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My roommate got a Roomba and I never expected the first robot companion I would have and grow affection for to be a vacuum cleaner
THE FUTURE IS BULLET PROOF THE AFTERMATH IS SECONDARY
lol trying to not end my shit before i can move out of this suburban area and reconnect with nature again
something about paper back book cover art from the 80s is terrifying
one of these nights i’m going to break into the fish counter at the grocery store and eat the raw salmon like fucking gollum
can’t wait to watch another season of mediocre things where the writers systematically destroy my favorite character and give him no redeeming qualities
“It’s weird.”
“What’s weird ?“
“Humans have a closer relationship with the dead than they do with the living.”
“Elaborate on that.”
“Well did you ever notice how they honour their deceased?
“…”
“ They decorate the remains of the being and then put it in a wooden box. That wooden box they then proceed to put in a small stone monument with some identification of the human. Sometimes they burn them instead. It varies from culture to culture. After that they repeatedly visit the remains and … how should I vocalise that… relive the memories they shared with that being ?“
“ But doesn’t that destroy the natural cycle of returning minerals into the soil ?“
“ It does. It also damages their emotional sensors yet they still do it.
“ Huh.“
“ But it’s not just about the weird boxing ritual. It’s about the process altogether. Humans give much more value to death than they do to life.”
“Can you give an example ?“
“Plenty. Their soldiers, their authors. Even their friends. While alive they do indeed get acknowledged. But when they die that acknowledgment doubles, even triples in size. It seems humans are blind to most of their possessions and are only able to see them after their loss.
“ That is quite bizarre. But if I can give you a word of advice - do not get too close to human psychology. A lot of minds were lost that way. “
“ …..I will accost your concern.”