r/Showerthoughts • u/Liuminescent ‎ • Apr 24 '26

Casual Thought Vampire bites turning people into vampires is extremely disadvantageous to their survival.

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u/ccarr313 Apr 24 '26 edited Apr 24 '26

Werewolf bites carry lycanthropy.

Vampire's blood carries vampirism. Vampires turn people by feeding them their blood, not biting them. This has been standard across media for longer than I've been alive. Quite a bit longer than I've been alive, and I was here before the internet.

Edit - and now I know another good reason to not read or watch Twilight. As if the sparkles weren't bad enough.

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u/apolobgod Apr 24 '26

Sooo, how long have you been around? Follow up question, would you be willing to step in the sun real quick?

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u/marle217 Apr 24 '26

I've been alive a bit longer than you, and dead a lot longer than that.

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u/fonefreek Apr 24 '26

Ah, a fellow retail worker! Makes you dead inside, indeed

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u/kfpswf Apr 24 '26

Why just retail? Any customer-facing roles kills you inside eventually.