Versus Match Whom to Leave Behind? Womans History Month Edition

Husky_Khan

The Dog Whistler... I mean Whisperer.
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The persons listed below have been selected as potential passengers on a spaceship for a flight to another planet because Earth is doomed for destruction. Due to spacial limitations, only ten passengers can be selected. Any of the nominees can qualify.

Your job as the Man (figurative or literal) is to make the final decision and we're sticking with it goshdarnit or I'm turning the spaceship right around!

Original Passenger Prospect List:

1. A Thirty Year Old American Munition Plant Worker and Actress.

2. A Twenty Three Year Old Spanish Political Activist

3. A Twenty Five Year Old Greek Math and Astronomy Teacher.

4. A Nineteen Year Old American Indian Woman. Tour Guide by Profession

5. A Thirty Year Old British Tax Activist and Horse Caretaker

6. A Thirty Nine Year Old American Typist and Culinary Student

7. A Thirty One Year Old Italian Educator and Physician

8. A Thirty Something Year Old Greek Poet and Musician

9. A Twenty Eight Year Old Polish Science Student and Bicylist

10. A Thirty Year Old Filipino Food Technologist

11. A Forty Year Old Russian-American Writer.

12. A Nineteen Year Old French Evangelical Peasant

13. A Fifteen Year Old Dutch Jewish Girl Previously Living in Someones Attic.

14. A Twenty Two Year Old Lebanese Entertainer.

15. A Twenty Eight Year Old Japanese Cartoonist

16. A Twenty Nine Year Old American Journalist and Teacher

17. A Thirty Year Old American Media Host

18. A Thirty Year Old French Valet

19. A Thirty One Year Old Russian Chess Player

20. A Thirty One Year Old British Political Activist

Oh and you've been given a bunch of universal translators so everyone can talk and artificial womb things to grow artificial babies for genetic diversity. But you know, have to raise them all so gotta start slow.

DISCUSS!
 

bintananth

behind a desk
*without peeking at the links after #1*

Exclude #13 for being underage. Of the remaining 19 (i.e.: the adults) the 10 youngest get picked.

So ... #4, #12, #14, #2, #3, #9, #15, #16 with two of #1, #5, #10, #17, #18 selected randomly by die roll (#5, #10).

Sorry, Miss Norma Jean the RNG did not favor you ...

2. Isabella I of Castile
3. Hypatia
4. Sacagawea
5. Lady Godiva
9. Marie Curie
10. María Orosa
12. Joan of Arc
14. Mia Khalifa
15. Hiromu Arakawa
16. Ida B. Wells
 

Bear Ribs

Well-known member
Hmm, given Bintinath's reaction I guess clicking the link spoils things somehow.

I'd rather know a bit about their personalities rather than just age, nationality, and profession. As is though, I'll go with those.

In this case I'm mainly banking on useful skills.

#1 A munitions plant worker probably knows at least a decent bit about machinery, and while the plant does the heavy lifting, I've yet to see a factory worker without some muscle on them.
#3 A crapshoot, it might be a modern woke educator but I've noticed most mathematicians aren't woke compared to, say, humanities or literature professors. Math and astronomy are both likely to be useful skills, math is obvious and astronomy is going to be important to figuring out the length of year and thus proper planting times for crops.
#4 A horse caretaker has animal husbandry skills and, again, if nothing else will have a decently healthy active body.
#7 A doctor's going to be important to have.
#9 Which science? Don't just leave me hanging with this vague information! There's hella difference between a botanist and a political philosopher in this situation. Going for #9 anyway because as a bicyclist, at least I know I'm getting somebody fit.
#12 Peasant? That sounds like somebody who grows their own food and hunts, or at least is highly familiar with rural life, she;s the MVP in this scenario.

At this point I've taken everybody who looks to have decent physical skills. The rest of the list is taking the dross and hoping I got the least worst.

