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FIGHT!Who wins, one-on-one:(EDIT: it's in a space opera, the unicorns are G…
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@cstross I voted unicorn, but I think it depends on the fantasy universe, both …
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@cstross at equal size, a chicken would wreck a horse. So I'm going prehist…
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@cstross we voted unicorns because it feels like the body design of utahraptors…
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@ireneista @cstross gotta admit I'm thinking "what if the unicorn miss…
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@ireneista @cstross ...the unicorn's going to be plain bigger, mind
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@ireneista @cstross I reckon it comes down to whether the raptor can place its …
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@flippac @cstross you also have to remember, utahraptors are built for speed, f…
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@ireneista @cstross If it turns into an extended jousting contest, absolutely -…
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@flippac @ireneista Okay, so let me mix it up a bit:The unicorn is harnessed to…
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@cstross @ireneista How far out do the humans see each other, how much do they …
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@flippac @cstross all interesting fights start with human folly, so let's a…
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@ireneista @cstross do the animals actually have cause to charge until the huma…
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@flippac @ireneista Yes: it's a chase, humans in unicorn-carriage are fleei…
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@ireneista @cstross (critically, humans are weird in how much we even bother/ne…
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@cstross @ireneista (If I were the raptor rider and the kit was specially made,…
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@ireneista @cstross (they probably have cause not to, assuming they're gett…
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@cstross @ireneista Assuming the unicorn has the bad attitude, it fake-bolts, t…
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@cstross @ireneista (actual chase-into-fight is boring at best and while the un…
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@flippac @cstross you're right, the raptor would try to pass and run alongs…
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@ireneista @cstross I think we see a ramming motion aimed at the hips first, ki…
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@ireneista @cstross possible variant: the raptor lowers its center of mass for …
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@cstross @ireneista the rider is seriously ill-equipped for an arrest unless th…
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@ireneista @cstross extremely bad idea: raptor tries to kick a moving horse in …
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@flippac @cstross right... so like the legs are gonna be the most dangerous par…
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@ireneista @flippac I am currently trying to decide whether the unicorns have a…
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@cstross @ireneista @flippac Or maybe tail-whiskers to help them aim a kick.
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@cstross @ireneista @flippac The unicorn tail would puff out like a cat's w…
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@mithriltabby @cstross @flippac wait, is that real? do cats have tail whiskers?…
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@ireneista @cstross @flippac No, though the tail on a Maine Coon gets _very_ im…
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@fazalmajid I have heard of it; I haven't seen it, obviously.
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(This poll feeds into the space opera in progress, because OBVIOUSLY a space op…
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@flippac @cstross we can assume that, though raptors are intelligent, they do n…
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@ireneista @cstross that's a more deeply evolutionary thing than you might …
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@flippac @ireneista AIUI most quadrupeds that overlapped with raptors in our ti…
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@cstross @flippac sure, but how good are the humans at gene editing? you've…
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@ireneista @flippac It's set 700,000 years hence: these aren't us-type …
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@cstross @flippac have they attained enlightenment to the point that they'r…
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@ireneista @flippac Absolutely not! (They're unlovable assholes.)
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@ireneista @cstross ramming is also a tactic that would come up in fights (play…
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@cstross @flippac it's your story, but in that case we humbly suggest that …
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@ireneista @cstross they may well have had millennia to get round to doing it s…
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@cstross @flippac but them being based on cassowaries means our analysis of the…
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@cstross Since it's you, are those unicorn unicorns, or equoid unicorns (SF…
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@HighlandLawyer Neither: they're genetically modified horses with an attitu…
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@flippac @cstross oh people absolutely die from falling off of horses, we don&#…
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@ireneista @cstross definitely not at full pace, but when you're taking you…
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@flippac @cstross yeah if this is some sort of bounty hunter, they may have had…
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@ireneista @flippac Not a bounty hunter: it's all improv, by both parties.
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@cstross @ireneista improvised action or improvised performance?
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@cstross @flippac okay, in that case we stand by our original point that the ri…
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@ireneista @cstross If there's time to come to a full stop (...bridge ahead…
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@ireneista @flippac BUT if the unicorn is still harnessed to the gig, there&#39…
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@cstross @ireneista How sharp's the raptor's bodily-not-momentum turnin…
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@flippac @cstross oh the raptor can for sure corner better than the unicorn, it…
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@ireneista @cstross A unicorn trying to go fast is not pointing the horn forwar…
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@flippac @cstross oh great point. it'd want to hold the horn upwards, to mi…
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@ireneista @cstross There's a reason most depictions of unicorns from an er…
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@cstross @flippac great points, for sure. the raptor would definitely have to s…
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@cstross @ireneista How far along the unicorn does it go? Are the unicorn's…
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@ireneista @cstross yeah, it doesn't need to be "better", it need…
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@Fooker This is not the laundryverse.
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@cstross @ireneista How quickly could the unicorn free itself if it really, rea…
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@flippac @cstross well it's a species that had feathers historically, so le…
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@flippac @cstross in regard to the unicorn freeing itself, we looked up a curri…
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@ireneista @cstross yeah, and when it comes to fights between humans, two near-…
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@ireneista @cstross pre-antibiotics, an otherwise shitty bullet came with that …
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@flippac @ireneista Infection isn't a problem where they're going: if t…
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@cstross @ireneista Ah, that's where the sodomy comes in, gotcha!
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@cstross @ireneista Both taking leg wounds would still really suck for them btw…
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@cstross @flippac hahahaahaha oh, fun. like the Zones of Thought but used for p…
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@flippac @cstross also as someone currently dealing with some gut issues, we ad…
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@flippac @ireneista Unicorn is basically a GM horse with a bad attitude. It&#39…
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@cstross @ireneista Building up momentum and sliding under the unicorn for a di…
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@cstross if the unicorn's horn breaks off into the Utahraptor , does it exp…
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@timo21 No magic, only space opera with genetically engineered species.
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@cstross @timo21 I feel like this situation as described is very similar to mou…
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@alienghic @cstross I can see people collecting leftover unicorns from the lunc…
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@cstross @timo21 is it specifically horses, or could the unicorn be zebra (murd…
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@flippac @cstross they both have fierce kicks, but we take your point
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@ireneista @cstross What style of kick matters, and mass is relevant: a solid f…
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@flippac @cstross well the unicorn's first move is definitely a horn charge…
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@ireneista @flippac See subsequent. The unicorn is pulling a gig, so is harness…
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@cstross what next, Ohioraptor, Oklahomaraptor?
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@patterfloof Actual velociraptors were much smaller than in Jurassic Park—abo…
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@cstross @patterfloof Few know this, but real unicorns, unlike the ones in stor…
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@timbray @cstross @patterfloof They're descended from Wolfe's destriers…
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@timbray @cstross @patterfloof @marick And, if the Met Police Special Assessmen…
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@cstross The results are skewed because the unicorns were winning until you too…
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@cstross OK well people aren't thinking about the massive carnivorous invis…
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