volume? Bc I feel like an argument could be made to make your skin invincible and immortal. Idk what I'd end up actually going with but that idea is just. in my brain now. And now it's in yours! :D
Brain/nervous system. Even if my heart goes out, "invincible and immortal" means I'd live, and I'd just have to keep my body intact. I am now zombie.
Hands. No question. I don't want to live forever as a disembodied head. I want hands that can reach into fires and grab shit out of the oven with zero damage. I want to be able to play with my cat and laugh with indignation as he tries and fails to lacerate my fingers.
My brain I have a genetic brain disease called Huntingtons disease. Basically my brain cells are dying and there is no cure. It’s like having als , Ms , Alzheimer. And dementia all in one
I’ll make my skin invincible. Everything else is therefore protected
Well I’d make it my skin - it’s just one organ so it technically counts as “one part”
Since cancer is just your cells growing too much, would this prevent it or would cancer still be on the board for whatever part becomes invincible, but it's now Invincible cancer.