#13 This background makes me deeply suspicious of her having the slightest bit of utility, but she's young enough for one of the other women to train. She's probably going to be promptly apprenticed to the French Peasant and learn to farm and.or forage.
#14 What kind of entertainment? Imma go into this hoping for, like, a dancer who has some stamina and not a talk show host.
#18 A Valet at least has some basic housekeeping skills and they carry luggage so probably some strength.

My last choice is down to the dregs. An array of TV talking heads, political potential landmines, and artists. I don't see anything very appealing. Backtracking, I take:

#10 I'm deeply suspicious that "Food Technologist" is some kind of hipster nonsense but it's the closest thing to a good cook on the list. Now granted the Peasant probably also knows how to at least cook basic meals but hopefully, maybe, if all goes well, the Food Technologist is actually some kinda professional chef who's specialized in something useful.

Alright, posting first with my choices, then I'll click the links and edit in what I got in a spoiler.

Edited In
#1 Marilyn Monroe: Oh, these are historical figures. Well it could be worse, my original reasoning still stands for her.
#3 Hypatia: Well getting somebody from the bronze age is highly desirable in this situation, Imma call this a big win.
#4 Scajawea: Optimal pick! The French Peasant is actually going to have to be something really special to top her for MVP status.
#7 Maria Montessori: Another good option, it looks like this list is front-loaded with optimal picks really.
#9 Marie Curie: Respectfully not my first choice, her particular area of study is simply not as useful to a colony of less than a dozen.
#12 Joan of Arc: This is probably a bad choice. Her peasantry skills are questionable and her extreme levels of religious zealotry are likely to become a problem.
#13 Anne Frank: About what I figured, she's not bringing any excessive skill to the table but she's young, already endured hardship, and can be trained. Potential.
#14 Mia Khalifa: #%^&! I should have gone with the Japanese cartoonist. Possibly the worst choice so far, at best tied with Joan of Arc but at least Joan has something going for her along with the downsides.
#18 Jeanne Baret: Oh very nice, she's probably second-best after Sacajawea. Almost enough to make up for accidentally bringing the pornstar.
 
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Husky_Khan

The Dog Whistler... I mean Whisperer.
Founder
Sotnik
Hmm, given Bintinath's reaction I guess clicking the link spoils things somehow.

I'd rather know a bit about their personalities rather than just age, nationality, and profession. As is though, I'll go with those.

In this case I'm mainly banking on useful skills.

Yeah @bintananth took it in a nice direction by not clicking the hyperlinks and spoiling themselves. It wasn't something I was expecting but it does seem to make for a far more interesting thread. I was going to add more personal details but decided to keep it brief and whimsically neutral unlike the minimalist descriptions provided by inspirational piece by the Woke Teacher.

If I do this in the future I'll probably put the hyperlinks in a spoilered tab though because going in blind is great and I'll probably add more brief biographical details. It's just... with 'famous' historical figures I didn't want to give away too much (odd I know since there are hyperlinks) but I was thinking of using minimalist humor in describing famous people very awkwardly with one line.

But yeah in the future there'll be more details... but also relevant information tucked away so the identity reveal can be more amusing and rewarding.

Alright, posting first with my choices, then I'll click the links and edit in what I got in a spoiler.

Edited In
#1 Marilyn Monroe: Oh, these are historical figures. Well it could be worse, my original reasoning still stands for her.
#3 Hypatia: Well getting somebody from the bronze age is highly desirable in this situation, Imma call this a big win.
#4 Scajawea: Optimal pick! The French Peasant is actually going to have to be something really special to top her for MVP status.
#7 Maria Montessori: Another good option, it looks like this list is front-loaded with optimal picks really.
#9 Marie Curie: Respectfully not my first choice, her particular area of study is simply not as useful to a colony of less than a dozen.
#12 Joan of Arc: This is probably a bad choice. Her peasantry skills are questionable and her extreme levels of religious zealotry are likely to become a problem.
#13 Anne Frank: About what I figured, she's not bringing any excessive skill to the table but she's young, already endured hardship, and can be trained. Potential.
#14 Mia Khalifa: #%^&! I should have gone with the Japanese cartoonist. Possibly the worst choice so far, at best tied with Joan of Arc but at least Joan has something going for her along with the downsides.
#18 Jeanne Baret: Oh very nice, she's probably second-best after Sacajawea. Almost enough to make up for accidentally bringing the pornstar.

