-Easier birth control: Make the egg into an omelette

-Relaxed child support laws: Requires deliberate decision to incubate the egg

-Clean packaged periods: Egg = No mess!

Although, there would be stories about partners hiding fertilized eggs: Instead of unplanned parenthood we would have unconsensual parenthood

There’s probably more nuances I am missing. But do discuss it in the comments.

  • frickineh@lemmy.world
    53·
    2 months ago

    No thank you. The eggs would have to be enormous to develop into a human baby, and laying one of those every month would suck.

  • Smoogs@lemmy.world
    7·
    2 months ago

    Ever raise chicks? It’s very informative of what egglaying requires.

    Keep in mind the animals that lay eggs have a type of body that can sit and incubate and often it requires both parents to sit.

    Additionally sit- Incubating this way is super inefficient and means you have to sit in one place to keep a constant temperature as opposed to our current strapped on method which means the child is constantly incubated in an ideal environment leaving the parent free to do things like keep a job to support child/hunt for food.

    It has the best means for survival as you don’t end up leaving your embryo to be snatched or crushed.

    And usually if your holding a child you’re also supplying milk which means the parent only has to look after feeding themselves traditionally while supplying milk which is far more readily available vitamins for the baby.

    If anything you have to be much more dedicated with your time and intention and worry to be an egg layer.

    • Kaelygon@lemmy.worldOP
      4·
      2 months ago

      Yes, my parents used to have chickens. It’s unlikely that the incubation period would be 9 months and being oviparous has It’s own challenges. If humans did evolve that route I’d imagine that we’d have overcome most of the issues. Dinosaurs being one example, it’s possible humans would be cold blooded and have learned the joy of regurgitation. It comes down to speculation whether human like intelligence could have evolved with these limitations.

        • Kaelygon@lemmy.worldOP
          2·
          2 months ago

          The more you know. So it could be more likely that humans sat on their eggs to keep them warm, or they would have been limited to tropical climates. Humans would have evolved very differently regardless.

  • Fonzie!@ttrpg.network
    6·
    2 months ago

    -Easier birth control: Make the egg into an omelette

    That’s abortion, at least going by bird eggs.

    Much safer than whatever people did before abortion clinics, though!

  • roofuskit@lemmy.world
    51·
    2 months ago

    The GOP would have you tried for murder if you didn’t incubate. I’m not sure why you think their stance of not allowing women control of their own bodies would change.

    • Kaelygon@lemmy.worldOP
      3·
      2 months ago

      It did brush my mind as I’m still baffled about some abortion laws even if there’s no brain development. But if it was an egg, it would be hard to enforce it and some eggs aren’t fertilized. I bet someone would try to outlaw having a miscarriage if they could.

      • roofuskit@lemmy.world
        2·
        2 months ago

        Considering some states are already doing criminal investigations around miscarriages, probably.

  • gcheliotis@lemmy.world
    1·
    2 months ago

    There’s a movie about that. Well, it’s about high-tech incubator eggs that promise relief from the toils of pregnancy so mothers can go on working (so they can afford said proprietary incubator eggs). Not a great movie, but it was interesting. Don’t remember the title unfortunately.

  • Annoyed_🦀 @monyet.cc
    32·
    2 months ago

    “ohh yeah cum inside me” will now be changed into “ohh yeah bukkake right onto this egg i just laid”