There will be sex after death; we just won't be able to feel it.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Tomlin makes a dark joke about the afterlife, noting that pleasure requires sensation.
- In plain terms
- Sex after death is impossible because you can't feel it.
- What can you take from it?
- Pleasure requires physical sensation.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Do you think of death humorously?
- What defines pleasure?
Another view
It assumes the afterlife involves a body.
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