The Immortal Turtle in 1826

You live in a world where pictures are always in color until the person photographed dies. While looking through your grandparents’ closet, you find a picture dated back to 1826. The picture hasn’t faded to black and white. You realize there’s a turtle in the background and carry on with your day

A dark Tumblr-style writing prompt describes a world where photographs turn black and white when the person pictured dies. Someone finds a colorful 1826 photograph and notices a turtle in the background, implying the turtle has survived for centuries; the joke is the absurdly casual reaction to this impossible discovery. EN: A dark Tumblr-style writing prompt describes a world where photographs turn black and white when the person pictured dies. Someone finds a colorful 1826 photograph and notices a turtle in the background, implying the turtle has survived for centuries; the joke is the absurdly casual reaction to this impossible discovery.

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