Comment on How do Vampires know they are immortal without first living forever?
rumschlumpel@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
IDK about you, but if I became a vampire, got 150 years old without visibly aging and recovered from severe wounds without medical assistance I would probably consider myself ‘immortal’.
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Some of us are a little more skeptical than to believe in immortality after a measly 150 years.
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
“You know Ted back there-“
“OOG OOG”
“-has been going strong since pre-history. He goes so far back, he can actually drink a chimp. But mostly, he spends his time hypnotizing himself with his basin and masturbating. Which was why I suggested shoes.”
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 3 weeks ago
There’s a villain in the DC universe who is actually an immortal caveman. But he uses his immortality to learn the languages and customs of the area and era he is in.
Zahille7@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I mean he does a fuckton more than that…
There’s another immortal caveman who whenever he dies, he comes back to life with a new superpower
DominatorX1@thelemmy.club 3 weeks ago
Sounds like “The Man From Earth”
DominatorX1@thelemmy.club 3 weeks ago
In “The Addiction” there’s this old vampire named “Pana”. He’s pretty weird. Talks about the nature of suffering.
Says he can actually diet. Takes longer for a vampire to lose weight tho.
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I don’t really get that movie. It’s a metaphor for addiction, obviously, but are people being transformed into vampires as a metaphor for humanity’s infinite propensity for greed and its self perpetuating cycle of violence? Is it a literal metaphor for drug addiction, where people are hollowed out? Is it meant to portray the desire for continued existence as, itself, an addiction? Never took philosophy, so I’m probably missing context.
DarkCloud@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Those ones tend to stake themselves eventually, or get obsessed with seeing sunlight “for real though”. They’re not in it for the long haul.