I don’t think it would be in the advantage of a smart civ to willfully contact another smart civ till it is confirmed that the “to be contacted” civ has a really good understanding of game theory.

You cannot negotiate mutually assured destruction with a civ that does not understand what mutually assured destruction means.

Do I think we would be destroyed if some other alien civ finds us? No. If civ A observes civ B destroying civ C, everyone would want to destroy civ B immediately. The possibility of there being peaceful contact for civ B goes away.

Also, contacting us must be in the benefit of the civ that contacts us (assuming they are rational).

I sympathize with OP tbh. While babies being murdered is bad, I want SOME TIME in my life where I don’t have to think about that for the sake of my own survival.

Yea, fuck the corpos. The fandom is perfectly good the way it is. I’d prefer more interest (and suiting) for therians tbh. The realistic side of fursuits that is. SUITS THAT DON’T LOOK UNCANNY.

Thick of it (Ray Walter Music remix)

It’s always the same story, poor sanitation, environmental degradation, corruption and climate.

Naah I don’t buy it. Individual cities and countries collapse, but not anything larger. Also, poor sanitation throughout history was mostly because of a lack of understanding of germ theory.

Nawww, I was thinking more of a secret nihilistic text or something. Something that just makes an entire civ kill themselves or something. Or maybe some equation that spells eternal doom or something that leaves everyone absolutely hopeless.

I’ll try going through the summaries of the books you recommended! Thanks :)

That’s such a cool setting for SciFi! Discovery of an alien civ by studying UFOs. Astonishment at discovering multiple civs. Finding out the reason why these civs don’t exist anymore. Protecting ourselves against this threat.

I wish I had time to explore this :(

Oh…

Is this a leaked scene from Dune 3?

I don’t understand. Someone explain the joke to me please

Sigh…

While teaching is an underpaid profession, and good teachers deserve A LOT of respect for what they do, it has to be said that many many horrible people become teachers.

I’ve had my fair share of these people. Would throw them off a cliff if I could lol

softer

HAH. I once read smut where a monster gave a blowjob to a dude and then ATE HIM. Like swallowed and digested him. The text explained the events in great detail. Also, the dude being eaten was into it (the being eaten part).

As tr0xy said, don’t underestimate text lmao

Reminder to commentators here. Anarchy ≠ no organisation.

Wikipedia is organised. Does not mean that it has monopoly over violence. The fediverse itself is kinda anarchist.

State ≠ organization. State = organization that has monopoly over violence.

In theory, yes. In practice, they’re just a waste of money and time. Effectively, it’s just the PM who appoints them. Hence, what ends up happening is that it gets packed with liberal and conservative donors who act as nothing but rubber stamps for Parliament’s bills.

Here’s the NDP’s stance on this for example.

Something that cute has no business being so fkin dangerous

Yeah, why pay salaries of job positions that add nothing of value to public policy? Leave em vacant for all I care

Oooooo scaryyyyyyy 🙄

Another reminder that the competency of the individual(s) at governing is equally as important as their ideology.

You’re talking as if you’ve never slammed you pussy on a rock really hard

I’m ashamed of laughing at this.