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Comment author: RichardKennaway 27 January 2013 02:31:36PM 2 points [-]

The concern is that when telling someone "you will be enmeshed in a community", you may be including Enkidu and Gilgamesh, while they may be thinking Thanksgiving Dinner.

WIth themselves as the turkey, do you mean?

Comment author: Viliam_Bur 27 January 2013 04:34:55PM 3 points [-]

The most frequent reason humans unfreeze something today is to eat it. If our descentants will resemble humans, this should be our standard expectation.

Comment author: Kawoomba 27 January 2013 07:27:04PM *  4 points [-]

"Daddytron, I don't want to eat the ancient humans, it just doesn't feel right"

- "Don't worry about it, Alice-ML. It's what was their standard expectation, here, check that ancient electronic papyrus. In fact, the humans climbed into the freezer voluntarily, and they lived long lives before. These ones only fed themselves organic food, too!"

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