NationStates Jolt Archive

There were a number topics I thought to post here. But they all seemed too small, too political, or too religous.

So, I'm going with something fun.

#1) If you could be reincarnated as any animal you wished, what animal and why?
#2) Also, what animal would you Not want to be reincarnated as, and why?

To start, I'd enjoy being a being a lion. After all, who'd refuse a life of eating, sleeping, and making little lions?

I'd hate coming back as a porcupine. I mean, I have a hard time making friends as is, never mind if I was covered in spikes.

Dolphin. Do I have to give a reason? I just like dolphins.

A dog. A pug, to be exact. Having people cuddle me, and pet me, and feed me... And all I have to do is laze around all day. THAT'S the life...

I would *hate* being reincarnated as a fly. Mostly because I've been reading the Resident Evil Wiki on Chimeras.:D

The greatest animal of all...Man.

I'd want to come back as a dog, specifically a dog that's treated like my dogs. I'd be a Golden Retriever!

I wouldn't want to be any sort of reptile.

Housecat. In a nice, pet-friendly household. What a life!

"What does Reincarnation mean?"
A cowpoke asked his friend.
His pal replied, "It happens when
Yer life has reached its end.
They comb yer hair, and warsh yer neck,
And clean yer fingernails,
And lay you in a padded box
Away from life's travails."

"The box and you goes in a hole,
That's been dug into the ground.
Reincarnation starts in when
Yore planted 'neath a mound.
Them clods melt down, just like yer box,
And you who is inside.
And then yore just beginnin' on
Yer transformation ride."

"In a while, the grass'll grow
Upon yer rendered mound.
Till some day on yer moldered grave
A lonely flower is found.
And say a hoss should wander by
And graze upon this flower
That once wuz you, but now's become
Yer vegetative bower."

"The posy that the hoss done ate
Up, with his other feed,
Makes bone, and fat, and muscle
Essential to the steed,
But some is left that he can't use
And so it passes through,
And finally lays upon the ground
This thing, that once wuz you."

"Then say, by chance, I wanders by
And sees this upon the ground,
And I ponders, and I wonders at,
This object that I found.
I thinks of reincarnation,
Of life and death, and such,
And come away concludin': 'Slim,
You ain't changed, all that much.'"

© Wallace McRae, according to the website where I found this. *hopes this isn't a violation of copyright law*

I would want to come back as a Driver Ant. Why? They're an unstoppable hivemind of insects that devour everything in their path, and I just find that hilarious and epic at the same time.

I wouldn't want to come back as a dog ever. I'd never want to be so foolish or weak as to rely on someone else who wasn't even my own species for basic needs, much less be 'owned' by them.


Also the obligatory mention of not believing in reincarnation and then finding out it believes in me.

I would want to come back as a Driver Ant. Why? They're an unstoppable hivemind of insects that devour everything in their path, and I just find that hilarious and epic at the same time.

I wouldn't want to come back as a dog ever. I'd never want to be so foolish or weak as to rely on someone else who wasn't even my own species for basic needs, much less be 'owned' by them.


Also the obligatory mention of not believing in reincarnation and then finding out it believes in me.

What about wild dogs? They don't rely on someone who isn't their own species.

I'd like to come back as a cat. One who belongs to a person like me or my daughter. I'd be spoiled, pampered and petted.

I wouldn't want to come back as a horse. Most horses work too hard and at the end they're slaughtered for pet food.

I'd like to come back as a big cat, maybe a mountain lion because they live around here and don't get shot at. A whale would be pretty cool, too, maybe a grey whale, cause who fucks with a whale, you know?

I would not want to come back as a fly, because then I'd actually have a good reason to be afraid of spiders. :(

I'd want to be reincarnated as a human.

I would not want to be anything else.

I would have to be able to fly, more a glider than a flapper as well, most likely something that eats fish as well since I quite like the diving plunge into the water.

African Fish Eagle.

I'd like to be reincarnated as a peregrine falcon.

I'd hate to be reincarnated as a sloth.

#1) If you could be reincarnated as any animal you wished, what animal and why?


The Serpent of the Apocalypse. Obvious reasons. :tongue:

#2) Also, what animal would you Not want to be reincarnated as, and why?


A head in the herd driven by the ghostriders in the sky. Comparably obvious reasons. :D

I think something like an eagle would be pretty cool. All that swooping, and soaring.
I would hate to come back as any kind of spider. I'd be ugly, hairy, and everyone would be scared of me. What a crappy life.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7e/Animal_%28Muppet%29.png

Human, or failing that some sort of domestic pet. Anything else would suck. I'd fail epically at natural selection :(

Whatever comes after Homo sapiens on the path of evolution.

Whatever comes after Homo sapiens on the path of evolution.Morlock or Eloi?

I'd be ugly, hairy, and everyone would be scared of me. What a crappy life.

It's not so bad. :)

I used to think the Koala Bear was pretty much it in terms of reincarnation possibilities.

1. Live in the sun, hang about in trees
2. Don't do too much, no predators
3. Get stoned off the very food you eat

Then I heard, not verified, that baby Koalas have to eat their mother's shit until their digestive system can cope with eucalyptus and so I kind of changed my mind.

