# "Dated" lines in media

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dated-lines-in-media/787087>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 20, 2017, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dated-lines-in-media/787087 "2017-05-20T16:54:00Z")\
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It was certainly riskier than it is now, but “you’d better have your children as soon as you can, in case you die while having children before you have a chance to have children” isn’t exactly the most compelling argument.

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