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Viva la Revolucion (becomes cancer) (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 72 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

My body is an autonomous collective. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical biological ceremony.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago

We're only pretending to be in control. It's like being the spokesperson for an organisation trying to explain what all the different departments came up with. But on the other hand, if the spokesperson makes s compelling argument, the rest might fall in line.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

Bloody peasant!

[–] [email protected] 41 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

My body contains several warring factions, each with their own agendas, each conspiring to undermine the other.

Why just last night my hand kept forcing my mouth and liver to process lethal amounts of alcohol, and all the other factions just stood by and did nothing. I believe the brain even cheered, and I wept for I was at their complete mercy.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

There's an organization that is demanding immediate action to combat body change. All evidence points to regions growing larger than they should, and while some can look in the mirror and straight up deny anything is wrong, most are too set in their ways to change their habits. Some scream that it's a mental health issue, but they won't invest time to correct that, either, those hypocrites

[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Rule by fear. You do have the power to kill them all, make some threats.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

We meet again, MTK, for the first time, for the last time...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

That’s why drinking cures my depression. I kill a few brain cells to keep the rest in line.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

That's the motto of Natural Killercells.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 weeks ago

My cells know better than to start any shit. They saw what I did to the appendix when he started acting up.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago

Autoimmune diseases: 'off with her head!'

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

I'm being held hostage by the cells' survival instinct.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I drown mine with alcohol when they start acting up. Oh you think you can kill me? Well watch me take you fuckers with me!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

I'll drink to that

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Honestly if you actually accept and embrace this and start treating your body better because you realize it’s actually in charge and taking care of it takes care of you life gets a lot better

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

All governments are fundamentally homeostatic but prone to sudden decompensation due to the various feedback loops they contain going wild after a certain threshold is reached. A sufficient external insult can overcome this homeostasis of course, just like underlying cancer, dysfunctional regulatory system, or an auto-immune disorder can. But it will still attempt to compensate until the system breaks down.

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

My body is revolting!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Gonna write itself a Magna Carta!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

This might be the bit already, but I unironically think the body is a great metaphor for how society should run!

E.g. different cells have different specializations, but every cell gets the nutrients it needs.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

[off topic?]

https://bookshop.org/p/books/i-will-fear-no-evil-robert-a-heinlein/6779499?ean=9780441359172&next=t

I Will Fear No Evil by Robert Heinlein.

An old man's brain is transplanted into a young woman's body. When he wakes up he discovers that she's still in there...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

I thought I was an autonomous collective.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

My cells are governed by light level... mostly.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I really like this hahaha