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Why everyone hates the undead?
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After death some might turn into undead by different means of magic. when brough back to life as an undead gaining new sheer strength and magic powers is to be expected while things like sense of hunger and pain are lost but they can still starve to death or be killed, memories are retained. 
Some people are genetically set to turn automatically into undead after death, but the rest of the population can only be brought back to life by magical events only.
Since all undead retain their memories, most of them have no dangerous intents (they don't eat people), actually it's not rare to find undead who want to go back to their families.
But almost every single living person just wants to straight out eliminate all undeads from existence.
Why would people want to exterminate undeads and what do they have to gain from it?
Corpses stop decaying after being brought back to life.
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After death some might turn into undead by different means of magic. when brough back to life as an undead gaining new sheer strength and magic powers is to be expected while things like sense of hunger and pain are lost but they can still starve to death or be killed, memories are retained.
Some people are genetically set to turn automatically into undead after death, but the rest of the population can only be brought back to life by magical events only.
Since all undead retain their memories, most of them have no dangerous intents (they don't eat people), actually it's not rare to find undead who want to go back to their families.
But almost every single living person just wants to straight out eliminate all undeads from existence.
Why would people want to exterminate undeads and what do they have to gain from it?
Corpses stop decaying after being brought back to life.
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Are they still decaying or the process is halted at the moment of resurrection?
– Mephistopheles
2 hours ago
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There seems to be little difference between life and this not-quite-death. The undead eat, remember, care, etc. If they still pay taxes, too, then I wouldn't call it death at all.
– user535733
2 hours ago
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...because, they stink, literally
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After death some might turn into undead by different means of magic. when brough back to life as an undead gaining new sheer strength and magic powers is to be expected while things like sense of hunger and pain are lost but they can still starve to death or be killed, memories are retained.
Some people are genetically set to turn automatically into undead after death, but the rest of the population can only be brought back to life by magical events only.
Since all undead retain their memories, most of them have no dangerous intents (they don't eat people), actually it's not rare to find undead who want to go back to their families.
But almost every single living person just wants to straight out eliminate all undeads from existence.
Why would people want to exterminate undeads and what do they have to gain from it?
Corpses stop decaying after being brought back to life.
reality-check creature-design warfare politics mythical-creatures
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After death some might turn into undead by different means of magic. when brough back to life as an undead gaining new sheer strength and magic powers is to be expected while things like sense of hunger and pain are lost but they can still starve to death or be killed, memories are retained.
Some people are genetically set to turn automatically into undead after death, but the rest of the population can only be brought back to life by magical events only.
Since all undead retain their memories, most of them have no dangerous intents (they don't eat people), actually it's not rare to find undead who want to go back to their families.
But almost every single living person just wants to straight out eliminate all undeads from existence.
Why would people want to exterminate undeads and what do they have to gain from it?
Corpses stop decaying after being brought back to life.
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reality-check creature-design warfare politics mythical-creatures
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Are they still decaying or the process is halted at the moment of resurrection?
– Mephistopheles
2 hours ago
2
There seems to be little difference between life and this not-quite-death. The undead eat, remember, care, etc. If they still pay taxes, too, then I wouldn't call it death at all.
– user535733
2 hours ago
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...because, they stink, literally
– nzaman
58 mins ago
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Are they still decaying or the process is halted at the moment of resurrection?
– Mephistopheles
2 hours ago
2
There seems to be little difference between life and this not-quite-death. The undead eat, remember, care, etc. If they still pay taxes, too, then I wouldn't call it death at all.
– user535733
2 hours ago
1
...because, they stink, literally
– nzaman
58 mins ago
2
2
Are they still decaying or the process is halted at the moment of resurrection?
– Mephistopheles
2 hours ago
Are they still decaying or the process is halted at the moment of resurrection?
– Mephistopheles
2 hours ago
2
2
There seems to be little difference between life and this not-quite-death. The undead eat, remember, care, etc. If they still pay taxes, too, then I wouldn't call it death at all.
– user535733
2 hours ago
There seems to be little difference between life and this not-quite-death. The undead eat, remember, care, etc. If they still pay taxes, too, then I wouldn't call it death at all.
– user535733
2 hours ago
1
1
...because, they stink, literally
– nzaman
58 mins ago
...because, they stink, literally
– nzaman
58 mins ago
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Undead are harbingers of bad-luck, people who spend time around them seem to constantly contract mysterious diseases.
Undead are an affront to nature, the gods demand souls in the afterlife which is impossible if the Undead don't go.
Undead are really conservative, being essentially from the previous generation. This causes a large amount of political conflict between them and their more progressive descendants.
"Undead are taking our jobs!" how can living workers possibly compete when the undead can do what they do but with potentially decades more experience, no fatigue and possibly even magic powers. A lot of people here in britain hate immigrants who are simply harder working on average than the british, this is that times twenty or so.
Plain simple xenophobia, sadly it's been highly common throughout history to fear the other purely for irrational and subjective reasons this is likely to be a massive issue with people who are literally walking corpses.
Jealousy, if I thought someone had some secret to eternal life and wasn't sharing it with me, i'd get very annoyed. If they told me "You just weren't born right" I'd get even more annoyed.
All of the above. In real life prejudices are built up over many years of systematic change brought about for a variety of reasons. There is no "one reason" for example this can be seen for all the myraid reasons people give for homophobia "God doesn't like it" to "It's not natural" to "I've met a homosexual and they sullied my opinion of the entire group." to "Everyone else hates them, why can't I?"
