The Girl who doesn't Age!

[Ancientgamer]

As far as I know (any biology nuts can correct me if you want) The body is essentially growing and constantly renewing itself until it reaches it's sexual peek (In female's cases about 29). It then basically starts the dieing process naturally. However, if this trigger is never activated in this girl, then yes, she could live a very long time.

Genetic scientists have theorized for years that if the process could be stopped, a person could live for one or two thousand years until averages dictate that either something will activally kill you, or degradation of non-renewable body-parts kills you. They just can't find a way to stop it, and the ethics involved tend to stop most serious research into it cold in it's tracks.

 

[darthzew]

Interesting. This will be one to watch because I'm really curious right now.

 

[MasterSqueak]

She is an alien soldier stranded on Earth after a failed recon mission.

Cookie for anyone who gets the referance.

 

[sln333]

Yeah, I don't get how this happened. No genetic/chromosomal deformations? I don't have a clue as to what caused it. Like some people said, the baby(?) should be studied for scientific reasons.

 

[Procyon]

Maybe in 20 or 30 years we'll find out if she ever actually starts aging.
That'd be cool.

 

[ThaBenMan]

She is clearly a changeling - the real Brooke is a slave to the capricious nobles of the Faerie Court!

Seriously, though, this is so bizarre. I'll have to look into it in, like, 10 years and see what happens.

 

[lonercs]

Exactly what I thought, they're acting like she's a fucking fountain of youth or something when there's obviously something wrong with the poor girl.

She is a guinea pig! That are searching her genes for a chance to find why we age. They are not looking for a cure for her but, our mortality and maybe even immortality! The scientist realize that she is screwed but, they can maybe find a way to extend our lives. She is the fountain of youth for us.

 

[Skreeee]

I don't think I could change diapers everyday for 16 years, my kid or not.

 

[Spike815]

Wow, you guys need to go back to school. Just because she isn't physically developing doesn't mean she isn't aging. Her heart is still beating, her cells are still dividing, that's aging. She's not going to live 500 years or something ridiculous, her organs are working and eventual will just wear out, that's how life works. It isn't the fountain of youth, something (probably genetic) is just keeping her from developing.

I mean it's not like dwarfs live hundreds of years just because they don't grow much. Pretty much the opposite, as genetic problems like that tend to come in groups, and they end up with weaker hearts/other risks. It's a miracle this girl lived to be 16, as the report says she's already had multiple problems.

 

[Scobie]

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[Naeo]

Hm. Interesting.

Maybe she has a lifespan of something like thousands of years for some reason, and just has yet to develop far enough for it to be noticeable. Or maybe she's just magical.

Or, even better, she's the first example of a real-life RPG character, because we all know they don't age.

 

[runtheplacered]

That sounds horrible, if I were the parents I would have killed her a long time ago.

Shut up, it's not like she's in continuous pain and suffering. There would be no mercy behind that. Stupid comment.

I'm sorry but who made you the judge on what's right or wrong? She's not growing at all and is mentally retarded, I can only imagine the hell she must go through each day.

Wow, Seriously? She is at the state of a toddler, sure she is stuck there, but its not like she knows she is stuck at being a toddler. Killing her would be basically murder, there is no sympathy or mercy involved, smypathy would be something along the lines of donating money, or something, killing her sounds down right evil. Your calling someone else out saying they have no sympathy when your the guy who jumps straight to murder. I argee the planet is over-populated, but if we kill off every single human with a disability, well, then we are no better than animals. That would make the world a much worse place. Population controlled should be done through the controlling of sex.. But I bet that bugs you more than genocide, doesn't it?

I geuss it's the Terri Schiavo argument in that we don't know if they truly want it or not. She won't grow up to live a fulfilling life, won't find love. But at the same time she could live a perfectly safe life.

So you said you'd kill her? Why can't you figure out how stupid that is?

 

[fulano]

Holy hell...just imagine...in 300 years she'll be, like, the hottest old woman on the planet...and she'l look, what, 22? Yes. I just threw that number at the top of my head.

 

[runtheplacered]

Or, even better, she's the first example of a real-life RPG character, because we all know they don't age.

But a JRPG or a Western RPG? The test for that is to have her walk into somebody's home, without knocking, talk to them, steal stuff out of the cupboards and walk back out without anyone caring. If she can pull that off, she's a JRPG character. If not, then western.

 

[flare09]

More like genetic disorder. I doubt there is anything saving about her.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Call me crazy, but it seems to me that it's not a case of her not ageing it's that she's not growing. Her body and mind are failing to develop beyond that of an infant, possibly due to some sort of genetic defect.

 

[JC175]

"Why doesn't she age? Is she the fountain of youth?"

Why are you so retarded? Were you smacked around with a shovel as an infant?

Keep in mind this is the father, he's had a long time to get over the grief and suffering that his daughter must have caused. It's hard to stay depressed after 16 years, its only natural that he'd try to find the positives.

 

[ziratha]

Behold the face of ood. So, the doctor is in.

 

[Mother Yeti]

I love how people here are acting as if they know better than some of the top doctors in the world. "She's OBVIOUSLY just retarded and ought to be mercy-killed, JEEZ."