Kingdom of Knuffel

From The Book of Questions by Gregory Stock.

Question #17: Would you be willing to become extremely ugly physically if it meant you would live for 1,000 years at any physical age you chose?

I don't know about this one. I mean, my very first thought is that I would love to live longer, and I am ugly anyway. But I'm not so ugly that people stare at me when I go outside. If I was so ugly and deformed that people were staring and little kids were crying.... I don't know. Not to mention that I have no money, no skills, I'm not good with people, etc. So, after my immediate family died, I'd probably be living under a bridge by myself for the next 950 years. So ehhh.... I actually might pass on that one.

Good point. I'm picturing like Quasimodo!

Hmmm... probably not. I really hate standing out, and also it doesn't say a healthy 1,000 years. I have a chronic illness that only gets worse with time, I can't imagine how awful it'd end up at, like, year 400.

Sorry, but no. If I were alone in the world with robots providing all services, sure. But people are mean and I would probably end up spending the 1000 in the house too terrified to get out

Living is a sham. So I'd like to have one that's short but still well lived.

Quality, not quantity.

No way! I don't consider myself particularly attractive but I don't know if I could stay sane for that long... especially if I looked even worse. Plus I feel like I'd get really bored.

I might.
Just to see what would happen over 1,000 years.
It would be pretty interesting to see how it all evolves in that length of time.