Thoughts From An Overmedicated Mind

[ladysprite]

(Or, what I spent my night pondering between doses of oxycodone and valium....)

Okay - so, as humans, one of our biggest defining traits is our gender/sexuality spectrum, and where we identify on that spectrum with regards to biology, attraction, identity, and self.

So. If we were instead sentient dinosaurs, would we instead or also wind up pondering our identity on the carnivore/herbivore spectrum? Would omnivores be seen as greedy, or indecisive, and would there be a market for prosthetic teeth, and digestive surgery?

Somehow this seemed very important when I first woke up....

Comments

[wcg.livejournal.com]

I await the best selling novel based on this idea.

[dagibbs.livejournal.com]

Seems unlikely. Why would they ponder that any more than we ponder our identity on the carnivore/omnivore/herbivore spectrum. Then again, we do that, don't we? Atkins, paleo, vegetarian, vegan, fructarian, etc. Religious diet restrictions and more. So, maybe.

Also, I'm not sure the gender/sexuality spectrum is that defining a trait. There are sexuality variations (at least) in a goodly number of other species. Harder to talk about gender, but I think there are examples, too. Then there are the species where sex can change through the life... think the discussions/concerns a sentient version of that species might have!

[pujaemuss.livejournal.com]

This is either genius or insanity and it's slightly disturbing that I'm not sure which.

PJW

[etherial.livejournal.com]

It was a recurring plot point on Dinosaurs. There was even a multi-episode story arc of a war between two-leggers and four-leggers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8mhImsov24&list=PLii3kaRpXU50xGRsZlUWHBBvIvQKFw43B&index=19

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

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[autographedcat.livejournal.com]

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