q: longevity

[Horab Fibslager]

i heard on the new they were testing a possible anti aging drug, which prompted the idea for this topic.

as good as long life is concerned, im down with living younger longer if i can, but there are soem problems with it.

overpopulation - an aging population with the area birthrates is goign to mean people taking up space at an increasing rate, many of whom would be 'unproductive' so to say. todays society jsut isn;t good conditions for this sorta thing, with many elderly ending up destitue and/or homelss.

longer generations - each generation of people creates new mutations, adapting better to their environment. as people live longer they may reproduce less often, and thus farther apart chronologically, decreasing adapatablility to environment etc.

i reckon there's mroe to it than this, but these were the ones that flew off the top of my head.

[Rupert Giles]

i heard on the new they were testing a possible anti aging drug, which prompted the idea for this topic.

as good as long life is concerned, im down with living younger longer if i can, but there are soem problems with it.

overpopulation - an aging population with the area birthrates is goign to mean people taking up space at an increasing rate, many of whom would be 'unproductive' so to say. todays society jsut isn;t good conditions for this sorta thing, with many elderly ending up destitue and/or homelss.

longer generations - each generation of people creates new mutations, adapting better to their environment. as people live longer they may reproduce less often, and thus farther apart chronologically, decreasing adapatablility to environment etc.

i reckon there's mroe to it than this, but these were the ones that flew off the top of my head.

Here are a few solutions:

1:  War.  Lots of War.

2:  Colonisation of other planets.

3:  Use of currently unused space on this planet.

4:  Ever seen 'Logan's Run?'

[Malaul]

aw CC
youre perfect for me
you quote RE
and you know what Logans Run is


::sighs and shakes head::
Stupid Cupid!!


Logans Run was amazing
cheesy
but amazing
I have Ankhs tatoos because of that movie!!

Again I ask, will you marry me?
heheheeeee

[Rupert Giles]

aw CC
youre perfect for me
you quote RE
and you know what Logans Run is


::sighs and shakes head::
Stupid Cupid!!


Logans Run was amazing
cheesy
but amazing
I have Ankhs tatoos because of that movie!!

Again I ask, will you marry me?
heheheeeee

Of course I'll marry you.  PM me and we can work out the details when you return.

[Malaul]

sweet!!
(of course, now you arent here,,,)
whats a cat to do?  

[Wishfarple]

sweet!!
(of course, now you arent here,,,)
whats a cat to do?  

Since when is that a problem.  I'm an ordained SubG minister, and I hereby marry Malaul and Compositus Confusio for the duration of 33 and one-third seconds, or until they decide they're sick of it, whichever comes later.  

So mote it be, quid pro quo, sine qua non, je ne sais quoi.

[Schweinepriester G.]

Battle Angel Alita (and Battle Angel Alita: Last Order) shows several solutions for overpopulation all at once:
- colonizatione of the solar system
- extremely bad living conditions for a large part of the population
- neverending wars
- population control
- eating children
- long wars
- setting children in battles against each other
...

[Rupert Giles]

Battle Angel Alita (and Battle Angel Alita: Last Order) shows several solutions for overpopulation all at once:
- colonizatione of the solar system
- extremely bad living conditions for a large part of the population
- neverending wars
- population control
- eating children
- long wars
- setting children in battles against each other
...

I, for one, welcome our Children Fighting to the Death Overlords, and want them to know I will be glad to work in their sugar mines.

[~~~~Closed~~~~]

I, for one, welcome our Children Fighting to the Death Overlords, and want them to know I will be glad to work in their sugar mines.

damn...I own a salt mine...

[The Anti-Cabbage or Fig-1]

Well as long as the Nazi hell creatures keep stealing people for work and feeding to the underworld and the Aliens keep stealing people for the same reasons to their space bases we are perfectly safe.

[Xoder]

1:  War.  Lots of War.

There has never, in the entire history of mankind, been a war that ended with fewer people on this planet than before it started.

We, as a species, are not the most prolific fuckers [using that noun in the "people who fuck" sense, not the "people/things" sense], but we are certainly better at making people than we are at destroying them, and have been for quite some time.

[Guido Finucci]

There has never, in the entire history of mankind, been a war that ended with fewer people on this planet than before it started.

For real? Even the world wars? WWII lost in excess of 20 million people -- were there really that many born those five or so years?

[~~~~Closed~~~~]

*cues dramatic music*

[Rupert Giles]

*cues dramatic music*

With a Herring?!  It can't be done.

[~~~~Closed~~~~]

I did it with a snapper, not a herring.