What Happens When the Average Lifespan is 150 Years?

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What Happens When the Average Lifespan is 150 Years?

Posted by samzenpus on Monday October 17, 2011 @12:07AM from the first-century-is-the-best dept.

First time accepted submitter Macgrrl writes "It was reported today in The Age newspaper that scientists believe they will have a drug within the next 5-10 years that will extend the average human lifespan to 150 years. Given the retirement age is 65, that would give you an extra 85 years, meaning you would probably have to extend the average working life to 100 or 120 years to prevent the economy becoming totally unbalanced and pensions running out. That assumes that the life extension is all 'good years', and not a prolonged period of dementia and physical decline. Would you want to live to 150? What do you see as being the most likely issues and what do you think you would do with all the extra years?"

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Easy by Anonymous Coward · 2011-10-17 00:09 · Score: 5, Funny

I'd spend all my time hitting those 80 year old cheerleaders!
1. Re:Easy by orangesquid · 2011-10-17 00:49 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Hmm...
  Life insurance will be more expensive, pay raises will be lower, doctors will own more yachts when they die, retirement age will be 116, there will be more conservatives and less social change, food and other resources will become scarce, there will be more population and everything that comes with it, more people will go to grad school, families will be bigger, family reunions will need more seating, more senators will be balding, viagra sales will skyrocket, and the year will be greater than or equal to 2036.
  Next question!
  
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2. Re:Easy by PopeRatzo · 2011-10-17 01:06 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  The Pope said condoms were OK a few years ago, I believe.
  Yes, but only for priests.
  
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3. Re:Easy by jhoegl · 2011-10-17 01:18 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Hide the evidence!
4. Re:Easy by Anonymous Coward · 2011-10-17 01:34 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Why would a priest need a condom? The choir boys won't get pregnant
65+95 = 150? by kayumi · 2011-10-17 00:10 · Score: 5, Funny

I think I would spend the next 165 years practising addition
When the average age is 150 by Oswald+McWeany · 2011-10-17 00:13 · Score: 4, Funny

When the average age is 150 the average speed limit will be 15mph.
The weather channel will become a 3D channel on cable and out perform the major networks.
Dick Clark will be hosting New Year shows still.
Starbucks will be sold to a bingo-chain.
No one will ever be able to walk on anyone elses lawn ever again.

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1. Re:When the average age is 150 by BigSes · 2011-10-17 00:44 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  It might surprise you to know that Dick Clark was actually the test subject for this drug.
Who wants to live forever? by VendettaMF · 2011-10-17 00:14 · Score: 3, Funny

... Ask me again in 300 years.

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Re:Frag 'em by dyingtolive · 2011-10-17 00:36 · Score: 3, Funny

Man, me too.. It's bad enough playing games online and listening to all of the prepubescent acne riddled trolls screaming "FAGGOT" at me like they just learned the damn word today; I don't need my grandparents doing it too.

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Re:Practising? by MobileTatsu-NJG · 2011-10-17 01:24 · Score: 4, Funny

^^ A hundred and fifty years of this. *Sigh*

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Re:Not gonna happen. by martas · 2011-10-17 02:49 · Score: 3, Funny

oh, what difference one apostrophe can make: "my girlfriend's moms" -> gay, possibly polygamous parents. "my girlfriends' moms" -> multiple girlfriends, one mom each... /grammar nazi

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