Two Sentence Horror

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Two Sentence Horrors.

The title should be the first sentence, while the body should be the second.

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“The simulation ran for a hundred subjective years, allowing your sperm, and those of a few dozen others, to populate a rich, evolving world of eight billion" (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by Grimy@lemmy.world to c/twosentencehorror@sh.itjust.works

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“This will help you choose the best candidate for your future baby, and we also include a music compilation from the sim, centered this time on a band named after beetles of all things,” the nurse says with a chuckle, handing them a small usb drive.

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[–] RustyNova@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Not horror, but great writing prompt

[–] m_f@discuss.online 4 points 1 week ago

Reminds me of Hang the DJ

[–] Naz@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Okay cool, but why?

[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

To choose the perfect baby. You get to see what person each sperm would turn into if it was the one to fertilize in a randomized environment.

[–] Naz@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They would "turn into" unremarkable humans. Is the purpose of the simulation to depress the people seeking IVF, or is there a eugenics component involved?

[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Eugenics, it's for designer babies. You get about 100 million simulated people from one spank. Out of that, you can pick the longest living, best looking and most successful "sperm".

[–] Naz@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

So, artificial selection instead of natural selection

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