Why do we say "or death"

[klip11]

Where did the phrase "x or death" descend from? Like why does the blackpill community say "hair or death" or "height or death"? Does it mean that it will be fatal if you have no hair?

 

[sickdawgie]

Means you're gonna kill yourself or should kill yourself

 

[Aladin]

Death as in it’s over

 

[klip11]

Means you're gonna kill yourself or should kill yourself

Haitian cannibals say " @Jason Voorhees meat or death"