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.
I’d love a chance to be reborn as myself and I promise this time I won’t fuck it up.
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.
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.
Would I be limited to life on this planet? I wouldn't mind having a go as some alien lifeform on some distant planet.
Nothing. I suffered for a lifetime as the dominant species on the planet.
Leave me in the void, please.
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.
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.
Capybara would be legit. Chill with everyone. Just eat and swim all day.
Cute rich girl with a tragic backstory I guess
Sea turtle
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.
I would opt out. Once is enough.
A duck. I get to walk swim and fly!
cat
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.
Mountain lion. Just chilling in the mountains, napping for 14 hours a day, occasionally sneaking up on a deer, they have life figured out.
A lesbian couple's cat. Do you really need an explanation?
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.
Sloth. Minimal change necessary
Can I come back as a black hole?
Boring answer: human
Because I really appreciate sapience
An olive tree. They look cool and I don't want any amount of consciousness.
Dodo.
Reason: I want my dodo!
(it's a reference)
The other sex :3
I would like to be reincarnated as a Sag A* size black hole centered right in DC because, well, everything
I wont be around to experience it, so why bother? Id probably be a cat i guess.
Elephant
Black vulture. The way they just glide on air currents looks amazing. Scavenging seems easier than hunting. And they're social animals, as opposed to turkey vultures (these being the two species in my area). Plus they look really cool.
I want to be reincarnated as a magic swordsman with OP skills and live a quiet life in the dangerous forest where everyone will leave me the fuck alone.
In order
The other sex A different race A dachshund
I think being an ant or some other kind of eusocial insect would be interesting. Not the most peaceful existence out there, but definitely an interesting one.
A pineapple. Just seems pleasant.
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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As a billionaire‘s kid but develop my current mindset. I’d invest in genetic modification and add the "ability to speak gene" to cats and dogs (it has worked with mice)
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