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True, at first. But then things may change. On the other hand, they might want to eat us too, so be careful.
by cema 10y ago
True, at first. But then things may change.
On the other hand, they might want to eat us too, so be careful.
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- fellellor 10y agoIf I were some kind of intergalactic alien consultant, I'd definitely advise the aliens to eat us or at least bomb us from orbit.
- devoply 10y agoIsn't that the advice you give to all your intergalactic clients fellellor?
- fellellor 10y agoYes. I tell them all to eat me.
- tehwalrus 10y agoI hope one day the in-joke world of startup job titles will produce an "intergalactic alien consultant" :)
- throwanem 10y agoIt's just a shame all the probes we've sent extrasolar have been roughly in the ecliptic. Otherwise we might've seen some sign of the warning beacons that girdle the system, advising travelers to stay well clear of the inner planets and on no account approach the third, lest its natives attempt to eat and/or copulate with all aboard, and possibly also steal your FTL drive. As the universe has learned from the experience of one itinerant journalist in particular, of all the places in any galaxy where you might find yourself marooned, among the very last you'd choose is the kind of planet where the locals named it "dirt".
- Asooka 10y ago> where the locals named it "dirt" Well, I mean. It IS mostly dirt. At least the parts where humans lived the most when it was being named. It also had a god or demigod status for many early cultures (and some current ones, I'm sure). It's not like we never realised the importance of dirt.
- logfromblammo 10y agoI don't have a problem with that, provided that the eating is not preceded by any slaughtering. I can even imagine death rites wherein the deceased is consumed by high-prestige members of the other species as a final status symbol, or fed to low-prestige individuals as an act of charity, or by friends and co-workers, or by one's most effective enemy or rival--maybe as host for a brood of the other's larval offspring. There are a variety of reasons why cannibalism may become taboo, and plenty of examples in non-cannibal cultures where dead people are allowed to be consumed by other species, whether those are carrion birds, sharks, arthropods, or fungi and bacteria. If your body isn't embalmed or mummified when you die, it's pretty much going to get eaten by something. Why not get eaten by something that can appreciate your flavor and communicate its satisfaction?