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Suicide rates would likely rise sharply if reincarnation were ever proven. (lemmy.zip)
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[–] 46 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Maybe it does and the queue is so long we just forget about our old life by the time our number comes up

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  • [–] 27 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    The existence of a queue sparks the follow-up question: What happens if something is born while the queue is empty?

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  • [–] 14 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    I read a short story once that there's only one person constantly reincarnated simultaneously, and everyone you (I) meet is actually me (you) and only realizes it after death before being born into the next person's body,

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    That’s interesting. I’ve had that same thought before, it might be cool to see someone else’s take on it. Do you remember the name of the story or author?

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago

    In my story, Maizy's Tails, I made it so that souls had to be aged for 1000 years before they could be reincarnated. Otherwise the lingering attachment (which makes souls weightless) won't allow them to enter into a new body.

    The 1000 years is just a nice, round figure the gods use as a safe baseline. Some souls might only need 200 years while others might need 950 or so. Best to just place them all into balloons and let them age in batches 👍

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