cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/61827321

Surprisingly, it’s been 1.5 years since this was last asked.

I pick Peregrine Falcon. They thrive all across the globe, they’re fast as fuck when they’re in a dive, they’re the cutest killers, but they’re not at the top of the pecking order, which means a lust for life.

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[–] 42 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I’d love a chance to be reborn as myself and I promise this time I won’t fuck it up.

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  • [–] 23 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Jellyfish. Nothing to worry about. Just floating around. Get eaten? No sweat, you don't even have a brain. It's be pretty boring, but what do you care? You don't have a brain.

    Alternately, the blue jays always seem to be having a good time.

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    [–] 17 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    I've already been reincarnated as a wind turbine. I wasnt sure how to feel about it at first, but now I'm a big fan.

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

    Would I be limited to life on this planet? I wouldn't mind having a go as some alien lifeform on some distant planet.

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

    I don't think the rest of the universe is that willing to see us spread around, as they're watching us destroy the single planet we have access to. Human species is considered a bit too dangerous for the health of the rest of the universe.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago

    Just imagining an alien studying a beetle analog and wondering why it's killing everything within a meter of it and planting only one type of crop that it just uses to stand on.

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

    Nothing. I suffered for a lifetime as the dominant species on the planet.

    Leave me in the void, please.

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    [–] 13 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    A little dog. Then a beautiful Fräulein would buy me and love me and cuddle me for the rest of my life. No need for wedding rings or divorce lawyers; just good food everyday and treats in between. What more could you want.

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

    Seconding puppy dog :3. Free snacks if I do tricks, naps whenever I want, and a warm house to stay in for free? Sounds like a sweet deal

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

    Monkey's finger curls

    You have just been born in a puppy mill. It's overcrowded, there's shit everywhere, and a lot of the dogs you're crammed in with are diseased. Your mother tries to look at you, but her eyes are stuck closed with conjunctivitis. You try to suck on her nipples but there's so little milk. You cough.

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  • [–] 11 points 4 months ago

    Housecat please. I think I've really upped my goodness in this life and can hopefully have a calm, warm, cozy environment to exist in next time.

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  • [–] 11 points 4 months ago

    Capybara would be legit. Chill with everyone. Just eat and swim all day.

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

    Cute rich girl with a tragic backstory I guess

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    [–] 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

    A Greenland shark. I would just chill in the ocean forever.

    Or maybe a Sperm whale so I could fight and eat giant squid all the time. >:3

    *Either way I eventually die as the oceans warm and the ecosystem that supports me collapses.

    **We'll eventually have no choice but to reincarnate as algae.

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    A duck. I get to walk swim and fly!

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

    Mountain lion. Just chilling in the mountains, napping for 14 hours a day, occasionally sneaking up on a deer, they have life figured out.

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

    Then a developer comes and turns your home into a ski resort and sub division for retirees. You try to find new territory but the other mountain lions attack you. You're forced further away into unsuitable habitat and eventually starve to death.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    I would opt out. Once is enough.

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    [–] 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    A mountain. But a revered one, that they're not gonna blow up or dig tunnels through, like Mt Fuji. Just chill and look at the scenery and the goofy little humans, for thousands of years.

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    Easy: House cat.

    One of the well-looked-after, non-abused ones, naturally.

    I already know about the monkey's paw curses for that.

    You have the constant recurrent belief that your owners are not pampering you at all times on purpose. And that they're basically stupid big kittens who meow all the time and are terrible hunters. And that they control the rain but won't turn it off for you. And also I don't like this brand of food any more.

    And hairballs.

    I suppose it's time I had another nap.

    ... but I think I can live with all that.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child)

    Lore-accurate Lilith cause she seems nice.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago

    A lesbian couple's cat. Do you really need an explanation?

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago

    Sloth. Minimal change necessary

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

    Hornet: been 1 in a previous incarnation ( hornet/wasp/bee, anyways ), & their awareness is stupendous compared with the little awareness in a fish ( whatever kind of fish that incarnation was ).

    The flying social/hive insects seem to pack the most awareness per mg of bodyweight among all creatures.

    _ /\ _

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    [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    An olive tree. They look cool and I don't want any amount of consciousness.

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

    A pineapple. Just seems pleasant.

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    [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    Can I come back as a black hole?

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    Boring answer: human
    Because I really appreciate sapience

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