Instead of thinking "Why have the biggest guns when you don't need them?" The idea is "Have the biggest guns because if someone fracks around with Humanity, they'll find out why that's a bad idea."
You wrote this one? It's actually well thought out. Some stories aren't, and those are ok as a story, but not really rooted in truth. This one is kind of eeriely close to home. Lol
From the Thae archives... "Always paranoid, the humans kept a fleet large enough to conquer the galaxy *just lying around*. The magnitude of military spending the humans are willing to waste on contingency plans is unprecedented among other species. Especially among the former colonies of an old earth faction known as 'America'".
The truth of the matter is that the fleets were kept around for humanity to fight EACH OTHER even if they were never used in a serious conflict. The first extra solar colony at Alpha Centauri was yet another in a long line of futile attempts for humanity to put aside their differences and to try and build something together... or it would have been futile if the surprise massacre of said colony by alien invaders hadn't given humanity a common enemy to fight.
There was a old HFY story where the moment an empire declared war on humans, human fleets appeared at each of their main worlds and forced an immediate unconditional surrender. When a diplomat from another empire asked "But this means you have a war fleet cloaked near every one of all of our worlds!" and the human general replied "So? What's your point?"
Fun Fact about Globalization. The US made it as a defense plan against the Soviet Union and having the world grow into what it is today is just a happy side effect. Globalization is also collapsing and will disappear in the next decade or so.
at some point you become the old soviet union where your economy collapses under the weight and eventual corruption of the vast military expense, or some other civilization without the wasteful military spending expands exponentially and sweeps us away like a tidal waver, or they put that economic resource into tech so their tech advantage just mops the floor with our armies.
I forgot the name but what story is about humans celebrating the new alien overlords just because their version of work hours is significantly less than ours
@@wildwikedwanderer1208 no, i had also recently seen that video but i do not remember which one it was, i know it was a short story about a alien warlord conquering earth and planning on taking 1 million people as slaves but paying In gold to them but the war lord didnt know that the gold weight was worth the same as a job paying 200k or smth and at the end of the story the humans asked if he was willing to take 2+ billion of them Im currently scouring through my watched list but i think it was one of the older videos either from agro or netnarrator but that makes the list like 3000+ videos
One part of it that I remember kinda clearly is that the alien overlord made a public announcement of the new work requirements or hours and expecting outrage and booing is surprised by humans celebrating, maybe it’s in the gold story aswell idk
Here is a not so common example of pure, _undistilled_ HFY, written with vigor, and hinting strongly that Humanity had achieved one of it's better potential futures. I approve. 👍
Xeno Scum Curbstombed and Assimilated. * Confused Emperor noises * Thanks for finding and narrating this delightful story. For the Algorithm! For the Author! For the Narrator! For the Beard!
It's not really a new fermi paradox, but more one of the answers to it. "We're not alone, but they're all like us. Not just in behaviour but in technology, culture, and everything else." Meaning they also don't have the means to contact other planets yet, if true. And I personally believe humans being early in terms of intelligent life holds merit. If you take the time it took for long living stable stars to form, then for planets to form, then for planets to cool off enough to be hospitable to life, and finally how long it took for life to start properly on our own planet (after multiple extinction events, as the climate and life was still evolving and stabilising), we might actually just be really early. Which would explain why we haven't seen other life out there yet.
This channel has become a favorite of mine when off doing other things, listening to it in the background is enjoyable. Tis nice to listen to positive stories of humanity in space.
While you are right I think it was described like that to give the idea of a 4 legged being taller than they are wide with an upright torso, plus they would most likely have more limbs for tool use and thus not really match our current definition of quadrupedal and more likely match our definition of hexapedal or octupedal.
@@donanthebarbarian5177 limbs used for tool use are not taken into account when describing something as bipedal or quadrepedal, or anything else. This is why humans are considered bipedal, and why an octopus, with eight *arms* is not considered octopedal (since their primary method of locomotion is jet propulsion)
For the algorithm. Also, the series of stories makes me wonder how to think of an interstellar empire. When are you big? What is the martial scale? Interesting questions.