You forgot Number #10!

And #14 does have fast food experience! 😛

As is, my main regret is that I didn't add more historical ladies to the list. I wanted more worldwide representation but I also didn't want to spent like an hour plus cataloging dozens of women or something. Still this thread seems to show there's a proof of concept that this format can provide amusement and entertainment value.

If I make another one in the future it'll probably be modern celebrities most likely. After that we'll see if I can do future ones based on various dates like I did with Women's History Month. :p

And not limit myself to Doomsday Spaceships.
 
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bintananth

behind a desk
If I had looked at the links #13 would have been the first one excluded because she doesn't have a unique useful skill. The only candidate who isn't literate is the French peasant.

From the blind list I came up with to a fully considered list based on skill:
- #14 would be replaced by #7.
- #15 would be a coin toss with #18.
That's probably about it.

If I was allowed to swap one candidate with another of my choice with the same profession ... I'd replace #7 with this Irish surgeon and British Army officer.
 

Husky_Khan

The Dog Whistler... I mean Whisperer.
Founder
Sotnik
If I had looked at the links #13 would have been the first one excluded because she doesn't have a unique useful skill. The only candidate who isn't literate is the French peasant.

Yeah but she's also 15 and has had some austere life experiences. She could probably be trained and further edumakated in skills fairly well IMHO.

- #15 would be a coin toss with #18.

Yeah #15 also grew up on a family farm if you check their bio. Course one wouldn't know it if they didn't click on the link and read it of course. But lots of them have hidden backgrounds I guess.
 

bintananth

behind a desk
Yeah #15 also grew up on a family farm if you check their bio. Course one wouldn't know it if they didn't click on the link and read it of course. But lots of them have hidden backgrounds I guess.
Heck, even without looking at her bio "cartoonist" makes her a near must-have in my mind because she knows how to draw at a professional level. That's a skill every architect and engineer has. This group will need those in the future.

EDIT: Can I draw what she draws? No. Can she draw what I draw? Yes, and I wouldn't be surprised if she's better at ink-on-mylar than I am. That's a drafting skill most architects and engineers my age (mid-40s) weren't ever taught.
 
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Bear Ribs

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Yeah @bintananth took it in a nice direction by not clicking the hyperlinks and spoiling themselves. It wasn't something I was expecting but it does seem to make for a far more interesting thread. I was going to add more personal details but decided to keep it brief and whimsically neutral unlike the minimalist descriptions provided by inspirational piece by the Woke Teacher.

If I do this in the future I'll probably put the hyperlinks in a spoilered tab though because going in blind is great and I'll probably add more brief biographical details. It's just... with 'famous' historical figures I didn't want to give away too much (odd I know since there are hyperlinks) but I was thinking of using minimalist humor in describing famous people very awkwardly with one line.

But yeah in the future there'll be more details... but also relevant information tucked away so the identity reveal can be more amusing and rewarding.



You forgot Number #10!

And #14 does have fast food experience! 😛

As is, my main regret is that I didn't add more historical ladies to the list. I wanted more worldwide representation but I also didn't want to spent like an hour plus cataloging dozens of women or something. Still this thread seems to show there's a proof of concept that this format can provide amusement and entertainment value.

If I make another one in the future it'll probably be modern celebrities most likely. After that we'll see if I can do future ones based on various dates like I did with Women's History Month. :p

And not limit myself to Doomsday Spaceships.

