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[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh shoot, yeah.

But like, were there even more than 4? That's not even a village or a hamlet. In terms of pure population size, they're basically just a campsite.

Something screwy is going on, so, infertility makes the most sense imo

[–] barrbaric@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In response, I present Todd Howard's Razor: never attribute to subtle worldbuilding that which is adequately explained by bad worldbuilding.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago

Doyalism is boring though! I prefer to torture a Watsonian interpretation of a setting until it makes sense, no matter how badly it's written.