LJIDOL Week 26 Topic 3 of 3 - Turtles all the way down

[wyliekat]

“. . . so that’s about the end of the story. They explained that I was formerly an Earth woman, who was offered a second chance at life to come out here. I’ve been here ever since

Comments

[comedychick]

As much as I'd love a world without cancer, I'm not sure I could stand that ratio of men to women!

[wyliekat]

It would pose some very interesting challenges. The idea of a world where girl children were more celebrated than male children intrigues me.

[hosticle_fifer]

I kind of think that such a ratio of men to women would self-correct ...at the expense of the population count. Too many guys, only a few women? Yeah, that'd be one hell of a Battle Royale. :)

[wyliekat]

It would be interesting. Truth be told, I'd like to find out what (if anything) has been calculated as the threshold for gender difference and sustaining a population. I had to pull a number out of my hat. But still - I like the idea of simple scarcity causing a society to cherish women.

[theafaye]

You know, I did not know that turtles all the way down was an actual phrase until I read your entry! I just thought it was Gary's mind working in strange ways, so I wrote about turtles. Thank you!

[wyliekat]

I confess, I had to look it up myself. I'm still brand new to the game, but from what I've seen so far, it's never just a random turn of phrase. I've learned to wiki anything I'm not already sure of. ;-}

[theafaye]

A habit I should probably develop myself! I usually only check things when I'm completely stumped - I have a default "go to literal" setting if something seems odd to me. There's been a fair few US-only phrases that I could only work with like that because even knowing the meaning has been pretty meaningless to me!

[amenquohi]

I had to look it up, too!

[pixiebelle]

Very creative little story here. Interesting to read!

[wyliekat]

Thanks much! She's been hanging around in my mind, waiting to come out. I'm glad she's been well-received!

[basric]

I enjoyed all three, but this was my favorite, Then Grog.

[wyliekat]

Thank you! I'm actually surprised by how much love Grot got in the polls.

[the_vernacular]

This was a really interesting world you created here!

[wyliekat]

I just feel like there are a million places to take it.