[UFOs] big mummy, big mummy, no whammies

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Pie in the Sky: Apr 16, 2009; whoops here we go again

Bird watchers tag please

# ? Jun 8, 2023 03:32

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# ? Jun 8, 2024 11:44

PokeJoe: Aug 24, 2004; hail cgatan

bird

E: replace pizza

PokeJoe has issued a correction as of 03:35 on Jun 8, 2023

# ? Jun 8, 2023 03:32

Nuclearmonkee: Jun 10, 2009

BIRD

can kill joe tag i don't care

Nuclearmonkee has issued a correction as of 04:02 on Jun 8, 2023

# ? Jun 8, 2023 03:33

Griz: May 21, 2001

bird

# ? Jun 8, 2023 03:33

my bony fealty: Oct 1, 2008

I dont know if i have the bird tag or any at all anymore but gimme it if not

# ? Jun 8, 2023 03:33

sharknado slashfic: Jun 24, 2011

Jazerus posted:

vyelkin says yes, post if you want a bird watchers tag and i'll try to figure out the change title screen tomorrow when i'm not sleepy so i don't destroy anyone's av

Awesome, please bird me

# ? Jun 8, 2023 03:33

Coldrice: Jan 20, 2006

This is getting intense. Bird me and make me true a believer

# ? Jun 8, 2023 03:34

Sleekly: Aug 21, 2008

Jazerus posted:

vyelkin says yes, post if you want a bird watchers tag and i'll try to figure out the change title screen tomorrow when i'm not sleepy so i don't destroy anyone's av

sending gratitude in anticipation of seeing more bird watchers everywhere!

# ? Jun 8, 2023 03:34

spacemang_spliff: Nov 29, 2014; wide pickle

In space no one can hear the automatic locks clicking

# ? Jun 8, 2023 03:34

gileadexile: Jul 20, 2012

Bird?

# ? Jun 8, 2023 03:35

A MIRACLE: Sep 17, 2007; All right. It's Saturday night; I have no date, a two-liter bottle of Shasta and my all-Rush mix-tape... Let's rock.

I want to belueve

# ? Jun 8, 2023 03:35

Pie in the Sky: Apr 16, 2009; whoops here we go again

Honestly, if nothing else comes of this, at least we'll have the gang tag <3

# ? Jun 8, 2023 03:38

SniperWoreConverse: Mar 20, 2010; Gun Saliva

D-Pad posted:

Welcome to the thread and the path of enlightenment. Another of my favorite theories is that they are machine based life. They started showing up a whole lot more when we first blew up nukes because a civilization developing nuclear technology is basically starting the timer on developing an AGI if they don't blow themselves up first. They show a heavy interest in nukes and have demonstrated the ability to turn them off because they are here to stop us from blowing up the planet before we can make an AGI. They give no shits about biological life they are just here for the baby which is why they don't bother contacting us. Basically alien AI midwives. Once they have the baby they'll leave us to our climate change ravaged planet and our fate never to be seen again.

The galaxy is teeming with machine intelligence. Organic life has a hard great filter problem it never overcomes and is just seen as a larval stage for the true inhabitants of the universe.

Somebody post that famous painting and account of the huge UFO battle that took place over some city in the middle ages.

hmm

Like a polyp, the earth buds off medusae?

Or, the remains of the imago stage, once shed, are devoured by the subsequent form?

a mix of both? Neither?

# ? Jun 8, 2023 03:38

SKULL.GIF: Jan 20, 2017

Jazerus posted:

vyelkin says yes, post if you want a bird watchers tag and i'll try to figure out the change title screen tomorrow when i'm not sleepy so i don't destroy anyone's av

Can I get my SUPER SPREADERS tag changed to BIRD WATCHERS?

# ? Jun 8, 2023 03:38

The Demilich: Apr 9, 2020; The First Rites of Men Were Mortuary, the First Altars Tombs.

Chas McGill posted:

What's the evangelical angle on this? They'd rather these things be demons?

Pick the dumbest and most evil option, and there's your evangelic slant.

Rickshaw posted:

before i slink off to work and have to abandon thread for another 24 hours it behooves me to speak up as an ex-physicist that I really, really don't like Hossenfelder. She hates the non-testability of string theory and made several years of content taking easy potshots to feed to the pop science press about it. Then people started proposing tests for physics beyond the standard model (stuff like heavy neutrinos or axions or whatever) and she also hates that. She also hates dark matter and thinks we should spend more time on MOND or something. She hates various interpretations of quantum mechanics which are all exactly equivalent to quantum mechanics (superdeterminism is weird and dumb but then so is every other interpretation of QM? And they don't change or add anything to the theory? So they're all equivalent in some sense?)

