[ WP ] Humanity has achieved immortality . Due to resource concerns everyone must submit to a council their chosen manner of death at 150 . The more amusing the death the longer the council lets you live .

We did n't realize the ramifications of the new rules, but soon they were very apparent. Death became the new art form, with everyone a forced participant. And, like any good art, it went through its proper phases: Renaissance, Romanticism, etc. every century or so it changed. Grandparents could n't understand their children's' death, and vice versa. 
 
 Some people spent their whole lives thinking about their magnificent deaths. Some started at 100, but even the greatest procrastinators dared start no later that 145. Anything to prolong their lives. I, however, was different. My life was no particularly fun or interesting. In fact, it was quite boring. I was quite bored of it. It just felt.... empty. So I did n't plan it at all. 
 
 When the time came, I stood in front of a panel and handed them a paper with just two words written on it. *Heart Attack* The judges glanced at it, and stroked their beards, the very picture of an art critic. 
 
 I waited, then, for the inevitable immediate condemnation to death; a heavy sentence for others, but not me. I was satisfied. 
 
 The first judge spoke. 
 
 `` This... is... beautiful. The simplicity in the handwriting and content accents the brevity of the statement as well as its return to more ancient times, with a emphasis on....'' 
 
 There was more, but I did not hear. I was too shocked the first words. It was only at the last sentence that my surprise was complete. `` Immortality!'' 
 
 No. Impossible. Immortality was given to only the most exceptional and talented individuals, people society could not afford to lose, not some average Joe like me. It was from then on, even now, that I carry the guilt -- the guilt of starting the [ modern age ] ( http: //scienceblogs.com/cognitivedaily/wp-content/blogs.dir/262/files/2012/04/i-2eb7d13739bfb2d8a4921797e3a50b52-art1.jpg ) of the death arts.
