Is it weird that gingerbread people live in gingerbread houses? (hexbear.net)

submitted 11 months ago by CthulhusIntern@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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Do gingerbread people feel weird about living in gingerbread houses, that their house is made of the same material as their flesh, or in gingerbread world, is the material only the same on an atomic level, like how humans are made of carbon and so are most building materials?

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[-] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 23 points 11 months ago

[-] Weedian@hexbear.net 21 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I built a gingerbread house last year and later found out a rat was living inside it. He was a smart rat though because he was only eating the back of the house so I didn’t even notice for a long time.

[-] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 17 points 11 months ago

Common rat W

[-] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 18 points 11 months ago

It's actually weird that humans don't live in living flesh houses

[-] JohnBrownNote@hexbear.net 16 points 11 months ago

my walls are made of the skulls of my enemies, aren't yours?

[-] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 14 points 11 months ago

This is a good enough reason to link the diegetic essentialism esssy

https://www.reddit.com/r/Sigmarxism/comments/11wt3kp/the_plague_of_diegetic_essentialism_or_how_i/

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[-] DrumpfYouABusta@hexbear.net 11 points 11 months ago

Gingerbread people are bestowed life by magical bakers. The same magic could be used to bring a gingerbread house to life it just would be in a nightmarish situation since houses don't have many moving parts besides doors and shutters. Most magical bakers would never do something like that because magical bakers are bestowed their powers by the love of the people they feed. People who find joy in feeding others are rarely ever evil and therefore would never create a nightmarish monster gingerbread house.