• School_Lunch@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      I remember a documentary about a famous northwest passage expedition that was never seen again. One of the inuit people they talked to during an investigation claimed they found a boat, and in the captain’s quarters they found a body in the bed with a big smile on its face. That would be absolutely terrifying, but apparently that’s what naturally happens to corpses when their lips and gums receed.

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          Your dick, your face… they’ll pretty much, as we say in my corner of the world, “Fuck your shit up”

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            6 months ago

            Now, imagine the violence early human bought upon early chimps to become the dominant species but also make them shy away from us.

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      You’re right though, as soon as someone dies, there’s something not right at all about how they look. They don’t look asleep, they look uncanny valley.

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      It also covers those who are not biologically fit to be mates. Various conditions can appear as physical traits.

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      Or perhaps whatever animal killed your friend is still nearby. Maybe it’s still hungry, or maybe it feels it’s territory is still underappreciated.