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HopperUK posted:My favourite fact about Andrew Robinson is that when cast as the psychopathic killer in Dirty Harry (a role he got because he looked so innocent), he hated guns so much that he would visibly flinch whenever called on to fire one, and the director had to send him for extra training to get him to stop it. And then he was Liberace.
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SlothfulCobra posted:There's some sci-fi work I've heard about that's all about more advanced species uplifting other species, and when humans discover the rest of galactic society, it turns out that all other sentient races are the result of uplifting, and they don't buy into the whole "humans just naturally evolving" thing so they start looking for humanity's deadbeat dad.
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Nov 1, 2021 01:36
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Peyote Panda posted:That's David Brin's Uplift Universe. I tried to read that once and the author's dick fell out of his pants onto the page on like, page 3, and I decided not to loving bother. I was in a bad mood that day but I haven't really regretted it.
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Nov 1, 2021 01:52
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Alchenar posted:I've completely lost track of it but once upon a time someone wrote about a short story in which humanity is Expanse-like spreading across the solar system when all of a sudden almost everything gets obliterated by a string of nuclear missiles arriving at relativistic speed. An alien follow-on occupation force shows up and as they're seizing control of what's left one of them explains to a survivor 'it's nothing personal, it's just that it turns out there's no way to spot or defend yourself against someone accelerating a ton of nukes to the speed of light and throwing them at you, so the only safe bet for our survival is to wipe out any species that looks like it's getting close to that capability'. That reminds me of a very short story I read years ago where in the near future, Earth gets obliterated by a relativistic rock out of nowhere. The last human alive was out at geosynchronous orbit to fix a cable TV satellite, and an alien starship arrives and picks him up. They also explain to him that it was nothing personal, they've been monitoring Earth's transmissions and decided to strike first since they simply couldn't stand up against our immense technological might. The repairman guy asks what the hell they're talking about, and they give him examples like photon torpedoes and the Death Star. He objects that that's all just science fiction, to which they reply: "We understand your word 'science', but... what is 'fiction'?"
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Nov 1, 2021 02:19
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Powered Descent posted:That reminds me of a very short story I read years ago where in the near future, Earth gets obliterated by a relativistic rock out of nowhere. The last human alive was out at geosynchronous orbit to fix a cable TV satellite, and an alien starship arrives and picks him up. They also explain to him that it was nothing personal, they've been monitoring Earth's transmissions and decided to strike first since they simply couldn't stand up against our immense technological might. The repairman guy asks what the hell they're talking about, and they give him examples like photon torpedoes and the Death Star. He objects that that's all just science fiction, to which they reply: "We understand your word 'science', but... what is 'fiction'?" EXPLAIN IT TO HIM AS YOU WOULD A CHILD!
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Nov 1, 2021 02:59
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Peyote Panda posted:That's David Brin's Uplift Universe. HopperUK posted:I tried to read that once and the author's dick fell out of his pants onto the page on like, page 3, and I decided not to loving bother. I was in a bad mood that day but I haven't really regretted it.
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Nov 1, 2021 03:11
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The worst is when an author is like YO, I'VE GOT AN AWESOME CONCEPT and you're like whoa this actually is awesome I can't wait to read mo- I AM A WEIRDO FUCKUP ON MANY LEVELS, THIS IS PROMINENT IN MY PROSE
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Brawnfire posted:The worst is when an author is like YO, I'VE GOT AN AWESOME CONCEPT and you're like whoa this actually is awesome I can't wait to read mo- I AM A WEIRDO FUCKUP ON MANY LEVELS, THIS IS PROMINENT IN MY PROSE It's right up there with "YO, I'VE GOT AN AWESOME CONCEPT... WATCH ME COMPLETELY SQUANDER IT BECAUSE I'M A HACK AND/OR A COWARD"
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Nov 1, 2021 03:32
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Brawnfire posted:The worst is when an author is like YO, I'VE GOT AN AWESOME CONCEPT and you're like whoa this actually is awesome I can't wait to read mo- I AM A WEIRDO FUCKUP ON MANY LEVELS, THIS IS PROMINENT IN MY PROSE This is basically every single sci-fi author of note, ever. You just get used to picking your poison.
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Nov 1, 2021 03:36
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Big Mean Jerk posted:This is basically every single sci-fi author of note, ever. You just get used to picking your poison. What do I want today, vague pedo vibes? Star Mormonism? Libertarian slave apologia? This book's good, but I think maybe rape should happen and it should make characters gay..? nine-gear crow posted:It's right up there with "YO, I'VE GOT AN AWESOME CONCEPT... WATCH ME COMPLETELY SQUANDER IT BECAUSE I'M A HACK AND/OR A COWARD" I always wonder if they stole it from someplace, or if there's a sadistic Muse
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Nov 1, 2021 05:11
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Brawnfire posted:What do I want today, vague pedo vibes? Star Mormonism? Libertarian slave apologia? This book's good, but I think maybe rape should happen and it should make characters gay..? See this is why you go with Philip K Dick. His main vices were all of the drugs and also intense paranoia partially fueled by his schizophrenia.
