which is mainly hilarious in this context because of the implication of just how alien a species has to be for such a skewed sex ratio to be maintained
Two interesting aspects of this result are the answers it returns for very small and very large values of $W.$ For $W=1$ it tells us that the unbeatable percentage of sons is 0. Obviously this isn’t true, as applied literally it would mean that there would be no males at all in the next generation and so no further generations. What it means in practice is that, when there’s no competition from other members of the population, the best strategy is to produce the minimum possible number of males. This principle is applied in some species of mite, where the next generation hatch and breed inside their own mother!
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all of this makes me want to start a game of Stellaris and populate it with Outsider species
i can't fathom how a species could actually evolve in that way
They didn't. They've been engineered that way.
that's a bad way to engineer people
They were designed to be soldiers, so they mature in 13 years and live for a thousand. It only takes one male to fertilize any number of females, so the actual ratio does not need to be 50/50. At the time of the comic, the war has been a relatively recent one, so they just started gearing up for increased, production, you could say. The comic has a really in depth "about" section, if you really want to know what is going on.
Well I suppose if we absolutely needed proof this comic was a fetish comic at least we have it.
Atomic Robo
I was thinking that this Helsingard scheme wasn't legit because it doesn't have enough underground bunkers, then I realised that ADAM is basically the biggest most advanced underground bunker ever. That's why Helsingard's doing this, he's got Bunker Envy.
you're going to love this, trust me. what you're seeing now is my normal state. this is a super husk. and this, this is what is known as a super husk that is ascended past a super husk. or, you could just call this a husk tier two.
you're going to love this, trust me. what you're seeing now is my normal state. this is a super husk. and this, this is what is known as a super husk that is ascended past a super husk. or, you could just call this a husk tier two.
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It's because I'm sad and lazy and can't remember where I was when I stopped.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher's_principle
which is mainly hilarious in this context because of the implication of just how alien a species has to be for such a skewed sex ratio to be maintained
https://plus.maths.org/content/mathematics-sex-evolution-and-parasitic-wasps
Gunnerkrigg Court
Penny Arcade
Three Panel Soul
Just find a copy of Master of Orion 2. You won't even need to change anything.
If Questionable Content only did the Tilly Saga to set up this joke, I'm okay with it.
this is another one of those comics where the fact that it's just two talking heads really makes the joke nothing
visually illustrating the absurdity would go a long way here
Strong Female Protagonist
Well I suppose if we absolutely needed proof this comic was a fetish comic at least we have it.
Dumbing of Age tests future book titles.
Skin Horse
discuss
Buttersafe
Only if its mine.
I love how well timed this definitely vore comic is to current conversation
Never Satisfied
Steam // Secret Satan
Steam // Secret Satan
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=16534
He’s really jerking it to puppets but that gets close enough
Atomic Robo
I was thinking that this Helsingard scheme wasn't legit because it doesn't have enough underground bunkers, then I realised that ADAM is basically the biggest most advanced underground bunker ever. That's why Helsingard's doing this, he's got Bunker Envy.
SMBC
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=16534
Tch, clearly an ash clone
I really like Cordelia.
Husk IIC
Outsider's aliens so far seem to be loosely based on Master of Orion 2 Elerians and Klackons so that's kind of appropriate
xkcd