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Vampires

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"Few creatures of the night have captured our imagination like vampires.
What explains our enduring fascination with vampires? Is it the overtones of sexual lust, power, control? Or is it a fascination with the immortality of the undead?"

Feel free to post any vampire-related content here. I'll be posting various vampire media I enjoy just as a way of kickstarting this community but don't let that stop you from posting something else. I just wanted a place to discuss vampire movies, books, games, etc.
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[โ€“] weremacaque@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

My grandpa is allergic to garlic. I could probably be fine with cutting out most allergens but garlic? That draws the line there.

[โ€“] Kyatto@leminal.space 17 points 1 month ago (3 children)

A downside I never really thought of... is it more like a severe peanut allergy or like some sort of lactose intolerance?

I think it's just repulsive to them, but not harmful.

[โ€“] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 month ago

i think the most "realistic" thing would be for vampires to just have much stronger sense of smell and thus garlic is like a punch to the face

so really vampires would just need way less garlic in their garlic bread, so much money saved!

[โ€“] ShareMySims@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'd choose garlic bread over immortality every fucking time lol

[โ€“] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is why there aren't more vampires. The suicide rate is exceptionally high. "Give me garlic bread or give me death." -Patrick Henry

[โ€“] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

GIVE ME LIBERTY
OR A BRAN MUFFIN

That's a much better deal. If there's more on the table, I say we go for "Give me liberty and also $100,000,000, my own private island, a castle, and a staff of 1,000 servants.

[โ€“] Technofrood@feddit.uk 8 points 1 month ago

Middle should also be Panik

[โ€“] NekoKamiGuru@ttrpg.network 7 points 1 month ago
[โ€“] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 4 points 1 month ago

Yes you can, but only once

[โ€“] sirico@feddit.uk 3 points 1 month ago

I like the theory that it's fake news so we eat a load of garlic and turn ourselves into little human kievs

[โ€“] GammaGames@beehaw.org 2 points 1 month ago

So this is why Astarion is always so sad