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I low-key love the fact that sci-fi has so conditioned us to expect to be hanging out with a bunch of cool space aliens, that legitimate, actual scientists keep proposing the most bizarre, three-blunts-into-the-rotation "theories" to explain the fact we're not.

Some of my favourites include:

Zoo Theory: What if there are loads of aliens out there, but they're not talking to us because of the Prime Directive from Star Trek? (Or because they're doing experiments on us???)

Dark Forest Theory: What if there are loads of aliens out there, but they all hate us and each other so they're all just waiting with a shotgun pointed at the door, ready to open fire on anything that moves?

Planetarium Theory: What if there's at least one alien with mastery over light and matter that's just making it seem to us that the universe is empty to us as, like, a joke?

Berserker Theory: What if there were loads of aliens, but one of them made infinite killer robots that murdered everyone and are coming for us next?!!

Like, the universe is at least 13,700,000,000 years old and 46,000,000,000 light years big. We have had the ability to transmit and receive signals for, what, 100 years, and our signals have so far travelled 200 light years?

The fact is biological life almost certainly has, does, or will develop elsewhere in the universe, and it's not impossible that a tiny amount of it has, does, or will develop in a way that we would understand as "intelligent". But, like, we're realistically never going to know because of the scale of the things involved.

So I'm proposing my own hypothesis. I call it the "Fool in a Field" hypothesis. It goes like this:

Humanity is a guy standing in the middle of a field at midnight. It's pitch black, he can't move, and he's been standing there for ages. He's just had the thought to swing his arms. He swings one of his arms, once, and does not hit another person. "Oh no!" He says. "Robots have killed them all!"

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would you consider yourself an intelligent and sensitive pervert?

i've been saving this in my inbox for months because i don't feel like i have the words to match this. it's a shameful breach of my humility to answer yes, yes i do consider myself an intelligent and sensitive pervert. i love how you worded that. this is like a therapist's screening question.

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thinking of this legend tonight

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Anita Bryant, anti-gay activist and horrible human being is dead, enjoy the pies in hell Anita.

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The Muppets are great but it's kinda sad how they killed the names Kermit, Grover, Gonzo, and Elmo

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i'm gonna be honest i don't get why they say everypony instead of everybody in mlp. it's not like the word everybody is human-specific. the ponies have bodies. the word everypony, however, is pony-specific in a world where ponies are not the only people in their society, which means it would be more accurate and inclusive to use everybody instead of everypony. it all makes no sense to me

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Willow (1988) dir. Ron Howard

“Willow, use the wand on that troll!”

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does anyone have the "you should give him some pussy" tweet please

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sorry but the scene where eggman grabs his henchman by the inner mouth made me blush

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if a girl tried to sacrifice me to the old gods that would be totally fine and I would submit but if a guy did that I would fight back a little

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i could smell your boytoy coming from down the road. Wretched little rotted morsel of a thing, may he fall to time and become carrion

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i <3 menial tasks. for srs.

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By this I mean, what is the most influential on your decision? E.g., for me it is the summary because I rarely pay attention to the title or stats, and only read the tags after I've liked the summary enough to want to give the fic a go.

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we're having sex and you pull out at the end to discover your cock is entirely gone, dissolved (ive digested it like a pitcher plant). bye!

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mrs cobel is actually the most "what's wrong with her" "shake her in a jar" character. do not understand her motivations 99% of the time. is she a cougar? does she fr deify kier as a god or is it an act? what did she get out of faking gemma's death? i honestly don't know. certified freak seven days a week

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CONCLAVE (2024) + LETTERBOXD REVIEWS

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i usually don’t give a fuck about shipping culture or whatever like you can ship whoever you want foreverrrr but pls listen: for anyone shipping bellini/lawrence, i respect you but I must tell u that they are bffs who fucked once (1) and didn’t like it. they have never fucked again since. bellini and tedesco on the other hand…