Poll of the Day > If you can reincarnate as any lifeform on Earth....

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which would you be?

This is a question brought up by a snowbunny. She was curious to which animal/lifeform has the most enjoyable life.

well off white guy

if i can't be a human again, I'd like to be a bird of prey like an eagle or a hawk.

A Raccoon

A bonobo.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonobo#Sociosexual_behaviour

either a crow or wolf

Everyone assumes they're going to reincarnate as an Earth animal and not on some other planet

captpackrat posted...

Everyone assumes they're going to reincarnate as an Earth animal and not on some other planet

That's probably because there's a significant chance that there is no extraterrestrial life. And even if there is, we have no idea what it is, how to describe it, or what to call it.

wwinterj25 posted...

A Raccoon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEkSzcGIfW0
looks fun lol

Probably a parrot. They live a long time and can swear at people.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

That's probably because there's a significant chance that there is no extraterrestrial life. And even if there is, we have no idea what it is, how to describe it, or what to call it.

No there isn't.

I believe in reincarnation... So I wanna be a kangaroo.

life is so rare in the universe that humans/animals are probably alone in the universe. maybe there's life similar to cells and plants, but nothing that as complex as dogs.

Beveren_Rabbit posted...

which would you be?

This is a question brought up by a snowbunny. She was curious to which animal/lifeform has the most enjoyable life.

What's a snowbunny?

TheSlinja posted...

well off white guy

Yup

Manatee seems like a good choice, because they don't seem to fight each other or get eaten by other animals very often.

Beveren_Rabbit posted...

life is so rare in the universe that humans/animals are probably alone in the universe. maybe there's life similar to cells and plants, but nothing that as complex as dogs.

And just how much of the universe do you think we've explored?

Johnny_Eagle posted...

And just how much of the universe do you think we've explored?

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/d/d8bc6599.jpg

Probably an African gray parrot, hyacinth macaw, or great horned owl

an unimaginable planet devouring monstrosity from another galaxy with a preference for earth-like worlds.

Nade_Duck posted...

an unimaginable planet devouring monstrosity from another galaxy with a preference for earth-like worlds.

Unicron

Revelation34 posted...

No there isn't.

Yes, there is.

A billionaire .

ParanoidObsessive posted...

That's probably because there's a significant chance that there is no extraterrestrial life. And even if there is, we have no idea what it is, how to describe it, or what to call it.

There is almost certainly extraterrestrial life even in our solar system, just nothing above the most simple forms of unicellular life because none of them have access to the higher energy metabolisms that photosynthesis allow.

anime catgirl

TheSlinja posted...

well off white guy

This. Otherwise, perhaps a house cat.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

Yes, there is.

The universe is too big.

KJ_StErOiDs posted...

This. Otherwise, perhaps a house cat.

I would be an indoor/outdoor house cat. I can just go out and shag other cats and then come in to the house when it gets too cold or I am unsuccessful in my hunt.

captpackrat posted...

Everyone assumes they're going to reincarnate as an Earth animal and not on some other planet

Probably because they actually read the topic title.

Johnny_Eagle posted...

And just how much of the universe do you think we've explored?

It's not about us exploring the universe, it's about the universe exploring us. We're within ~100 years of having the capability to launch a galaxy-spanning, self-sustaining automated galactic survey, and while such a survey would take tens if not hundreds of thousands of years to complete, it would require no additional oversight from us once up and running. That we have not seen evidence of any similar efforts from extraterrestrial life does lend credence to the idea that we are very likely alone in the universe, at least in terms of intelligent life.

It is very possible that intelligence is an evolutionarily disadvantageous trait in the long term, something we're doing our damndest to prove as a species as we speak. The dinosaurs lasted hundreds of millions of years; we're about 100,000 years into our tenure as a species and maybe 10,000 as a societal species and we've already cooked up several ways that we can render ourselves extinct in short order.

darkknight109 posted...

Probably because they actually read the topic title.

topic title can be interpreted as being reborn as "any lifeform", and the location you're reborn at is "on earth"

when is the last time you heard dubstep?

Beveren_Rabbit posted...

when is the last time you heard dubstep?

i watched the skrillex ERB like yesterday so not very long ago tbh

Bottlenose Dolphin or Orca

agesboy posted...

topic title can be interpreted as being reborn as "any lifeform", and the location you're reborn at is "on earth"

And yet they posted:

captpackrat posted...

Everyone assumes they're going to reincarnate as an Earth animal and not on some other planet

One could also interpret "life form" as a form of anything, living or not, simply in the shape of something alive.

A devourer of unimaginable planet devouring monstrosities from another galaxy with a preference for earth-like worlds

also, well off

ParanoidObsessive posted...

Yes, there is.

Assuming microorganisms count, and they should, being lifeforms and all, these almost absolutely exist in the universe outside Earth. Hell, there good evidence showing they used to exist on Mars.

MICHALECOLE posted...

A devourer of unimaginable planet devouring monstrosities from another galaxy with a preference for earth-like worlds

also, well off

joke's on you that's my kink