Karl@literature.cafe to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agoHow do you describe death to a person who's from a world where nothing ever dies?message-squaremessage-square43linkfedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down112file-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 · 2 months agomessage-square43linkfedilinkfile-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-up34·2 months agoWhere NOTHING dies? That’s going to make meal prep super awkward.
minus-squareKarl@literature.cafeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·2 months agoThey rawdog energy from their star
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 months agoI love this description of photosynthesis.
minus-squareNibodhika@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months 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-up2·2 months 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-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoJust slice off a chunk of ol’ Bessie each day, and you’ll eat steak for the rest of your life!
minus-squareSuperDuper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoI think number 2 the next day would be a more harrowing experience.
minus-squareMajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoMaybe it’s a fun 8 hour rollercoaster ride?
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
Just slice off a chunk of ol’ Bessie each day, and you’ll eat steak for the rest of your life!
I think number 2 the next day would be a more harrowing experience.
Maybe it’s a fun 8 hour rollercoaster ride?
Maybe they wouldn’t need to eat