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[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 38 points 3 months ago (4 children)

And these facts are how you ruin reincarnation. You know how many passes you need to be human again? It's a lot.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago (2 children)

This thought is kind of inspiring, in a "gratitude for what you have" way.

[–] Chadus_Maximus@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

But also... Imagine knowing that your child most likely was some amoeba in their previous life. Actually don't do that.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

Your child was a single cell in this live.

[–] occhionaut@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

I like your headspace!

[–] mihor@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Nooooooo! 😫

Imagine being reborn as some silly bacteria miles below the surface of the earth, though. 😖

[–] match@pawb.social 3 points 3 months ago

thanks for reminding me, i gotta stop accruing karma

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

Hm, what are we taking now. Soul as a material construct? Wouldn't fit into a worms nervous system. Soul as something incorporeal? Why stop at animals as smart as an object? Reincarnated into a cupboard?

[–] MidRomney@lemmy.world 33 points 3 months ago (2 children)

There are more living organisms in one tablespoon of people than there are people on earth.

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

I'm sure of it but that ruins the pun.

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Nahhhh, depends entirely on where from. Digestive tract? Absolutely. Middle of a large muscle? Not by a long shot.

[–] Thespiralsong@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

Oh sure, apply this logic to the human body but soil gets a free pass. Enough of this online pro-soil/anti-human agenda.

[–] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Not by a long shot. Only the digestive tract has a ton of bacteria in it. Bacteria elsewhere is called an infection.

[–] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There are about 38 trillion bacteria in the average human. The volume of the average human is about 4500 U.S. tablespoons. Thus an average tablespoon of human has 8.4 billion bacteria in it.

Any specific tablespoon will vary greatly, that's why I said average tablespoon.

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

So you're not taking a random tablespoon, but averaging the bacteria. That's a different setup.

[–] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

Yeah, not a random specific tablespoon of a specific human; a generalized average count based on a tablespoon of average human.

The average human has less than 2 legs, less than two nipple, and less than one testicle.

[–] radicalautonomy@lemmy.world 32 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There are more hydrogen atoms in a single molecule of water than there are stars in the entire solar system.

[–] Johanno@feddit.org 10 points 3 months ago

2 > 1

This seems actually to be true.

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This must be how all of your Shovel-centric romance novels read.

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

the air smelled like loam

Bish, loam is a particle size distribution and has nothing to do with soil fertility directly

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 5 points 3 months ago

This is a brilliant shitpost but at the same time it got this reaction from me:

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That guys a pedo.^1^

^1.Pedologist.^

[–] DisguisedJoker@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

TIL a new word. Thank you.

[–] Lemming421@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Is that Young Kevin Sorbo?

[–] Carvex@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don't see him eating crayons, probably not.

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)