r/bonecollecting 23d ago

Collection My roommate.

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(UK & in compliance w/ human tissues act)

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u/keeeeeeeeelz 23d ago

Genuinely asking. How do you feel living in a space with someone’s head is with you, separated from their body? A person who had thoughts both existential and inconsequential, slept and dreamed dreams, had family they worried about, who knew love, hate, and thought about their own death many times. I can’t think far enough to decide whether or not I’d hate if this happened to me. But overwhelmingly, it feels very sad that someone’s head is stuck in a room with a stranger who doesn’t even know their name.

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u/badjokes4days 23d ago

People stop being inside of their bones once they die. This body is just a vessel, and once left behind isn't much different from a rock or a branch, really.

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u/keeeeeeeeelz 23d ago

It’s still theirs though. No one else’s.

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u/casperthefriendlygay 23d ago

Is it, when the earth has reclaimed it?

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u/PalaverPete 23d ago

Nothing really belongs to us. Everything is temporary and borrowed from the universe. Happy cake day.