This is a documented thing! It occurs most often with hearts but can happen with any transplanted organ. It’s called ‘cellular memory’ and I wrote a whole paper on it during my freshman year of uni. It’s also why some transplant recipients experience new preferences, thoughts, and sometimes behaviors their donor was known to have. Like favourite foods or drinks, subtle changes in personality (like becoming a bit more daring, etc), and more. It’s usually temporary as the organ adjusts to its new person’s preferences, experiences, habits, etc. It’s fascinating and awesome and I would love to study it in-depth someday.
Which is why I want all of my organs upon death given to the same person. Hostile takeover from within.
I’m just trying to figure out what situation would require multiple organ transplants all at once.
Doctor: well the bad news is that all of your everything is fucked. The good news is that someone with an odd final request just died
something the retro art people forget is that the past still exists in those time periods. Like those photos where every single iconic 80s thing is in the kid’s bedroom–no one lived like that outside of the very wealthy and/or the movies.
Someone kicking around in 1985 was probably living in a house built decades prior, and their parents last renovated in the 70s before the kids were born–because there’s no money for that when you had kids.
I mean look around today, there are plenty of people 10+ years behind the times. Old cars are out there, old fashions, old music–the present day is haunted by the past around every corner, the date doesn’t roll over to a new decade and all the old stuff doesn’t just disappear–it’s all still here.
Those achingly period-appropriate homes you see in movies and TV are just that–sets. Unless you just moved into a brand new home and all your stuff was lost in a fire so you had to replace it your home is not going to be all modern present day shit.
This is also something a lot of future-fiction doesn’t get–the future will have a lot of the past in it, because as humans bumble through life they pick things up and they don’t discard them–Someone who is 40 in 2040 is going to have shit from the 20′s when they got their first apartment or whatever, their home may have been built in 2000 and last remodeled in 2030…what I mean is cutting edge fashions and styles exist on TV but rarely in real life.
I have spent so much time trying to get incredulous zoomers to understand that our houses were not, in point of fact, lit exclusively by neon lights, that our floors were shag carpet, not concrete, and the most popular color was brown, not pink.
Hello everyone! Following yesterday’s comic strip about my upcoming School Talks tour in Canada, Europe and Aotearoa/NZ, I have received SO MANY questions! I’ll answer the most common ones here :
“Will you do a United States school tour?”
If I am in the US again in the future, why not! The number one issue is transportation, so if your school or organization can cover the flight to your town, I can actually come anytime, while I’m touring or not (and that applies to any country or province in the world!).
“Does ‘Eastern Canada’ include Ontario?”
Absolutely! All the way to Kenora. It also includes Quebec, NB, NS, PEI, NL and Labrador.
“Will you do any public events while you’re in Aotearoa/NZ?”
Yup! I’ll actually be there in the context of my speaking tour. Every invitation I got so far is on the North Island though - and I still have a few dates available!
“Did you really mean Austria? Is that a typo?”
Yes, I meant Austria! I’ll be in Vienna for a very special event. Since the country is basically the size of the Greater Toronto, I can also easily travel to bordering regions if you’re interested.
“Is the UK included when you say 'Western Europe’?”
Lol yes
If you have any other question, feel free to reach out at sophie@assignedmale.com !
