Girls: would you prefer to lay eggs?
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Infiltrator
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written Friday, January 12 2007 15:16
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I was just thinking, would you find it more preferable to routinely lay eggs like a chicken instead of menstruating once a month? Thanks in advance for your input! -------------------- "Names is for tombstones, baby." -Mr. Big Posts: 699 | Registered: Thursday, September 20 2001 07:00 |
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Raven v. Writing Desk
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written Friday, January 12 2007 15:19
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You are posting here, in order to get opinions from females? -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, January 12 2007 16:13
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Well, why shouldn't he? -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Friday, January 12 2007 16:34
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Most of us aren't women. It is still a legitimate question, though. From a practical point of view, eggs-laying reduces the chances of serious injury to the mother, so I'm for it. -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
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Off With Their Heads
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written Friday, January 12 2007 16:56
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Although I'm not the target of the question, in my total ignorance of virtually all biology, I can't say that I even know what the advantages or disadvantages would be. The relevant Wikipedia page (UBB apparently won't let me link directly to it?) doesn't seem to have anything on pros and cons, either, although it has reference to a particularly odd behavior in some animals. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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Guardian
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written Friday, January 12 2007 17:05
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So instead of menstruating once a month, you lay an egg once a month? Unless you're proposing that egg-babies should be less developed than birth-babies, the egg would be around the size of a birth-baby. So instead of giving birth no more than once every nine months, you effectively give birth every month. Besides, it would be a blow to feminism. Women should be barefoot and nesting in the kitchen, and all that jazz. -------------------- FORTRAN was the language of choice for the same reason that three-legged races are popular. - Ken Thompson Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Friday, January 12 2007 18:03
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Scorpius, I think that you are VERY lucky this is an online community, and that none of the females who visit can take up arms against you. -------------------- I tried to think of something witty to put here. Needless to say, I failed. Posts: 2686 | Registered: Friday, September 8 2006 07:00 |
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Shake Before Using
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written Friday, January 12 2007 18:11
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Is it really just females who want to kill Scorpius? Posts: 3234 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Friday, January 12 2007 18:26
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Man, wouldn't that be the coolest thing ever. Having a hard spheroid the size of your head shooting from your rump every revolution of the moon with the joyous anticipation of it making a great mess later on, knowing full well that you have a human embryo sitting on the couch that has its own apartment already, sounds a few fries short of a happy meal. I'll do it for five bucks. [ Friday, January 12, 2007 18:28: Message edited by: Robinator is a Beefcake ] -------------------- Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck. 'Spiderweb Software' anagrammmed: 'Word-bereft A**wipe' Posts: 702 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Friday, January 12 2007 18:31
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Okay a question for the guys: would you ever eat one? -------------------- "Names is for tombstones, baby." -Mr. Big Posts: 699 | Registered: Thursday, September 20 2001 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Friday, January 12 2007 18:39
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Well, the human placenta is a delicacy in some cultures, so I imagine that a human egg, which would be far more appetizing than the mass of gore that is a placenta, would be a much more popular food item. As a male, I can say I would rather female not lay eggs. If they were indeed doing the equivalent of giving birth once a month, that would lead to some seriously worn out... goods. Nobody wants that. -------------------- You lose. Posts: 2156 | Registered: Thursday, August 24 2006 07:00 |
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Guardian
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written Friday, January 12 2007 18:40
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By Scorp: quote:Oddly enough, this is less off the wall. Lots of people eat placenta, so it's not that far-fetched. Still... no. Just... no. So what's the next question? "Should we let the first child hatched push the other eggs out of the nest?" EDIT: ET beat me to it. -------------------- God is Real, unless declared Integer. [ Friday, January 12, 2007 18:40: Message edited by: Dintiradan ] Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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Raven v. Writing Desk
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written Friday, January 12 2007 18:42
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Kronos ate his children, and look what happened to him! [ Friday, January 12, 2007 18:43: Message edited by: Facepalming Hecatonchire ] -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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Agent
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written Friday, January 12 2007 18:48
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Would I enjoy laying an egg every month? Well, we sort of already do but that's besides the point. What sort of nonsense is this? I mean, I don't even know where to begin. Laying a baby-sized egg once a month would ****ing suck. The way it is now is irritating, buy preferable to a hard shelled alternative. Out of curiosity, what possessed you to ask this here Scorpius? I do want to slap you. -------------------- You acquire an item: Radio Free Foil Posts: 1169 | Registered: Monday, September 23 2002 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, January 12 2007 19:09
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Technology gives us all kinds of advantages. I say babies should be birthed/laid in packets that are then assembled once they have all been received by the, er, something. —Alorael, who just wouldn't really want to watch that process in action. And now he's afraid to use BitTorrent. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, January 12 2007 19:13
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This is a bit stranger than normal Scorpius... if "normal" and "scorpius" can even co-exist in the same thought. That said, no thanks... chicken eggs are hard enough to stomach. -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Friday, January 12 2007 19:15
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quote:Swallowed, actually. If he ate his children, he would have had a slightly smaller problem. quote:I stand corrected. quote:As for my own views on this issue: No. No way. Not a chance. Something is terribly wrong about even the thought of it. quote:I rest my case. :cool: -------------------- I tried to think of something witty to put here. Needless to say, I failed. Posts: 2686 | Registered: Friday, September 8 2006 07:00 |
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Guardian
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written Friday, January 12 2007 19:18
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By Alo: quote:Making them would be half the fun! (Don't groan. You all saw that one coming.) -------------------- Here lies the body of Emily White, She signalled left, and then she turned right. - Epitaph in England Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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Councilor
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written Friday, January 12 2007 19:48
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Quick question: why do we seem to be assuming that humans would lay hard-shelled bird-like eggs when echidnas and the platypus lay soft, leathery eggs? Originally by Kelandon: quote:UBB doesn't like any URLs with % in them. Originally by Dintiradan: quote:Dikiyoba remembers you using that quote before. :P Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00 |
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Off With Their Heads
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written Friday, January 12 2007 19:59
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quote:And this is why UBB rocks. :rolleyes: -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Friday, January 12 2007 20:02
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quote:He's also re-used the Emily White one, too. -------------------- I tried to think of something witty to put here. Needless to say, I failed. Posts: 2686 | Registered: Friday, September 8 2006 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Friday, January 12 2007 20:27
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In my mind the whole point is that the egg is significantly smaller than a baby. The obvious problem of the human babies being the size of chicks when they hatch is counteracted by the increased number of babies that could be produced by a single female. Such is nature's pattern, and there is no reason why it could not work equally well for people. I thought I'd never use the words human, baby, and hatch in the same sentence, but there you go. -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
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? Man, ? Amazing
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written Friday, January 12 2007 22:41
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This is why I secretly aspire to be Scorp. -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Saturday, January 13 2007 00:31
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quote:Some assembly required. Each set sold separately. Batteries not included. Seriously though… I wouldn't want to have to face my mother, sister, girlfriend, or any other females when that once a month comes around. As Andraste said, it's apparently pretty unpleasant for them as it is. What Scorpius is suggesting would be just… well, much worse for everybody. :eek: -------------------- Do not provoke the turtles. They do not like being provoked. -Lenar My website: Nemesis' Refuge Posts: 743 | Registered: Friday, September 29 2006 07:00 |
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written Saturday, January 13 2007 05:35
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I am so going to start using this question as a pickup line. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |