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Lord Of The Rings Memes

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[–] WagnasT 23 points 1 month ago

"I'd like to share a revelation I've had during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species. I realized that you're not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with their surrounding environment, but you humans do not. You move to another area, and you multiply, and you multiply, until every natural resource is consumed. The only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet. You are a plague, and we are the cure." -- Lord Elrond of Rivendell

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (5 children)

IDK what came to me but this came to mind:

Let h = human; e = elven

  • hh × ee = {he, he, he, he} → all offspring are half-elves

  • he × he = {hh, he, he, ee} → 1/4 chance offspring is human, 1/4 chance offspring is elven, 1/2 chance offspring is half-elf

I.. I don't know!! Does the math/genetics check out? Is being elven recessive? I don't know what I'm blabbering about!!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

All offspring are Michael Jackson. Got it.

[–] SwordInStone 7 points 1 month ago

only of there was only or very few thing (chromosome, allele), if there is a thousand then 1/4 will be hh, 1/2 he, and 1/4 ee, but statistically half will be h half e.

This also implies that if e. g. round ears are dominant then both parents will have them, but the offspring might not.

[–] rustydomino 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

counter argument : what if thereare multiple e's and multiple h's

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

damn I never thought about this

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Afaik for interracial kids it's a 10% chance to come out as one of the parents. So maybe with half-elves it's the same? 1/10th HH/EE and 9/10 HE EH ???

[–] ytsedude 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Maybe I'm not understanding the meme here, but I thought Elrond was a full elf because he chose to be when offered the choice (by Eru, maybe?). And his brother chose to be human.

[–] De_Narm 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

If you don't think too hard about it, the first two alway produce half-elves while the last one can produce a full elf! They just gotta use the correct half.