# I just had an astounding realization: Many babies alive today... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 13, 2014, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-an-astounding-realization-many-babies-alive-today/690673 "2014-06-13T01:58:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-an-astounding-realization-many-babies-alive-today/690673/1 "2014-06-13T01:58:56Z")
…will live to see the year 2100. And I remember thinking 1984 sounded futuristic. mmm ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-an-astounding-realization-many-babies-alive-today/690673/2 "2014-06-13T02:07:28Z")
I had a similar thought in 6th grade. OMG I may see the 21 century! That was in 1973. It seemed unbelievable at 12 that I’d live so long. But, here I am. Wrinkled and feeling rather old at 50. 😃 Sure beats the alternative of rotting in the ground. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-an-astounding-realization-many-babies-alive-today/690673/3 "2014-06-13T02:24:25Z")
So will many adults. I’ll be 120 if I lived that long, which I probably won’t, but someone a few years younger than me, with all the advancements in medicine we’ll see in the next century, will have a pretty good shot at 100-110. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-an-astounding-realization-many-babies-alive-today/690673/4 "2014-06-13T03:09:02Z")
In the year 2100, I will be 137. (Hey, if Bilbo can do it…) ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-an-astounding-realization-many-babies-alive-today/690673/5 "2014-06-13T03:44:58Z")
All I can say is: I hope so. ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-an-astounding-realization-many-babies-alive-today/690673/6 "2014-06-13T04:05:48Z")
Babies, hell. I plan to live to 120, minimum. Should be about right. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-an-astounding-realization-many-babies-alive-today/690673/7 "2014-06-13T07:21:05Z")
Prediction: In the year 2100, music will still sound pretty much like it did in the '90s. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-an-astounding-realization-many-babies-alive-today/690673/8 "2014-06-13T08:32:27Z")
My nephew, born in 1994, could live to see three different centuries, and two millennia. My grandmother(his great grandmother) lived almost to 108, so it could happen. ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-an-astounding-realization-many-babies-alive-today/690673/9 "2014-06-13T08:36:28Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > Prediction: In the year 2100, music will still sound pretty much like it did in the '90s. But it will be ironically. Post-post-post-ironical. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-an-astounding-realization-many-babies-alive-today/690673/10 "2014-06-13T08:38:48Z")
The year 2100 is just a number. Now, living to see April 5, 2063, that will be something. ---
**Author:** ![yo\_han\_go](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yo_han_go/32/130_2.png) [@yo\_han\_go](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yo_han_go)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-an-astounding-realization-many-babies-alive-today/690673/11 "2014-06-13T08:47:32Z")
Or October 21, 2015. Oh. Wait … ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-an-astounding-realization-many-babies-alive-today/690673/12 "2014-06-13T09:22:39Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > In the year 2100,…) …ain’t gonna need your teeth, won’t need your eyes… mmm ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-an-astounding-realization-many-babies-alive-today/690673/13 "2014-06-13T09:27:10Z")
> [@Koxinga](#): > > The year 2100 is just a number. Now, living to see April 5, 2063, that will be something. Look me up. Maybe I’ll give you a ride. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-an-astounding-realization-many-babies-alive-today/690673/14 "2014-06-13T16:21:30Z")
. . . and many people who will vote in the next presidential election will not remember Y2K. Don’t close the book yet on 1984. 2084 will resemble the Orwellian dystopia more closely than anything we have seen yet.