Hmmmm, not really. If Humanity had eyes and ears inside the Council of Star Worlds, all that partying, and planning, for the future butchering and enslaving of Earth would be kinda hard to miss. At that point, humanity dusts off the 'We kick ALL their asses and break their toys' op plan and start issuing orders.
Anyone know the title of the story he narrated where the aliens started eating humans and realized human children taste the best but they recorded themselves eating children which obviously pissed off the entire planet?
Greetings Mentlegent! For the Rhyhtm that is Algo Someone is a fan of the Templin Institute. Also, Better safe than sorry. Also also, speak softly and carry a big stick.
Proxima Centauri is the star system closest to Earth, only 4.3 light-years away. I find it's weak writing when the author decides alien invaders need to go through human records in order to find the home world right next door. Wouldn't Proxima be BLASTED by all of Earth's radio transmissions ?
This assumes other intelligent life still uses radio or would want to, think of it like this would you need a video recorder and a telescope to see your neighbor 200ft away? Or would you simply walk/warp over there and just find out what all the noise is directly. There would come a point where radio imagery isn't needed when you can simply drip through a space distortion and get real time updates.
Imma have to say the church burning one is rather vile on humanities part. Strip there wealth and power yes. But burning them down just makes humanitu another villian.
Agreed. it seems that Humanity reverted back to its primitive savage ways in this story, all while condemning and tormenting their enemies for the exact same crime. seems quite hypocritical on their part.
Should also state the inquisitions aren't as bad as anti-religion propaganda makes them out to be (primary case: Spanish Inquisition). An Inquisition is the investigation of the person in question to find whether or not they are a heretic. It should thus be stated that secularists and secular governments have killed more people than the Church. I forget the channel name, but the man primarily talked about the Spanish Inquisition though briefly touched up on the Cathar Heresy.
So they disrespected the aliens rights all the way, this hurts my everything. You don’t stoop to the level of your enemy, you maintain the high-ground and you don’t get violent uprisings anywhere near as much.
It's the law, almost worldwide, that the moment you get into advocating slavery, you are considered having given up your own rights voluntarily. The xenos were all happy little slavers, holding celebrations expecting to enslave the whole of Humanity upon reachind Sol. Then they met the dreadnoughts.
@@jorgecarreras4214 but to enslave the xenon, you would be stooping to their level and becoming just as bad as those you condemn. and then, who will punish you? in order to defeat an enemy, you must be superior to them both militarily and morally.
This is the worst vision of humanity. I kind of dislike stories like this because the way the narration plays it seems to glorify humanity's horrible actions while casting those who didn't think of it/support it as dullards.
Instead of thinking "Why have the biggest guns when you don't need them?" The idea is "Have the biggest guns because if someone fracks around with Humanity, they'll find out why that's a bad idea."
Deterrence. The object of using threats to keep an enemy in check, the simple concept of 'what if that guy has a big gun? better not pick a fight.'
@@valtiel2589, walk softly and carry a big stick, lol.
"Peace through superior firepower"
@@grogvaughan5649 that was almost verbatim the motto of the USA NEW JERSEY (BB-62) "Firepower for Freedom". Close enough😂😂
Have the biggest guns in hope you never need them
This is one of my darker stories, I wasn't sure you'd go for this one. kudos :)
FOR THE ALGORITHM! FOR THE VOICE! FOR THE MAGNIFICENT BEARD!!!
Bravo...better this than the DEI-based HFY any day of the week.
i liked it quite a bit. good story.
Very nice story. Thx alot!
You wrote this one? It's actually well thought out. Some stories aren't, and those are ok as a story, but not really rooted in truth.
This one is kind of eeriely close to home. Lol
It was a lovely story and Agro narrating it made it all the better.
From the Thae archives...
"Always paranoid, the humans kept a fleet large enough to conquer the galaxy *just lying around*. The magnitude of military spending the humans are willing to waste on contingency plans is unprecedented among other species. Especially among the former colonies of an old earth faction known as 'America'".
The truth of the matter is that the fleets were kept around for humanity to fight EACH OTHER even if they were never used in a serious conflict. The first extra solar colony at Alpha Centauri was yet another in a long line of futile attempts for humanity to put aside their differences and to try and build something together... or it would have been futile if the surprise massacre of said colony by alien invaders hadn't given humanity a common enemy to fight.