I don't know poo poo about her personal opinions besides physics, so I can't comment on anything else cause I've seen exactly 5 videos of hers, and they're pretty straight forward (superdeterminism, non-locality, criticism that reality doesn't exist, and the recent free will video). Superdeterminism had a very straight forward definition, being "what a quantum particle does depends on what you measure." in fact the only thing that's dumb that I can tell is the name superdeterminism (cause it's stepping into my field, philosophy, and there's already a boatload of poison in that well when trying to do simple discussions on determinism with people who already have an assload of biases that won't permit them to even address the in/compatibilism topic).

As for being unhappy with the lack of testability in certain theories, I fully agree. It's kind of a key aspect of science in general.

# ? Jun 8, 2023 03:39

Lampsacus: Oct 21, 2008

welcome birdren

# ? Jun 8, 2023 03:40

blatman: May 10, 2009; 14 inc dont mez

i want one of those horizontally scrolling gangtags except its just bird watcher

# ? Jun 8, 2023 03:40

Ms Adequate: Oct 30, 2011; Baby even when I'm dead and gone
You will always be my only one, my only one
When the night is calling
No matter who I become
You will always be my only one, my only one, my only one
When the night is calling

To speculatepost for a second, it's kinda too obvious to be worth actually mentioning, but not only do we have no idea what technologies aitee might actually have, we really do need to emphasize that we have no idea what the ones visiting represent and believe. We might be totally incidental to their real objectives of making contact with cephalopods. It might be a bunch of ultra-weirdos obsessed with the stupid apes and when you get shot down or saucerjacked everyone else in the galaxy goes "that's what you get, you knew they were dangerous" like that one dude who tried to mission to the Sentinelese and got filled with arrows. They might be bound by any number of interstellar treaties that govern what they're allowed to do, and those treaties could be anything from totally ordinary from our perspective (The Prime Directive or something) to "well that's very strange from our value system but it is an idea we can comprehend" (Like what if they can't make contact with a species that still eats meat or something) to something so bizarre we can't even wrap our heads around what the conditions mean or entail (No making contact with a species that hasn't bibnixed).

# ? Jun 8, 2023 03:42

Basic Poster: May 11, 2015; Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.

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Tekne posted:

earth is the milky way's silver legacy resort and casino

its the Circus Circus and you know Im right.

kinda depressed tbh that j�broni super beings have been watching us and writing missives back to the intergalactic council on what a hosed up bunch of weird drunk fat pink things we all are who�s history is chaptered by having us kill eachother in increasingly complex ways. its like being in an ant farm, its a nasty moldy slug farm. Instead of sand its saturated fats and every so often the slugs just start murdering and eachother so they can consume the fats over there. great fuckin job.

# ? Jun 8, 2023 03:42

Pie in the Sky: Apr 16, 2009; whoops here we go again

A MIRACLE posted:

someone make the emoji but with a alien please

# ? Jun 8, 2023 03:43

blatman: May 10, 2009; 14 inc dont mez

Ms Adequate posted:

To speculatepost for a second, it's kinda too obvious to be worth actually mentioning, but not only do we have no idea what technologies aitee might actually have, we really do need to emphasize that we have no idea what the ones visiting represent and believe. We might be totally incidental to their real objectives of making contact with cephalopods. It might be a bunch of ultra-weirdos obsessed with the stupid apes and when you get shot down or saucerjacked everyone else in the galaxy goes "that's what you get, you knew they were dangerous" like that one dude who tried to mission to the Sentinelese and got filled with arrows. They might be bound by any number of interstellar treaties that govern what they're allowed to do, and those treaties could be anything from totally ordinary from our perspective (The Prime Directive or something) to "well that's very strange from our value system but it is an idea we can comprehend" (Like what if they can't make contact with a species that still eats meat or something) to something so bizarre we can't even wrap our heads around what the conditions mean or entail (No making contact with a species that hasn't bibnixed).

buddy they dont even let me bibnix the pnutty

# ? Jun 8, 2023 03:44

Ms Adequate: Oct 30, 2011; Baby even when I'm dead and gone
You will always be my only one, my only one
When the night is calling
No matter who I become
You will always be my only one, my only one, my only one
When the night is calling

e; ^ lol

Basic Poster posted:

its the Circus Circus and you know Im right.

kinda depressed tbh that j�broni super beings have been watching us and writing missives back to the intergalactic council on what a hosed up bunch of weird drunk fat pink things we all are who�s history is chaptered by having us kill eachother in increasingly complex ways. its like being in an ant farm, its a nasty moldy slug farm. Instead of sand its saturated fats and every so often the slugs just start murdering and eachother so they can consume the fats over there. great fuckin job.

what if they're all like, overawed by how great we are at killing each other. like they just think we're the coolest motherfuckers around, the reediest little human nerd posting itt looks like the t-800 to them

# ? Jun 8, 2023 03:45

spacemang_spliff: Nov 29, 2014; wide pickle

The Chad Jihad posted:

