Frozen In the Desert
October 8th, 2014 at 7:55:29 AM
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So Don Laughlin, the developer of that wide spot on the river that bears his name, wants to be cryogenically frozen after death in the hope he can someday be reanimated.
Is this a ridiculous waste of money or a reasonable way to make a bet to hedge death?
Is this a ridiculous waste of money or a reasonable way to make a bet to hedge death?
"What, me worry?"
October 8th, 2014 at 9:56:41 AM
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Totally ridiculous, ain't gonna happen. The Wizard says never hedge.
October 8th, 2014 at 10:07:38 AM
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Hell, if you have the financial means why not? All of us don't have the luxury of running around after decapitation, afterall.
October 8th, 2014 at 10:42:08 AM
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IMNSHO the money could be put to good use while he's alive. He's never coming back, at any price.
October 8th, 2014 at 10:56:23 AM
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Quote: chickenmanIMNSHO the money could be put to good use while he's alive. He's never coming back, at any price.
Never say never. Why not if you have the money and want to spend it that way.
October 8th, 2014 at 11:00:52 AM
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Just my opinion as stated. But he's never coming back, that stuff not only doesn't pass the taste test it's not even good science fiction.
October 8th, 2014 at 11:06:45 AM
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I think paying a substantial amount of money on the chance of one day being resurrected as Don Laughlin meets the definition of being a "negative equity bet."
Suck dope, watch TV, make up stuff, be somebody on the internet.
October 8th, 2014 at 11:14:39 AM
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Quote: MrVSo Don Laughlin, the developer of that wide spot on the river that bears his name, wants to be cryogenically frozen after death in the hope he can someday be reanimated.
Is this a ridiculous waste of money or a reasonable way to make a bet to hedge death?
Well that decision certainly does go to character. A narcissist if there ever was one. I am glad they removed the giant busts of his head from the casino floor, it was creepy.
Did you ever stay there and watch the Don Laughlin channel on the tv? Yeah, a half hour show on his achievements on a loop over and over, all hail Don.
My back of the envelope calculations says he could give every single one of his employees a million dollars and still be a multi billionaire. He went the other way with it and took away their 401k contributions.
I think they ought to go the Pharoah route and remove and dry his organs, stay with the desert theme, he appears close to dried up already. Every time I go there I ask an employee if he is still alive, no one seems happy about it.
October 8th, 2014 at 12:18:19 PM
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Quote: petroglyph
Did you ever stay there and watch the Don Laughlin channel on the tv? Yeah, a half hour show on his achievements on a loop over and over, all hail Don.
I'm reminded of the citizens of the locker in MIB-whichever(II?). "All hail K!" lol...
If the House lost every hand, they wouldn't deal the game.
October 8th, 2014 at 12:23:56 PM
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Have you seen that bronze or copper colored bigger than life-size statue of him they erected by the road as you first enter Casino Drive at the north end? I'm told the outstretched hand is supposed to represent a gesture of public welcome, but it sure looks like a ten or twelve foot tall panhandler to me. That, or he's pointing to where "the boys" are supposed to bury another stiff this time.Quote:I am glad they removed the giant busts of his head from the casino floor, it was creepy.
Suck dope, watch TV, make up stuff, be somebody on the internet.
October 8th, 2014 at 12:31:40 PM
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Quote: DrawingDeadHave you seen that bronze or copper colored bigger than life-size statue of him they erected by the road as you first enter Casino Drive at the north end? I'm told the outstretched hand is supposed to represent a gesture of public welcome, but it sure looks like a ten or twelve foot tall panhandler to me. That, or he's pointing to where "the boys" are supposed to bury another stiff this time.
No I missed that one but I will look, I come in from the other way.
I just got a visual, when Don passes even his own family will be out there at the statue like the Iraqi citizens at the statue of Saddam, dragging the head down the street and a kid kicking it. lol
@Babs, that's funny. All hail, that is a weather phenomenon isn't it?
October 8th, 2014 at 10:00:04 PM
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I say go for it. It's worth a shot unless they bring you back and its somehow painful.
♪♪Now you swear and kick and beg us That you're not a gamblin' man Then you find you're back in Vegas With a handle in your hand♪♪ Your black cards can make you money So you hide them when you're able In the land of casinos and money You must put them on the table♪♪ You go back Jack do it again roulette wheels turinin' 'round and 'round♪♪ You go back Jack do it again♪♪
October 8th, 2014 at 10:16:20 PM
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It's a real long shot, at best.
Why would people in the future want to reanimate a person whose mental and physical abilities had ebbed to the point of death?
Why would people in the future want to reanimate a person whose mental and physical abilities had ebbed to the point of death?
"What, me worry?"
October 8th, 2014 at 10:54:53 PM
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maybe he'll come back and see ted Williams hit over 400 again.
get second you pig
October 8th, 2014 at 11:14:05 PM
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Quote: ontariodealermaybe he'll come back and see ted Williams hit over 400 again.
But Teddy ballgame did not even win MVP his 406 year ! Stupid sports writers.
Shed not for her
the bitter tear
Nor give the heart
to vain regret
Tis but the casket
that lies here,
The gem that filled it
Sparkles yet
October 9th, 2014 at 1:27:41 AM
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People spend money believing in UFOs, Santa Claus, burying Cadillacs in the desert, playing golf or injecting heroin. Why not cryogenic reanimation.Quote: MrVSo Don Laughlin, the developer of that wide spot on the river that bears his name, wants to be cryogenically frozen after death in the hope he can someday be reanimated?
Now IF it became technologically feasible, perhaps we could ask the administrator of the Social Security fund if it would be sensible or not.
October 9th, 2014 at 3:27:34 AM
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Quote: chickenmanThe Wizard says never hedge.
Quote: 10 CommandmentsExceptions can be made for insuring life changing...
... reanimation might be seen as "life changing".
May the cards fall in your favor.
October 9th, 2014 at 3:35:41 AM
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Oh hell no! If the whole zombie apocalypse ever happens, this cryogenically-frozen-person thing is gonna be the root of it.
Not a fan. Not a fan at all.
Maybe he'll buy the most expensive life insurance plan and leave all his money + other stuff to himself in his will.....is that even possible?
Not a fan. Not a fan at all.
Maybe he'll buy the most expensive life insurance plan and leave all his money + other stuff to himself in his will.....is that even possible?