There was a old HFY story where the moment an empire declared war on humans, human fleets appeared at each of their main worlds and forced an immediate unconditional surrender.
When a diplomat from another empire asked "But this means you have a war fleet cloaked near every one of all of our worlds!" and the human general replied "So? What's your point?"
Fun Fact about Globalization. The US made it as a defense plan against the Soviet Union and having the world grow into what it is today is just a happy side effect. Globalization is also collapsing and will disappear in the next decade or so.
at some point you become the old soviet union where your economy collapses under the weight and eventual corruption of the vast military expense, or some other civilization without the wasteful military spending expands exponentially and sweeps us away like a tidal waver, or they put that economic resource into tech so their tech advantage just mops the floor with our armies.
I forgot the name but what story is about humans celebrating the new alien overlords just because their version of work hours is significantly less than ours
''Their version of slavery has better pay for less hours than our corporate overlord jobs''
@@DubiousFINsorry to trouble you gentlebeing but possible link?
@@wildwikedwanderer1208 no, i had also recently seen that video but i do not remember which one it was, i know it was a short story about a alien warlord conquering earth and planning on taking 1 million people as slaves but paying In gold to them but the war lord didnt know that the gold weight was worth the same as a job paying 200k or smth and at the end of the story the humans asked if he was willing to take 2+ billion of them
Im currently scouring through my watched list but i think it was one of the older videos either from agro or netnarrator but that makes the list like 3000+ videos
Oh that one yea I remember it but the one I read was a bit different or maybe it was the same
One part of it that I remember kinda clearly is that the alien overlord made a public announcement of the new work requirements or hours and expecting outrage and booing is surprised by humans celebrating, maybe it’s in the gold story aswell idk
Here is a not so common example of pure, _undistilled_ HFY, written with vigor, and hinting strongly that Humanity had achieved one of it's better potential futures.
I approve. 👍
and also - i am SO sorry for all the mistakes and grammar errors in this one. i was in a lot of pain and failed to notice
Okay, but I am still trying to figure out four legged bipedals.
@@Tulik2 If it has four limbs but two are for walking what are the other two for? if they have grasping manipulators than they are arms.
@@wleebraz think doggo. but walk on back legs. STILL four legs - but biped.
@@valtiel2589 Hols on a second...I think my brain just imploded.
Don't sweat it too much...practice makes perfect.
Xeno Scum Curbstombed and Assimilated. * Confused Emperor noises *
Thanks for finding and narrating this delightful story.
For the Algorithm! For the Author! For the Narrator! For the Beard!
That's such a human way of thinking. Hope for the best prepare for the worst.
It's not really a new fermi paradox, but more one of the answers to it. "We're not alone, but they're all like us. Not just in behaviour but in technology, culture, and everything else." Meaning they also don't have the means to contact other planets yet, if true.
And I personally believe humans being early in terms of intelligent life holds merit. If you take the time it took for long living stable stars to form, then for planets to form, then for planets to cool off enough to be hospitable to life, and finally how long it took for life to start properly on our own planet (after multiple extinction events, as the climate and life was still evolving and stabilising), we might actually just be really early. Which would explain why we haven't seen other life out there yet.
This channel has become a favorite of mine when off doing other things, listening to it in the background is enjoyable. Tis nice to listen to positive stories of humanity in space.
A *four legged* dog like *bipedal*
Uh... mate... four legs, that's a quadreped.
While you are right I think it was described like that to give the idea of a 4 legged being taller than they are wide with an upright torso, plus they would most likely have more limbs for tool use and thus not really match our current definition of quadrupedal and more likely match our definition of hexapedal or octupedal.
this is what happen when you write story with ANGRY HEAD POUNDING NOISES and cant brain hard enough
@@valtiel2589 It's maladaptive fantasy time!
@@donanthebarbarian5177 limbs used for tool use are not taken into account when describing something as bipedal or quadrepedal, or anything else. This is why humans are considered bipedal, and why an octopus, with eight *arms* is not considered octopedal (since their primary method of locomotion is jet propulsion)
Third rule: We're all playing Stellaris and we're all a certain flavor asshole, so why not build up arms and make sure everyone plays nice?