Then I heard, not verified, that baby Koalas have to eat their mother's shit until their digestive system can cope with eucalyptus and so I kind of changed my mind.Well, that's true of more animals. Elephants too, I think, to name another.
And I suppose all marine animals pretty much swim in a diluted version of their excrement; they'll inevitably ingest some.

I'd like to come back as a butterfly. No-one ever suspects the butterfly.

Well, that's true of more animals. Elephants too, I think, to name another.
And I suppose all marine animals pretty much swim in a diluted version of their excrement; they'll inevitably ingest some.

I hope they have Wikipedia in heaven so I can check all this before deciding.

I'd like to come back as a butterfly. No-one ever suspects the butterfly.I do.
I've heard about chaos theory; damned butterflies causing hurricanes all the time.

*swats madly at butterflies*

I'd like to come back as Ron Jeremy. Why? Come on! A fat guy who shags a lot!

:D

No seriously, i'd like to come back as a Pineapple. Sweet.

I want to come back as my mom's cat because then I could guarantee spoiling and the good life. Definitely don't want to come back as a dog, heavens, the drooling and the dependence on lower life forms (i.e., humans ...) :P

I don't know for sure; but if I get eaten by a bear, I'll be reincarnated as a lump of bear shit.

I'd reincarnate as an Eagle. I want to fly.

I'd NOT want to reincarnate as a donkey. Who wants to be associated with Democrats?

(Okay, that was a cheap shot, but I couldn't think of a serious answer so I went for the groaner.)

A Leopard Seal, the top of the food chain in the Antarctic. Antarctica is a good choice since it has the least amount of humans around, and if you are an animal having humans around is never good news. Also it's nice and cool without having to deal with bugs and other annoying things that can't survive the cold.

I definitely don't want to be any animals in an industrial farm, for obvious reasons. This will include domesticated cow, pigs, chicken, etc.

There were a number topics I thought to post here. But they all seemed too small, too political, or too religous.

So, I'm going with something fun.

#1) If you could be reincarnated as any animal you wished, what animal and why?

Dung-beetle. The word is full of shit.

#2) Also, what animal would you Not want to be reincarnated as, and why?

Human. I got a good chance at it and fucked it up. There is such a thing as too many possibilities.

I'd want to be reincarnated as a Tonkinese (yay! Cat!). Then I would finally be able to scratch behind my ears using my hind paw!

I'd want to be reincarnated as a Tonkinese (yay! Cat!). Then I would finally be able to scratch behind my ears using my hind paw!

Pah! You don't need reincarnation for that!

Yoga class twice a week. You'll have it in six months.

Pah! You don't need reincarnation for that!

Yoga class twice a week. You'll have it in six months.pffhuh, just amputate your leg and you can do it within the day.

I'd want to be some kind of fish. It would be awesome to have such a wide and expansive environment, and to have such a free range of motion. It'd be like flying, but I like the water better than the sky.

But no deep sea fish because they just live in the dark all the time, and the predators down there are scary as hell.

I wouldn't want to be something that needed too much sustenance. I'd want time to hang out, as opposed to having to hunt for food constantly.

I'd want to be some kind of fish. It would be awesome to have such a wide and expansive environment, and to have such a free range of motion. It'd be like flying, but I like the water better than the sky.

But no deep sea fish because they just live in the dark all the time, and the predators down there are scary as hell.

I wouldn't want to be something that needed too much sustenance. I'd want time to hang out, as opposed to having to hunt for food constantly.

I like you! : )

Water > Sky (better than) because fish, like all animals, have roughly the density of water.

Birds are water/solid, in the medium of gas (air.) They live every hour in fear of falling.

Here is wisdom. To live on a very little, to have life without needing to deprive other beings of life ... very sweet.

For saying something I wish I'd said ... :fluffle:

pffhuh, just amputate your leg and you can do it within the day.

Big arteries in the leg.

Chop at the ankle I say.

After scratching behind your own ear a few times, dehydrate your "hind paw" and hang it from a string around your neck. When people ask how you lost your foot, fondle your "lucky cat's paw" and get that Faraway Look.

That will really pull the toms, I say.

All this "being a doggy" is very cute and nice, but most of the nonhuman animals mentioned don't have the mental capacity, I think it's safe to say, to be able to appreciate their situations.

An eagle, when flying, doesn't think, "this shit is greeeaaaaat!!".

Having the abilities of certain other animals, besides humans, would be fantastic, but I would never want to 'become' any animal bar that of a human. And even then, I don't know if I'd like to 'become' anybody else.

Because then, I wouldn't be me.

An eagle, when flying, doesn't think, "this shit is greeeaaaaat!!".

Shut up, shut up, yes it does, eagles are cool and you suck so shut up.

Also, source?

Shut up, shut up, yes it does, eagles are cool and you suck so shut up.
:tongue:

Also, source?
Science.

Science.

Science < Discovery Channel. Pictures don't lie. lol!

Eagles love it. Likewise lions. And moray eels. Even venus flytraps.

Doing what you do best is gratification. No need for Nobel Prizes, or Oscars, or the Vonnegut fanclub.

A win is a win.

This is just my own musing but I really do think birds sometimes fly just for the enjoyment of it.

And eagles... damn. It just doesn't get any cooler. Strong, fast, and a look in their eye that seems to say "I'll have you if you even move."