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Nov 1, 2021 05:15
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Nov 1, 2021 05:16
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Brawnfire posted:The worst is when an author is like YO, I'VE GOT AN AWESOME CONCEPT and you're like whoa this actually is awesome I can't wait to read mo- I AM A WEIRDO FUCKUP ON MANY LEVELS, THIS IS PROMINENT IN MY PROSE YO, I HAVE A REALLY COOL SCI-FI CONCEPT but unfortunately I AM ALSO INCLUDING ALL OF MY CREEPY-rear end FETISHES IN THE NARRATIVE
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Nov 1, 2021 05:21
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Ah, good ol' Piers Anthony.
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Nov 1, 2021 05:43
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Is the Uplift series the one with the dolphin uplifts who are horny all the time? I remember liking that one as a teenager that read a lot of sci-fi but it probably didn’t occur to me at the time that it was weird for the dolphins to be so horny. e: i liked it for the plot not the horny dolphins
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Nov 1, 2021 05:51
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Nov 1, 2021 06:44
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Roadie posted:Ah, good ol' Piers Anthony. I thought all the weird sex stuff in his books was supposed to be a joke? …Is it not a joke? 
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blastron posted:Is the Uplift series the one with the dolphin uplifts who are horny all the time? I remember liking that one as a teenager that read a lot of sci-fi but it probably didn’t occur to me at the time that it was weird for the dolphins to be so horny. I mean, horny-rear end dolphins are scientifically accurate.
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blastron posted:Is the Uplift series the one with the dolphin uplifts who are horny all the time? I remember liking that one as a teenager that read a lot of sci-fi but it probably didn’t occur to me at the time that it was weird for the dolphins to be so horny. But we've since discovered that it would be weird for the dolphins not to be horny...
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Nov 1, 2021 11:42
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Remember that NASA funded project where a woman lived in a half-flooded apartment with a Dolphin to teach it to communicate with people and to get any useful work done she had to jerk it off first?
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Nov 1, 2021 11:51
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Owlbear Camus posted:Remember that NASA funded project where a woman lived in a half-flooded apartment with a Dolphin to teach it to communicate with people and to get any useful work done she had to jerk it off first? 
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Owlbear Camus posted:Remember that NASA funded project where a woman lived in a half-flooded apartment with a Dolphin to teach it to communicate with people and to get any useful work done she had to jerk it off first? But enough about me and my wife
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Nov 1, 2021 13:30
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Big Mean Jerk posted:This is basically every single sci-fi author of note, ever. You just get used to picking your poison. Absolutely, though some are worse than others. I couldn't finish Peter F. Hamilton's The Reality Dysfunction. It was loving gross
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Be glad you didn't read his gangbang fantasy trilogy I mean sorry the Void Trilogy. It's just so blatant
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Owlbear Camus posted:Remember that NASA funded project where a woman lived in a half-flooded apartment with a Dolphin to teach it to communicate with people and to get any useful work done she had to jerk it off first? The scientist who ran those experiments was also a drugged-up lunatic and part of his experiments with dolphins was giving them LSD, which some of them refused to come up for air while they were tripping out. I think a lot of the big experiments that gave rise to this idea of uplifting other animals to the level of humanity turned out to be incredibly flawed. A lot of ape sign language experiments fell through too.
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I'm way more interested in learning more about animal communication and conversing with them at their level and on their terms. The first trembling steps towards Gaia
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Owlbear Camus posted:Remember that NASA funded project where a woman lived in a half-flooded apartment with a Dolphin to teach it to communicate with people and to get any useful work done she had to jerk it off first? I don't remember that episode of Seaquest no
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V-Men posted:I don't remember that episode of Seaquest no Sounds more like Sealab 2021 tbh
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Nov 1, 2021 15:06
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D-darwin senses DANGER!
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Owlbear Camus posted:Remember that NASA funded project where a woman lived in a half-flooded apartment with a Dolphin to teach it to communicate with people and to get any useful work done she had to jerk it off first? https://youtu.be/UziFw-jQSks
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There's a Drunk History about LSDolphinHandjobs and its the best one.
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SlothfulCobra posted:Well, the obvious one is all the conquering empires. That's what the prime directive is supposed to mainly be preventing, the Federation doesn't want to end up taking control of these societies with their influence, and possibly preserve galactic biodiversity by allowing different types of life and societies to form instead of just pushing every society to be just like the Federation. There's also been a few times in Star Trek where the Federation runs into some weird higher culture is cultivating a more primitive society for whatever reason. Man there are a lot more examples I had actually seen before but wasn't thinking of when I asked, plus some new things to check out. I think generally Three Body Problem should be my first stop since it seems to have many of the itchy things I want to see leaned into.
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V-Men posted:I don't remember that episode of Seaquest no That was the one with shatner in it
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Powered Descent posted:YO, I HAVE A REALLY COOL SCI-FI CONCEPT but unfortunately I AM ALSO INCLUDING ALL OF MY CREEPY-rear end FETISHES IN THE NARRATIVE Just wait until you see a Scifi ANIME
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Goddamn, this blend of burnouts experimenting with new drugs and attempting to do hacky science is really terrible. That any scientific advancement were made when it seems like high-as-balls loonies could perfectly convince others they were doing legitimate science is incredible. also all these weirdoes having sex with dolphins who weren't even in the experiment, just creepy opportunists. why are these people.
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My fav version of that tale is the Dollop's take on it. It's incredible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTTDNgMCTgA
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Hank Hill was right to refer to the dolphin encounter as a "dolphin confrontation."
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You are starting to understand why only the militant Ent-D of "Yesterday's Enterprise" made mention of Cetacean Ops.
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