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[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month 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 1 month ago (2 children)

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

[–] Chadus_Maximus@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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 1 month ago

Your child was a single cell in this live.

[–] occhionaut@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I like your headspace!

[–] mihor@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Nooooooo! 😫

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

[–] match@pawb.social 3 points 1 month ago

thanks for reminding me, i gotta stop accruing karma

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month 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 1 month ago (2 children)

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

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

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

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month ago (2 children)

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

[–] Johanno 10 points 1 month ago

2 > 1

This seems actually to be true.

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 month 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 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 month ago

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

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

That guys a pedo.^1^

^1.Pedologist.^

[–] DisguisedJoker@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

TIL a new word. Thank you.

[–] Lemming421@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is that Young Kevin Sorbo?

[–] Carvex@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)