Man who cryogenically froze late wife sparks debate by dating new partner

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c78z2m43ykjo

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arcterus@piefed.blahaj.zone · 22 pts · 290d (1 reply)

This headline sounds like an Onion article

essell@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 290d

In the Onion, the new partner would also be frozen 😀

Also, in Florida

whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 290d (4 replies)

I never got the point to preserve a dead body, it's like freezing rotten tomatoes, if you want to freeze the tomatoes you freeze them before they rot

ToastedRavioli@midwest.social · 36 pts · 290d

Freezing his live wife probably would have sparked even more debate

blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 290d (2 replies)

Especially seeing how she died of lunch cancer, when thawed the damage will still be there surely?

AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works · 27 pts · 290d

I don't see the problem, just stop feeding her lunch

Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 290d

Generally the idea is since it would take something like nanobots to repair the damage from freezing, whatever killed them is a simple repair beyond that.

It's not really about what is practical and feasible to recover from, it's just about what can get them the furthest into the future as intact as possible. Since it's gonna take decades or centuries for there to be any chance of success.

ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 290d (3 replies)
  1. Widower dates
  2. Confusion around corpse disposal method
  3. Nonsense ensues

She really wasn’t well, she died, he’s sad, what is happening. Do they believe she’s coming back? From death? Because cold? I mean

TheRealKuni@piefed.social · 8 pts · 290d (2 replies)

Sort of? Cryogenics is something some people really do believe in.

Also you can end up as a Von Neumann probe if We Are Legion, We Are Bob and the subsequent Bobiverse series taught me anything.

ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 290d

SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 290d

Cryogenics is something simps believe in.

LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 290d (4 replies)

Bro put his wife on ice.

Iced her?..

Yeah I got nothing.

blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 290d (1 reply)

After hearing about this new partner, his wife has given him the cold shoulder

DancingBear@midwest.social · 2 pts · 290d
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HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 290d

Dedicated to the Smirnoff ice prank

mrunicornman@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 290d

There's a job scheduler called Autosys where you put jobs "on ice" to pause them.