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"Would you still love me if I was a worm" (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Smart man: "of course babe"

Me: "wait in this hypothetical were you always a worm or like turned into a worm by a wizard or something? Cuz in the first scenario I doubt we'd ever meet, unless I was also a worm. In the second scenario, would you have the cognitive abilities of a worm or would you retain human sapience somehow, even though that's not physiologically possible as a worm. If the former, would you really still be you, materially speaking? You've been reduced to the brain function of a worm, I'd say as a human you're functionally dead."

Anyway I'm sleeping on the couch tonight.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Are you genuinely in trouble for this or are you doing a boomer joke? It's a boomer question anyway. It's the new 'does this make me look fat?' joke that tired ass comedians have been doing some version of since ww2 ended or earlier. It's not really an interesting question cause asking if you'd still love someone if they were entirely fundamentally different means they are not that person and in this case a worm so saying no doesn't mean you don't love them, it means you don't have feeling for worms.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

They're not fundamentally different, they're a worm. A worm that's asking you to love them.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

How is being a different animal not a fundamental difference? That's about as fundamental as things get

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I fully agree that it’s a dumb question that presupposes the existence of some ethereal “essence” for the question to not be completely preposterous. My ex did not see it that way and did legitimately get very upset with me for responding in a similar way to the OP.

I think the anger was based on her concept of love being an idealized force that transcends the physical and can truly be “forever” which also would necessitate there being some lingering trace of a person remaining regardless of their physical form. Not sure though, she didn’t exactly elaborate and just screamed at me for a while

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Well, that seems like a bummer. Asking this hypothetical as anything but a joke into any good for sure. The point of it is that it's a trap question. That's why it's just a boomer joke again but updated to not be fatphobic. Also as far as worm/human relations go, I'm holding my own. I save em from the sidewalk and put em in some dirt. Worms are cool. I like literally all animals and will help em out when I can. Doesn't mean I'm gonna be in a relationship with a worm.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Don't be upset when I poach your worm wife and show her what real love is amongst my greater harem of worm women who've been wasted by this worrisome world.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

good consonance.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

No, my partner did not actually make me sleep on the couch.