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Undead are harbingers of bad-luck, people who spend time around them seem to constantly contract mysterious diseases.
Undead are an affront to nature, the gods demand souls in the afterlife which is impossible if the Undead don't go.
Undead are really conservative, being essentially from the previous generation. This causes a large amount of political conflict between them and their more progressive descendants.
"Undead are taking our jobs!" how can living workers possibly compete when the undead can do what they do but with potentially decades more experience, no fatigue and possibly even magic powers. A lot of people here in britain hate immigrants who are simply harder working on average than the british, this is that times twenty or so.
Plain simple xenophobia, sadly it's been highly common throughout history to fear the other purely for irrational and subjective reasons this is likely to be a massive issue with people who are literally walking corpses.
Jealousy, if I thought someone had some secret to eternal life and wasn't sharing it with me, i'd get very annoyed. If they told me "You just weren't born right" I'd get even more annoyed.
All of the above. In real life prejudices are built up over many years of systematic change brought about for a variety of reasons. There is no "one reason" for example this can be seen for all the myraid reasons people give for homophobia "God doesn't like it" to "It's not natural" to "I've met a homosexual and they sullied my opinion of the entire group." to "Everyone else hates them, why can't I?"
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Undead are harbingers of bad-luck, people who spend time around them seem to constantly contract mysterious diseases.
Undead are an affront to nature, the gods demand souls in the afterlife which is impossible if the Undead don't go.
Undead are really conservative, being essentially from the previous generation. This causes a large amount of political conflict between them and their more progressive descendants.
"Undead are taking our jobs!" how can living workers possibly compete when the undead can do what they do but with potentially decades more experience, no fatigue and possibly even magic powers. A lot of people here in britain hate immigrants who are simply harder working on average than the british, this is that times twenty or so.
Plain simple xenophobia, sadly it's been highly common throughout history to fear the other purely for irrational and subjective reasons this is likely to be a massive issue with people who are literally walking corpses.
Jealousy, if I thought someone had some secret to eternal life and wasn't sharing it with me, i'd get very annoyed. If they told me "You just weren't born right" I'd get even more annoyed.
All of the above. In real life prejudices are built up over many years of systematic change brought about for a variety of reasons. There is no "one reason" for example this can be seen for all the myraid reasons people give for homophobia "God doesn't like it" to "It's not natural" to "I've met a homosexual and they sullied my opinion of the entire group." to "Everyone else hates them, why can't I?"
answered 2 hours ago
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up vote
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Undead are harbingers of bad-luck, people who spend time around them seem to constantly contract mysterious diseases.
Undead are an affront to nature, the gods demand souls in the afterlife which is impossible if the Undead don't go.
Undead are really conservative, being essentially from the previous generation. This causes a large amount of political conflict between them and their more progressive descendants.
"Undead are taking our jobs!" how can living workers possibly compete when the undead can do what they do but with potentially decades more experience, no fatigue and possibly even magic powers. A lot of people here in britain hate immigrants who are simply harder working on average than the british, this is that times twenty or so.
Plain simple xenophobia, sadly it's been highly common throughout history to fear the other purely for irrational and subjective reasons this is likely to be a massive issue with people who are literally walking corpses.
Jealousy, if I thought someone had some secret to eternal life and wasn't sharing it with me, i'd get very annoyed. If they told me "You just weren't born right" I'd get even more annoyed.
All of the above. In real life prejudices are built up over many years of systematic change brought about for a variety of reasons. There is no "one reason" for example this can be seen for all the myraid reasons people give for homophobia "God doesn't like it" to "It's not natural" to "I've met a homosexual and they sullied my opinion of the entire group." to "Everyone else hates them, why can't I?"
answered 2 hours ago
Ummdustry
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Undead are harbingers of bad-luck, people who spend time around them seem to constantly contract mysterious diseases.
Undead are an affront to nature, the gods demand souls in the afterlife which is impossible if the Undead don't go.
Undead are really conservative, being essentially from the previous generation. This causes a large amount of political conflict between them and their more progressive descendants.
"Undead are taking our jobs!" how can living workers possibly compete when the undead can do what they do but with potentially decades more experience, no fatigue and possibly even magic powers. A lot of people here in britain hate immigrants who are simply harder working on average than the british, this is that times twenty or so.
Plain simple xenophobia, sadly it's been highly common throughout history to fear the other purely for irrational and subjective reasons this is likely to be a massive issue with people who are literally walking corpses.
Jealousy, if I thought someone had some secret to eternal life and wasn't sharing it with me, i'd get very annoyed. If they told me "You just weren't born right" I'd get even more annoyed.
All of the above. In real life prejudices are built up over many years of systematic change brought about for a variety of reasons. There is no "one reason" for example this can be seen for all the myraid reasons people give for homophobia "God doesn't like it" to "It's not natural" to "I've met a homosexual and they sullied my opinion of the entire group." to "Everyone else hates them, why can't I?"
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Are they still decaying or the process is halted at the moment of resurrection?
– Mephistopheles
2 hours ago
2
There seems to be little difference between life and this not-quite-death. The undead eat, remember, care, etc. If they still pay taxes, too, then I wouldn't call it death at all.
– user535733
2 hours ago
1
...because, they stink, literally
– nzaman
58 mins ago