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Hypothetical Question: Alien Utopia
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Maybe there'll be the crazy-assed motherfuckers, but considering the aliens have such awesome technology a few crazies aren't really going to be a problem.
Fuck that, I'd rebel hardcore if I was forced to eat replibeef.
I want real beef.
delicious, dry aged beef..
it would be great. this is now my dream.
so repli it and then let it sit on your deck for a few days?
but they're listening to every word I say
Are you saying it isn't pointless now? Except now there are things we have to do. After this happened it would just be what we want to do.
How is that not better in every way?
but they're listening to every word I say
And why not? If the Aliens deliver, and....well...promptly, then the benefits are beyond human comprehension at distinctly finite negatives. If they're pleasant and charismatic, that's just the icing on the cake.
this post is the best if you imagine it said by tobias
The concern is that they would eventually enslave humanity. Tell me again why, if that were their goal, they wouldn't just do it immediately and by force? Why would they go through such huge expense to gain our willful compliance if, technologically, they are able to force us into submission within hours?
Turn down their offer and you lose everything you had to gain from it, as well as losing everything you would have given up - they can just take your weapons and privacy if you aren't willing to give it up.
Consider the worst case scenario for humans if they comply. Aliens enslave/destroy humanity. Now consider whether the aliens could have caused that to play out immediately upon contact with Earth, had that been their goal. Seems pretty likely, given their technology.
Not only that, but what do you gain for turning down the offer? They can still take all your shit, giving you no real chance to resist.
Check again.
What this means is you can reject their offer, but by doing so you also reject their protection. And if you were to, say, live among humans who had accepted their offer, use their technology or take a trip off-planet, you'd end up having to abide by many of the same rules since you could no more harm others than they could harm you. It's becomes essentially the same thing.
If, on the other hand, you chose to live in isolation, maybe with others who opted for the pre-alien life, you'd be left alone entirely. But how long could you live like that seeing everyone else leave Earth or benefit in the other ways mentioned knowing that the offer would always be on the table?
As long as the aliens accepted that people would still break laws and that there would still be crime there wouldn't be a problem. I mean I imagine a very, very significant portion of people would be vocally opposed to it - but only a small percentage would violently react against it.
After the initial suicides/murders/craziness when people realize holy fucking god aliens
As long as I get a holodeck with an accurate image of summer glau, I'm set.
And look at our Sc-fi, when have Aliens been benevolent truly? Stargate? they gave us Utopia but made us Sterile. Outer Limits? hundreds of cases of them being sneaky fuckers or us attacking first. Even in your scenario of peacefull takeover we would still harbour paranoia that they don't mean well.
Me? I would take whatever they offer with open arms, privacy? as long as they don't mind watching me fuck, eat shit and sleep I don't care if they do, I have the longest fuse ever and hate violence but love boxing / MMA so would be a good fit for them and their hot alien sex.
So you think they're just giving humanity utopia so they can take it away later and crush humankind?
Why not just crush humankind from the outset?
Ok then.
Why not accept their offer, even assuming at some unknown point down the line they'll do something bad to us, since they clearly have the power to do it now as well, and they're offering us incredible advances. Let's say they're just going to give us this so in 1,000 years they can say "NOW WE KILL YOU" because, who knows they're aliens they might not think like us.
Or we refuse and they say "NOW WE KILL YOU", if they're really looking to kill humankind.
I'll take the 1,000 years of paradise and superior technology, thanks. Maybe we'll be able to defeat them when they attack if we have all the tech at our disposal.
Or are you asking more in the sense of "Well, what if they chase after you?" In which case, you're screwed either way, but at least with the tech you have a chance to hide.
If they chase, You simple slingshot around a star at faster than light speed and hide in time itself
Yeah, but that just makes no damn sense. If you've got teleportation and can create anything you damn well please, isn't slavery just... excessive and unwarranted? It's like Bill Gates kidney punching a homeless guy.
Of course I'd take the deal. I mean Jesus.
Eating and fucking are always enjoyable and don't require discord. Exploration is always nice.
Morality and quality of life are correlated.
Explain rich assholes.
Or, say, Colonial Powers.
Do the aliens have males and females?
Are these aliens physically/genetically compatible with humans?
Are the females hott?
In all honesty -- I would accept the offer, learn as much as I could, procure a personal ship, and just live the rest of my life (however long that would be with their medical technology) gallivanting around the universe having adventures with a rag-tag crew of misfits.
That is my deepest desire.
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Do they have multiple breasts that bristle with succulent nipples?
ITT: Humanity becomes Morlocks.