# Why must we age and die?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-must-we-age-and-die/265507>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 22, 2004, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-must-we-age-and-die/265507 "2004-09-22T16:25:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-must-we-age-and-die/265507/21 "2004-09-23T03:54:52Z")

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> [@Ethilrist](#):
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> Dude. You were thinking about Alexis Bledel. All is forgiven.
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> Hmm… 12 hours of movie… 12-pack of Guinness… That sounds like… a PLAN!

Can I come? I’ll bring the\* lembas\*.

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**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-must-we-age-and-die/265507/22 "2004-09-23T06:21:24Z")

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> [@adam yax](#):
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> Don’t you think that it is a good thing that humans die? How much more miserable would things be if every human that was ever born was still alive? If we didn’t die, there would have to be draconian laws to limit people from having kids that would make China look liberal.

Or we’d fight a lot more wars.

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