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Edit: Original with attribution to the artist: https://www.1111comics.me/comic/lost-in-space/

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[–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I don't know what scenario you think we're discussing here. If the astronaut is capable of dying from damage then the comic doesn't work.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

My interpretation is that they are not, but they can be in eternal agony or be rendered a chunk of living meat that's too damaged to sustain sapience.

[–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If the astronaut is unable to sustain sapience then there's no problem. It's no different from regular death.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

True. It's the best outcome if they're unable to make it home. Gross, though.

But it IS a problem for the astronaut, as "I don't want to die!" implied they didn't want to lose sapience. Only a problem until it happens, of course, but then, so is death.