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We pop out as babies, and while we grow older, we develop more and more babies on our extremities, who again grow up and develop more and more babies.

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[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 19 points 3 days ago

That's not accurate, but it's a damn good shower thought :)

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

This will live rent free in my head

[-] toxoplasma0gondii@feddit.org 11 points 3 days ago

You should read layers of fear by jinjo ito. Not exactly your shower thought but close enough to be relevant.

[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today 10 points 3 days ago
[-] Xeroxchasechase@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Yeah, it would be very weird for us to think about ourselves growing as humans.

[-] Dungrad@feddit.org 2 points 3 days ago
[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)
[-] Dungrad@feddit.org 1 points 3 days ago

For posting, because apparently it would be normal for us.

[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I think I missed a clause in my original comment. It is weird to us. You're right. But to those hypothetical humans it would be weird.

[-] quixotic120@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

Or we just get thicker and thicker and an autopsy is like cutting you in half and counting the rings of growth and looking for damage indicators in each ring

[-] hperrin@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 days ago

Some of us do just get thicker and thicker…

[-] Dungrad@feddit.org 5 points 3 days ago

We are Ents not fat 🤯

You can see here the emotional damage of x year

[-] loaf@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago

A genuine family tree.

this post was submitted on 05 Jan 2025
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