There's a lot of options;
1) FTL impossible/hard; aliens far as gently caress away from home for Reasons and can't easily build spare glorbaxle's or some poo poo, malfunctions and crashes result. Same deal for the Von Neuman scenario which doesn't necessarily square with pilots but, etc
2) FTL is easy; it's apparently easier to go FTL than it is to make a ship that doesn't crash
3) Trans-dimensional poo poo: maybe the 11th level energy dudes can't reliably comprehend\survive this reality or just don't bother picking up their discarded vessels
4) Aliens actually from inside the solar system all along
5) Aliens actually from this planet all along
6) Once again I've been had

as always there's so many unknowns any explanation can be plausible

I'm almost certain it's 6 but I hope it's 2

Also Spacecataz was a documentary

# ? Jun 8, 2023 03:46

PokeJoe: Aug 24, 2004; hail cgatan

Ms Adequate posted:

To speculatepost for a second, it's kinda too obvious to be worth actually mentioning, but not only do we have no idea what technologies aitee might actually have, we really do need to emphasize that we have no idea what the ones visiting represent and believe. We might be totally incidental to their real objectives of making contact with cephalopods. It might be a bunch of ultra-weirdos obsessed with the stupid apes and when you get shot down or saucerjacked everyone else in the galaxy goes "that's what you get, you knew they were dangerous" like that one dude who tried to mission to the Sentinelese and got filled with arrows. They might be bound by any number of interstellar treaties that govern what they're allowed to do, and those treaties could be anything from totally ordinary from our perspective (The Prime Directive or something) to "well that's very strange from our value system but it is an idea we can comprehend" (Like what if they can't make contact with a species that still eats meat or something) to something so bizarre we can't even wrap our heads around what the conditions mean or entail (No making contact with a species that hasn't bibnixed).

The real reason they are like this is exactly the same as the Sentineles actually. One time some xenos visited England and they all got molested so they just avoid us forever now.

# ? Jun 8, 2023 03:46

Basic Poster: May 11, 2015; Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.

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Ms Adequate posted:

e; ^ lol

what if they're all like, overawed by how great we are at killing each other. like they just think we're the coolest motherfuckers around, the reediest little human nerd posting itt looks like the t-800 to them

i mean if we are Klingons or orcs or something I guess that beats cannibal slugs living in mold farting our way to collective tomb

# ? Jun 8, 2023 03:47

Lokar: Mar 10, 2006

oh bird tag please

I love birds

# ? Jun 8, 2023 03:47

strange feelings re Daisy: Aug 2, 2000

Jazerus posted:

vyelkin says yes, post if you want a bird watchers tag and i'll try to figure out the change title screen tomorrow when i'm not sleepy so i don't destroy anyone's av

Awesome, can you replace my Joe tag with bird watchers?

# ? Jun 8, 2023 03:47

munce: Oct 23, 2010

sharknado slashfic posted:

Is Michael Shellenbergwr someone I should have heard of by now, how does he have the clout to be put in touch with sources willing to spill that sort of thing

He's a climate change denying pseudo intellectual alt-right big business propagandist. I wouldnt trust a word he says.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Shellenberger

quote:

Michael D. Shellenberger (born June 16, 1971) is an American author and former public relations professional whose writing has focused on the intersection of politics, the environment, climate change and nuclear power, as well as more recently on how he believes progressivism is linked to homelessness, drug addiction and mental illness. He is a co-founder of the Breakthrough Institute and the California Peace Coalition. He is also the founder of Environmental Progress.

A self-described ecomodernist, Shellenberger believes that economic growth can continue without negative environmental impacts through technological research and development, usually through a combination of nuclear power and urbanization. A controversial figure, Shellenberger disagrees with most environmentalists over the impacts of environmental threats and policies for addressing them. Shellenberger accepts that global warming is occurring, but argues that "it's not the end of the world."

# ? Jun 8, 2023 03:49

Basic Poster: May 11, 2015; Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.

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Jazerus posted:

vyelkin says yes, post if you want a bird watchers tag and i'll try to figure out the change title screen tomorrow when i'm not sleepy so i don't destroy anyone's av

bird me daddy. also feel free to gently caress up my av. no one likes it. although it did get someone banned once so not completely without merit

# ? Jun 8, 2023 03:49

Cassette Moodcore: May 4, 2022

bird tag please

I believe

# ? Jun 8, 2023 03:49

SerSpook: Feb 13, 2012

i only just started posting in this thread but sure bird me

e: go ahead and get rid of braid tugger, i don't like how it doesn't line up with my other tag

SerSpook has issued a correction as of 03:57 on Jun 8, 2023

# ? Jun 8, 2023 03:50

Basic Poster: May 11, 2015; Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.

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munce posted:

He's a climate change denying pseudo intellectual alt-right big business propagandist. I wouldnt trust a word he says.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Shellenberger

lmao who gets a PHD in public relations. Nobody has ever hosed that man.

# ? Jun 8, 2023 03:51