From: | A Halliwell u5a77@*****.cs.keele.ac.uk |
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Subject: | Aussie Question [OT] (Kinda) |
Date: | Thu, 18 Feb 1999 11:06:23 +0000 (GMT) |
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|> On a related note, what the heck does "breeder" mean,
|> in 2050s parlance? I know it refers to humans, but I'm
|> not sure if it means anything special. Tusker, that's pretty
|> obvious. Dandelion-eater, that's easy enough to grasp.
|> But breeder...there must be something blatantly, glaringly
|> obvious that I'm missing. Enlighten me, please.
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|I think it's referring to the fact that most Homo Sapiens births are of the
|Homo Sapiens Sapiens variety. The other meta-types are far less common.
|(Right?)
I think it's got more to do with humans being nothing but breeding stock to
produce more orcs and trolls. (It is an insult after all)
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