Would you use a device to delete your memories?

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    Sort of a counterpoint to Forever's thread here.

    Suppose there was created a device to delete memories of your life experiences. You could activate it to erase any memory you wanted to. However, in return you would be required to pay a price - you would lose a day from your lifespan. Would you use the device?

    I personally would use it in moderation in order to take away only my most negative experiences (my time on another Pokemon forum for example). The cost would be too high to use every time the smallest bad thing happened to me...
     
    when i was in middle school......... i was really embarrising and people persistlently calling me gay -shemellon- its in the past but...... -shemellon- i...dont want to remember anymore... the "why do you talk wierd and squeky " , the " i think hes gay" the... everything -shemellon- i would change my life span to 1/4 to forget all of that -shemellon- ........
     
    I wouldn't use the device even if it didn't have the lose1dayofurlife function.
    I'd like to keep all of my memories, thanks. Even the ones that hurt.
     
    I wouldn't use it. Part of having memories is having a mixture of them. Even if the memory was deleted it was already done. It would still stay there regardless if you use any kind of power, once a memory have been recorded, even if it is really unimportant it is here to stay.
     
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    i probably would... to erase all my bad memories. and ther's lot's. my worst one is...can't remember :D
     
    I wouldn't use it on anything so far, but I might use it down the line.
     
    I would never use a device to erase any kind of memory if it shortens my lifespan.
    Even if a horrible memory, I would still keep it in my mind.
     
    A lot can happen in a day. So no, I would not use it. I couldn't live with the fact that I killed a small bit of my life.
     
    I wouldn't want to lose anything. Even the worst memories shape myself, my personality. It makes me, me. I don't just want to get rid of what. What if I forget something crucial, and suddenly I'm changed forever, and for the worse?

    Maybe I'm just overthinking it. o_o
     
    I wouldn't because I wouldn't want to lose a day of my live.
     
    No way. It's not even the losing a day of my life thing that'd bother me. Because even though there are some things I'd love to forget, I don't want anyone or anything messing around with my head. Even if they claimed something (like this machine being infallible and not erasing anything you didn't want it to) I still couldn't be able to trust them. What if the device was really some sort of brainwashing thing or did something like that by accident? It's something I don't like to think about, because losing control of my mind is my biggest fear, however irrational it may seem. :c
     
    Nope, wouldn't delete my memories. They're good as they are and the bad stuff I usually forget about anyway.

    ~Plus we all learn from our mistakes~
     
    I wouldn't use the device at all. We learn from our memories, both good and bad.
     
    Yes, I would. I'd delete about three memories in my life.

    I don't see why not if they're harmful memories to me, and three days being lost in my life isn't that important to me since I don't know how long my life will last anyway. Besides, there are quite a few things you can do to elongate your life by living healthier as it stands, so that really isn't that much of a concern to me.

    The whole memories shape who you are reasoning doesn't seem very logical to me since I doubt one memory is going to completely change you. The event would have still happened, you just won't remember it happened.
     
    It honestly depends I guess. Personally, I wouldn't delete my memories if I had the chance. If those memories were, say a bad mistake in my life, I feel that by having those memories I may learn from those mistakes. By deleting those memories, I might make the same mistakes again. Everything happens for a purpose.
     
    Ah, it's just a few memories >__> A few days away from my end won't really matter. So of course I'd use it, that is if I haven't forgotten the memories I don't like by then, which actually has happened XD
     
    I've thought about this, but ultimately, I wouldn't.

    Every memory is just as precious as the last. Even if the memories were bad, there was and is something to be learned from that specific memory. I wouldn't give up any of my memories because they make me the person that I am today. I have to live with these memories, and I suppose I don't really have a problem with that. There are good memories, as well as bad, but sometimes, the bad memories are just as important as the good ones that you have.

    I'm normally the person that attempts to look at the bright side of things, so let's just say that good memories rule over the bad memories, yeah? But bad memories are still there to be kept.
     
    I wouldn't even though they are those experiences that are unforgettable, sad, lonely. It's part of life, life isn't perfect.
     
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