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40 Post author: Yvain 04 April 2012 10:48PM

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Comment author: Incorrect 05 April 2012 02:11:46AM *  6 points [-]

Or maybe:

"All of those, including changing your preferences in icecream, constitute enough change to be considered death. It is theoretically possible to keep a human alive in a controlled environment but this has never been the case in the history of your species."

Comment author: falenas108 05 April 2012 02:36:54AM -2 points [-]

I wouldn't say a change in ice cream preference constitutes a death. People's taste buds change as they get older.

Or if you do say getting older is a younger person's death, then it probably isn't that strict definition of death that you're concerned about, as you don't mourn people getting older.