Ah yeah, she's a good pick.

María Orosa is probably on par with Sacajawea, and the two of them together with Jeanne Baret are going to be an unstoppable team when it comes to securing the food supply. Anne Frank is certainly apprenticing under one of them instead of Joan of Arc, and the rest of the team will mostly work well at providing them with support. Mia Khalifa is the only real stinker of the bunch, with Madame Curie being just labor and Joan of Arc potentially in second worst place for personality issues.
 

bintananth

behind a desk
Ah yeah, she's a good pick.

María Orosa is probably on par with Sacajawea, and the two of them together with Jeanne Baret are going to be an unstoppable team when it comes to securing the food supply. Anne Frank is certainly apprenticing under one of them instead of Joan of Arc, and the rest of the team will mostly work well at providing them with support. Mia Khalifa is the only real stinker of the bunch, with Madame Curie being just labor and Joan of Arc potentially in second worst place for personality issues.
Mia Khalifa isn't total deadweight. When it comes to sex she's a professional. One doesn't last long in her profession if they aren't knowledgeable about which NSFW things are safe and which ones aren't.

Someone has to teach sex-ed and "tag, she's it."

Joan of Arc was a successful army field commander and Marie Curie knew more about science than anyone else on the list so they aren't bad choices.
 
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King Arts

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14 What kind of entertainment? Imma go into this hoping for, like, a dancer who has some stamina and not a talk show host.

14 Mia Khalifa: #%^&! I should have gone with the Japanese cartoonist. Possibly the worst choice so far, at best tied with Joan of Arc but at least Joan has something going for her along with the downsides.
Lol why are you complaining she can dance for you and has stamina for your breeding lol. 😂
 

ATP

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The persons listed below have been selected as potential passengers on a spaceship for a flight to another planet because Earth is doomed for destruction. Due to spacial limitations, only ten passengers can be selected. Any of the nominees can qualify.

Your job as the Man (figurative or literal) is to make the final decision and we're sticking with it goshdarnit or I'm turning the spaceship right around!

Original Passenger Prospect List:

1. A Thirty Year Old American Munition Plant Worker and Actress.

2. A Twenty Three Year Old Spanish Political Activist

3. A Twenty Five Year Old Greek Math and Astronomy Teacher.

4. A Nineteen Year Old American Indian Woman. Tour Guide by Profession

5. A Thirty Year Old British Tax Activist and Horse Caretaker

6. A Thirty Nine Year Old American Typist and Culinary Student

7. A Thirty One Year Old Italian Educator and Physician

8. A Thirty Something Year Old Greek Poet and Musician

9. A Twenty Eight Year Old Polish Science Student and Bicylist

10. A Thirty Year Old Filipino Food Technologist

11. A Forty Year Old Russian-American Writer.

12. A Nineteen Year Old French Evangelical Peasant

13. A Fifteen Year Old Dutch Jewish Girl Previously Living in Someones Attic.

14. A Twenty Two Year Old Lebanese Entertainer.

15. A Twenty Eight Year Old Japanese Cartoonist

16. A Twenty Nine Year Old American Journalist and Teacher

17. A Thirty Year Old American Media Host

18. A Thirty Year Old French Valet

19. A Thirty One Year Old Russian Chess Player

20. A Thirty One Year Old British Political Activist

Oh and you've been given a bunch of universal translators so everyone can talk and artificial womb things to grow artificial babies for genetic diversity. But you know, have to raise them all so gotta start slow.

DISCUSS!
You need at lest 500 persons to have stable population,otherwise they would become degenearates.
So,kill them all,it have no sense.
 

Bear Ribs

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Lol why are you complaining she can dance for you and has stamina for your breeding lol. 😂
Mia Khalifa isn't total deadweight. When it comes to sex she's a professional. One doesn't last long in her profession if they aren't knowledgeable about which NSFW things are safe and which ones aren't.

