# How to achieve immortality?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 1, 2021, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-achieve-immortality/945409 "2021-07-01T09:38:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-achieve-immortality/945409/21 "2021-07-01T19:25:47Z")

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> [@Keeve](#):
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> Well, then we’ve already done it! Click [here](https://web.archive.org/web/20010405022651/http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?forumid=3) to see the General Questions board on Apr 5 2001. (Chronos has been moderating for a long time!)

[Unrelated aside] Wow … there was a _lot_ more activity back then. I count 50 topics bumped in a span of ~6.5 hours, while the last 50 General Questions topics bumped since the latest one today, covers a span of over 3 days!

It really gives a new perspective on that [thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-sdmb-membership-declining-and-whats-the-best-way-to-add-younger-members/944208) discussing the SDMB’s declining membership. Although, speaking personally, I actually prefer the slower pace of today, because there is no way I can keep up with that velocity of topics/activity back in 2001.

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