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Originally Posted by Apollonian
. . . extremely long-lived and pretty durable people recognizing the possibility of overpopulation and having an effective contraceptive is up to the creator.
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David Morgan-Mar's
Irregular Webcomic has a worryingly plausible version:
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Mordekai: So, Alvissa, if elves live for thousands of years, why haven't you outpopulated all the other races and taken over the world?
Alvissa: Elven children breast feed for 30 years, teethe for 20 years, throw tantrums for about 100 years, and...
Alvissa: ... don't take to toilet training until they're about 200.
Mordekai: Ah, I see.
Alvissa: Yeah. Elves invented effective contraception before we could use fire.
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