Someone has to teach sex-ed and "tag, she's it."

Joan of Arc was a successful army field commander and Marie Curie knew more about science than anyone else on the list so they aren't bad choices.
I'm more worried about stamina to run away from an alien bear and till the fields than breeding, actually. We have iron wombs for reproductive purposes so I'm looking strictly at the utility for building a new society and/or getting basic production like farms, quarries, and mills going and teaching the next generation.

And pornstars really aren't good for the sex-ed field, keep in mind they routinely perform in positions that are painful and dangrous for normal people because it happens to look good on camera. "Fuck you sideways" is a curse for a reason, but it gives a good view so it's common in porn production, f'rex.

Joan of Arc is quite competent it's true, I'm just worried that she might be an unreasonable fanatic that will threaten the colony's future by making demands for social and religious structures that won't work in this situation, and that she will be incompatible with the rest of them. I mean, you can see St. Joan failing to want to smite Mia Khalifa or demanding the conversion of Hypatia?

Marie Curie is a great scientist but her focus isn't on anything that's going to be useful in her own lifetime, at best we need her to write it all down so that five or six generations down the line when humanity is abundant we can spare people to start working on nuclear power again.
 

King Arts

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I'm more worried about stamina to run away from an alien bear and till the fields than breeding, actually. We have iron wombs for reproductive purposes so I'm looking strictly at the utility for building a new society and/or getting basic production like farms, quarries, and mills going and teaching the next generation.

And pornstars really aren't good for the sex-ed field, keep in mind they routinely perform in positions that are painful and dangrous for normal people because it happens to look good on camera. "Fuck you sideways" is a curse for a reason, but it gives a good view so it's common in porn production, f'rex.

Joan of Arc is quite competent it's true, I'm just worried that she might be an unreasonable fanatic that will threaten the colony's future by making demands for social and religious structures that won't work in this situation, and that she will be incompatible with the rest of them. I mean, you can see St. Joan failing to want to smite Mia Khalifa or demanding the conversion of Hypatia?

Marie Curie is a great scientist but her focus isn't on anything that's going to be useful in her own lifetime, at best we need her to write it all down so that five or six generations down the line when humanity is abundant we can spare people to start working on nuclear power again.
With Jean since everyone here are dead people it depends doesn’t it? I mean if Christianity is true and God sanctioned it then she as a saint would understand that some things that aren’t pure would have to be tolerated like how in the Old Testament polygamy was allowed since this is a Noah situation she may understand that you must have many wives because that’s what god wants for humanity. As for Hypatia again if Christianity is true then the pagan women here like her and Sappho basically get the opportunity to escape hell so if they choose to accept Christ they get a second chance. Which actually means in the interest of mercy you’d want to take as many of those long dead non Christians to give them a chance at redemption but we need to see what the OP says about the afterlife.
 

Husky_Khan

The Dog Whistler... I mean Whisperer.
Founder
Sotnik
I feel there's no need for OP decrees on the afterlife for this scenario. That is up to the Survivors to deal with.
 

Sailor.X

Cold War Veteran
Founder
The persons listed below have been selected as potential passengers on a spaceship for a flight to another planet because Earth is doomed for destruction. Due to spacial limitations, only ten passengers can be selected. Any of the nominees can qualify.

Your job as the Man (figurative or literal) is to make the final decision and we're sticking with it goshdarnit or I'm turning the spaceship right around!

