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Some religions say that you can be reincarnated as an insect as punishment for the things you did in your past life.
Would life as a bug really be all that awful? I used to think that being reborn as a fly wouldn't be so bad, since they only live for like a year, so you really don't have to wait all that long until you die. But then I learned that insects have a slower perception of time than we do. So one human year could feel like a lot more for a fly. Thoughts?
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>be bug
>fungal spore lands on you
>life (3 days) over
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Considering what life some people have to endure for DECADES, a life as a fly that ends with a quick swift swat with a newspaper would be preferable to them.
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>>5162925
Counter-point.
Carnivorous plants. Digested alive able to breathe but unable to move.
I would argue that is one of the worst ways to die other than being eaten alive from the inside by maggots, which also happens to bugs.
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>>5162938
>Digested alive able to breathe but unable to move.
Wouldn't that be the same as being swallowed whole by a bigger animal?
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>>5162938
if youre able to fly as an insect, youve already gone through 80% of your life, its like saying dying at 60 is worse than dying at 80
>>5162912
that doesnt change the fact that one second is one second, and you have it backwards, they perceive time faster than we do, because they react faster, ergo 1 second for us is 5 seconds to them, not 5 seconds to us is 1 second to them, this would be a tortoise or a starfish



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