Karl@literature.cafe to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-21 month agoHow do you describe death to a person who's from a world where nothing ever dies?message-squaremessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up141arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up128arrow-down1message-squareHow do you describe death to a person who's from a world where nothing ever dies?Karl@literature.cafe to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-21 month agomessage-square45fedilinkfile-text
Let’s say if we were to meat someone from a different universe where things never die, how would you explain death to them?
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up37·1 month agoWhere NOTHING dies? That’s going to make meal prep super awkward.
minus-squareKarl@literature.cafeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·1 month agoThey rawdog energy from their star
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-21 month agoI love this description of photosynthesis.
minus-squareNibodhika@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoTheir star would eventually die. Flames would die, objects break, it’s not a far fetched thing to think that similar stuff can happen to living beings.
minus-squareFreshParsnip@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoMaybe in that universe, stars don’t die either. Everything is everlasting. There probably wouldn’t be reproduction because there’d be no need
minus-squareSuperDuper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 month agoI think number 2 the next day would be a more harrowing experience.
minus-squareMajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoMaybe it’s a fun 8 hour rollercoaster ride?
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 month agoJust slice off a chunk of ol’ Bessie each day, and you’ll eat steak for the rest of your life!
Where NOTHING dies? That’s going to make meal prep super awkward.
They rawdog energy from their star
I love this description of photosynthesis.
Feel free to steal it
Their star would eventually die. Flames would die, objects break, it’s not a far fetched thing to think that similar stuff can happen to living beings.
Maybe in that universe, stars don’t die either. Everything is everlasting. There probably wouldn’t be reproduction because there’d be no need
I think number 2 the next day would be a more harrowing experience.
Maybe it’s a fun 8 hour rollercoaster ride?
Just slice off a chunk of ol’ Bessie each day, and you’ll eat steak for the rest of your life!
Maybe they wouldn’t need to eat