You know what the biggest problem would be with being a vampire.

[LostInAnomie]

Evolution.

If you really are immortal can you imagine how much it would suck if evolution started shifting the look of the species in a different direction. You would be a virtual Neanderthal for eternity.

It sure would be sweet for a few thousand years though. :bounce:

[hfojvt]

1. I think the slayers and the Van Helsings

would be a bigger problem.
Not to mention garlic and getting caught in the sun.
You would expect most of the 500 year old vampires to be kinda short though, now that you mention it, but that's really not gonna make you stick out.

[LostInAnomie]

2. I thought about the height thing too.

I figure they could get one of those leg stretching operations though.

As for slayers I would probably just try to keep a low profile so they don't even know I'm there.

[Orsino]

3. Affording the leather dusters and designer shades. n/t

[Mutley]

4. I wouldn't want to live forever.

A couple thousand years would be fine for me.

[BreweryYardRat]

5. Speak for yourself.

Eternity looks pretty damn good to me.

[Mutley]

6. Eternity would look good...

But life would really suck after certain events like when our sun dies in 5 billion years.

[billyskank]

11. That's a very good point

You can't be eternal in a material universe that is itself mortal.

[Mutley]

14. Thanks.

:D

[BreweryYardRat]

12. I'd have gotten off this rock before it went to red giant stage anyway.

Not something to worry about.

[Mutley]

13. The universe itself it mortal.

So, even if you escape the dying Sol, you will eventually have to face the death of the universe.

[Callalily]

7. My biggest problem is

folding those wings up in that coffin. And . . . I truly love garlic, and of course had to give it up.

[Bridget Burke]

8. What about the Turok-Han?

It was a primitive vampire, the vampire equivalent to Neanderthal man. (Not that Neanderthal man was a hideous, evil, super-strong monster--but we're discussing Vampire evolution here.)



Sometimes called the uber-vamp, it was brought back to life by The First--a being of infinite evil--or he was brought back to Sunnydale. My source? Buffy, of course.

[Callalily]

9. Vampire trivia

lamia \LAY-mee-uh\ noun

: a female demon : vampire

Example sentence:
In his latest horror flick, a seductive lamia revengefully preys upon the young men of a suburban town, who, it turns out, were responsible for her brutal death.

:woohoo: Prey upon young men! Now that sounds like just the kind of hobby I'd like to pick up! :rofl:

[Dukkha]

10. and what about the 2010 theory

I don't remember it too well but in the sequel to 2001:A Space Odyssey Jupiter becomes a second sun so there's no night on Earth anymore, which means Vampires could never go out in the open and hunt for prey anymore.

[Mutley]

15. Yes, Jupiter becomes a second sun

and that is what enables life to flourish on Europa. That light coming from Jupiter, though, wasn't nearly as intense as the light from Sol, s maybe the vampires would be able to tolerate it with a lot of clothing or something. It's too bad Arthur C. Clark is dead, or we could ask him about that.

[AllegroRondo]

17. Clarke is dead?

When?

Why wasnt I notified?

[Mutley]

19. He died in the late 90's.

Very sad. I read the entire Odyssey series, they are some of my favorite books, as 2001 is one of my favorite movies.

[AllegroRondo]

21. Cant be - I remember his interview after the tsunami last year

because he lives on Sri Lanka, he wanted people to know he was OK.

[Mutley]

22. I could've sworn he died. My SO says the same thing.

Back in the 90s. Hmmm. Maybe someone else here on DU will know.

[Mutley]

23. Well damn, you're right.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_C._Clarke

:wow:

My SO and I both thought we remembered hearing about him dying in the late 90s. That really freaks me out that I've thought for all these years that he was dead when he wasn't.

Well damn. Someone email the man and ask him whether vampires can live in the sunlight of Jupiter!

[AllegroRondo]

25. Thats a relief!!

good to hear the old guy is still kicking.

[Fox Mulder]

16. I don't think most vampires worry about millions of years in the future.

And if that time does come, I think most vampires will want to be dusted anyways. Wouldn't you want to be after existing for 5 billion years? :silly:

[RedCloud]

18. I would have thought AIDS or garlic bread.

:shrug:

[Momgonepostal]

26. Hmmm AIDS and vampires...

Could a virus kill a member of the undead?

[Maine-ah]

20. kind of like 'W'

he still looks like a monkey. There! we have our proof! They are all a bunch of blood sucking vampires!

[EstimatedProphet]

24. Brings a new meaning to "damned for all eternity", doesn't it?

[Kellanved]

27. Watching Movies and TV

I mean, all that stuff about eternity is totally beside the point.

As vampires are supposed to be able to move faster than humans, one can assume that their eyes are faster as well, right?
So, no way that the 20-30 frames per second could be fast enough to create the illusion of motion. Watching a movie would be like a slide show.

That's what I would call a problem. ;-)