Original Passenger Prospect List:

1. A Thirty Year Old American Munition Plant Worker and Actress.

2. A Twenty Three Year Old Spanish Political Activist

3. A Twenty Five Year Old Greek Math and Astronomy Teacher.

4. A Nineteen Year Old American Indian Woman. Tour Guide by Profession

5. A Thirty Year Old British Tax Activist and Horse Caretaker

6. A Thirty Nine Year Old American Typist and Culinary Student

7. A Thirty One Year Old Italian Educator and Physician

8. A Thirty Something Year Old Greek Poet and Musician

9. A Twenty Eight Year Old Polish Science Student and Bicylist

10. A Thirty Year Old Filipino Food Technologist

11. A Forty Year Old Russian-American Writer.

12. A Nineteen Year Old French Evangelical Peasant

13. A Fifteen Year Old Dutch Jewish Girl Previously Living in Someones Attic.

14. A Twenty Two Year Old Lebanese Entertainer.

15. A Twenty Eight Year Old Japanese Cartoonist

16. A Twenty Nine Year Old American Journalist and Teacher

17. A Thirty Year Old American Media Host

18. A Thirty Year Old French Valet

19. A Thirty One Year Old Russian Chess Player

20. A Thirty One Year Old British Political Activist

Oh and you've been given a bunch of universal translators so everyone can talk and artificial womb things to grow artificial babies for genetic diversity. But you know, have to raise them all so gotta start slow.

DISCUSS!
Well the ones I will take are. 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 12, 13, 14, and 15. The rest will have to get by the best they can on a dead planet.
 

Scooby Doo

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The Sietch


Original Passenger Prospect List:

1. A Thirty Year Old American Munition Plant Worker and Actress.
Taken, we may need ammo experience even if it's just factory work

2. A Twenty Three Year Old Spanish Political Activist
Lol have fun on Earth, political activists are a big hindrance in doomsday scenarios
3. A Twenty Five Year Old Greek Math and Astronomy Teacher.
Take, Teacher and still pretty young


4. A Nineteen Year Old American Indian Woman. Tour Guide by Profession
Too young to die
5. A Thirty Year Old British Tax Activist and Horse Caretaker
Pass not enough space and Horse caretaker is too niche.

6. A Thirty Nine Year Old American Typist and Culinary Student
Take, we need a cook.
7. A Thirty One Year Old Italian Educator and Physician
Take, we need a doctor
8. A Thirty Something Year Old Greek Poet and Musician
Music is a must for sanity, good to combine with actor.


9. A Twenty Eight Year Old Polish Science Student and Bicylist
Useless none of those defining features will benefit us especially with limited space.
Not taking.


10. A Thirty Year Old Filipino Food Technologist
Wtf?
No!
Useless!


11. A Forty Year Old Russian-American Writer.
Not taking, sorry already running out of space.


12. A Nineteen Year Old French Evangelical Peasant
Take, could use some morality and God loving people.

Also too young to die.

13. A Fifteen Year Old Dutch Jewish Girl Previously Living in Someones Attic.
Take too young to die.

14. A Twenty Two Year Old Lebanese Entertainer.
Pass running out of space.


15. A Twenty Eight Year Old Japanese Cartoonist
Take, cartoons are good for all ages and gives the actress a break. A teaching how to draw can make more cartoonists.


16. A Twenty Nine Year Old American Journalist and Teacher
Pass if it's a liberal teacher, Take if it's conservative. I don't need SJW ideology to destroy the next colony.

But a teacher that actually does it's job will be necessary for future education.
17. A Thirty Year Old American Media Host
Can't take I have someone else on a maybe category sorry.

18. A Thirty Year Old French Valet
Pass, we don't need servants we need diverse skill sets.
19. A Thirty One Year Old Russian Chess Player
Yes if they're good, if they're garbage no not coming aboard. Sorry again limited space.
20. A Thirty One Year Old British Political Activist
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Husky_Khan

The Dog Whistler... I mean Whisperer.
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Once again I am ahead of my time...



Feel free to use this thread for future educational purposes... be sure to credit The Sietch as your main resource for childhood elementary education.
 
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Once again I am ahead of my time...



Feel free to use this thread for future educational purposes... be sure to credit The Sietch as your main resource for childhood elementary education.

Is the drifter a man or a woman?
Also why did someone say no after the 16 year old.
 

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