ext_12775 ([identity profile] movingfinger.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] james_davis_nicoll 2016-03-01 12:02 am (UTC)

I like "some 4,000 generations of humans knew of nothing but harsh winds and eternal snows," because it implies that my ancestors were so stupid and so sedentary they just sat there in the katabatic gale and bitched about the weather, instead of going someplace a bit warmer like all the other animals.
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