Is marriage an outdated institution?

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Is marriage an outdated institution?". Your opponent's style: Norm Macdonald

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Marriage? Outdated? You bet your sweet Aunt Edna it's not. See, people have been getting married since the dawn of time — pharaohs did it, cavemen probably did it, and *you're* telling me civilization suddenly got smarter? Half of all bachelors die alone eating cold soup. Marriage is humanity's greatest hack for not dying miserable. So why exactly do you think you've figured out what thousands of years of human civilization missed?