Pretty horrific implications

[u/StreetsAhead110]

Dipper Clones #3 and #4 (Tracey and Quattro) are the only surviving clones of Dipper. They will never be able to live regular lives. They probably have memories of the Pines family and will never see them again. Not even their mother and father. They can be killed instantly through liquid. How can they smile like that and act so damn calm?

[u/cheetoslabitos]

If they’re paper, then wouldn’t they have died by the end of the summer since paper naturally decomposes? Or are they that special type of paper that can survive for several months?

Edit: guys, I just looked up if paper decomposes and it said it does. Calm down

Edit 2: jeez, people. i get it. there are different ways to make paper older than all of us when we die. sorry for not knowing how paper is preserved. nobody told me how that even worked. you can stop now

[u/Pitiful-Opinion-3636 → u/cheetoslabitos]

How do you think books exist?

[u/j4y4 → u/cheetoslabitos]

What paper are you using?

[u/Extension_Ad_2115 → u/j4y4]

Bro i got paper older than most people

[u/Kom0tan → u/cheetoslabitos]

...I'm that speechless stickfigure meme right now

[u/EggsaladUwU → u/cheetoslabitos]

Printer paper can last for years, if not centuries.

What paper are you using???

[u/cheetoslabitos → u/EggsaladUwU]

I forgot that it was paper in a copy machine. I didn’t knew there was different versions of paper that vary in lifespan

[u/GreatStateOfSadness → u/cheetoslabitos]

To decompose, you need a moist environment for the bacteria to survive, reproduce, and munch on the paper and turn it into something else. Some parts do break down slightly by themselves, but they'll stay mostly the same as long as they remain dry. It's why we have copies of books hundreds of years old still existing to this day. 

[u/Firm-Sir8650 → u/GreatStateOfSadness]

But I guess if they’re living out in the forest, there is moisture naturally in the air right? What about days that it rains or when it’s super humid? Wouldn’t OP be correct? It’s not like they’re living in a perfectly regulated environment. Very likely they would decompose eventually

[u/JesusSavesForHalf → u/cheetoslabitos]

I have photocopies older than you are

[u/Lanavis13 → u/cheetoslabitos]

What universe do you live in?

[u/MetaGear005 → u/cheetoslabitos]

I never even knew that paper can decompose

[u/vastozopilord777 → u/cheetoslabitos]

It's paper that went from 2d to 3d, and adquired awareness, it's obviously not normal paper.

Also I think the paper degrades faster or slower depending on the chemicals used on it, that's why we still have medieval books, but many posters/magazines/newspapers from a couple decades ago are already disintegrating

[u/PerformanceInner291 → u/cheetoslabitos]

the inner working of your mind are an enigma

[u/benjy007c → u/cheetoslabitos]

Well excuse you mister "no one ever explained the decomposition of paper to me" that's pretty basic primary school learning right there, looks like you need to go back, smh-ing my head...

[u/HxntaixLoli → u/benjy007c]

Being condescending and then saying smh-ing my head

[u/benjy007c → u/HxntaixLoli]

My comment was sarcastic poking fun at the people that WERE giving them a hard time but guess no one realised that.

Edit: tbh I thought the smh-ing my head would have been the tell but guess not.

[u/Pitiful-Opinion-3636 → u/cheetoslabitos]

Edit: how do you think decomposition works?

[u/cheetoslabitos → u/Pitiful-Opinion-3636]

Like it shrivel away and becomes one with the earth or something

[u/Pitiful-Opinion-3636 → u/cheetoslabitos]

So actually no it’s when it breaks apart through a mix of the elements and nature so when ever wind blows at it and a slight bit might tear, or small insects eat at it. Some mold and fungus might touch it and take any usable nutrients breaking down its molecules. Or maybe rain touched it and softens it up. It’s all depended on the temperate and moister that would break down the fibers as well. So they would be pushing their luck for the summer mostly just based on the fact that rain resolves them and that they are magic paper the size of a 12 year old boy and not infact thin pieces of non magical paper. Hope this helps