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[–] zeppo@lemmy.world 63 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Not breathing oxygen is way more toxic, though. That will kill you in a few minutes.

Sure, I imagine off-world lifeforms having entirely different metabolism. Like when we hear “this planet has a methane atmosphere” it’s like holy cow, sounds rough, but alien entities would possibly think the same thing about our planet of water and nitrogen. Imagine how horrible it would sound to someone who was water-soluble. “H2O rains down from the sky!!”

[–] teft@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You live on a world where the temperature is only on average 288K? It's so cold there that H2O exists in its solid form on the surface in places!!! How can you people even move let alone have any active biological processes?

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