People carry guns hoping they never will need it. But if you need it and don’t have it..
"It's better to have it and not need it, then to need it and not have it."
-Some movie I watched where they were talking about condoms AND guns. LOL
Grim dark..and somewhat cheerful 😊
For the algorithm. Also, the series of stories makes me wonder how to think of an interstellar empire. When are you big? What is the martial scale? Interesting questions.
A CALLING ON THE CARPET TURNED INTO A POLICY CHANGE
Well that escalated quickly
Hmmmm, not really. If Humanity had eyes and ears inside the Council of Star Worlds, all that partying, and planning, for the future butchering and enslaving of Earth would be kinda hard to miss. At that point, humanity dusts off the 'We kick ALL their asses and break their toys' op plan and start issuing orders.
Thank you for the reading
Anyone know the title of the story he narrated where the aliens started eating humans and realized human children taste the best but they recorded themselves eating children which obviously pissed off the entire planet?
thanks for an interesting story and narration
Greetings Mentlegent!
For the Rhyhtm that is Algo
Someone is a fan of the Templin Institute. Also, Better safe than sorry. Also also, speak softly and carry a big stick.
the third clause has a name . it is called the dark forest hypothesis.
Good story. Great reader.
Poor Admiral Vernon
A four legged bi-pedal? Huh?
Proxima Centauri is the star system closest to Earth, only 4.3 light-years away.
I find it's weak writing when the author decides alien invaders need to go through human records in order to find the home world right next door.
Wouldn't Proxima be BLASTED by all of Earth's radio transmissions ?
This assumes other intelligent life still uses radio or would want to, think of it like this would you need a video recorder and a telescope to see your neighbor 200ft away? Or would you simply walk/warp over there and just find out what all the noise is directly. There would come a point where radio imagery isn't needed when you can simply drip through a space distortion and get real time updates.
Better to have gun ready, then to desperately need it.
Thank you for the video.
This sounds like what we need. 😂🤯🥳
A four legged bipedal. Am I missing something here?
yes.
me writing badly because of severe migraines
When will you narrate the rest of book 2 of Humans don’t make Familiars? I hope you’re still planning to read it!
For da Skwerl and his Nest full of "Nuts"🤪
For the Algorithm, for the Author(s), for the Holographic Voice!
If only it wasent a story
Thats not really a third clause, its a subset of the second, isnt it?
Imma have to say the church burning one is rather vile on humanities part. Strip there wealth and power yes. But burning them down just makes humanitu another villian.
just like THEy would gladly burn OUR churches? oh... sure.
Agreed. it seems that Humanity reverted back to its primitive savage ways in this story, all while condemning and tormenting their enemies for the exact same crime. seems quite hypocritical on their part.
Should also state the inquisitions aren't as bad as anti-religion propaganda makes them out to be (primary case: Spanish Inquisition).
An Inquisition is the investigation of the person in question to find whether or not they are a heretic. It should thus be stated that secularists and secular governments have killed more people than the Church.
I forget the channel name, but the man primarily talked about the Spanish Inquisition though briefly touched up on the Cathar Heresy.
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cool
For the Algorithm11!
👏👏❤👍🐿
Sounds American 😂
Algorithm
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Lol, the author sounds like a DnD edgelord. I swear I've heard similar ramblings from lonely weebs that think they're the next Darth Vader.
Well dang, the commies won out in the end in this universe, eh? :P
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So they disrespected the aliens rights all the way, this hurts my everything. You don’t stoop to the level of your enemy, you maintain the high-ground and you don’t get violent uprisings anywhere near as much.
Yeah humanity literly no better then the aliens. In a way there worse. They pretty themselves up as morale saviors while being vile Hippocrates
It's the law, almost worldwide, that the moment you get into advocating slavery, you are considered having given up your own rights voluntarily. The xenos were all happy little slavers, holding celebrations expecting to enslave the whole of Humanity upon reachind Sol. Then they met the dreadnoughts.
@@jorgecarreras4214 but to enslave the xenon, you would be stooping to their level and becoming just as bad as those you condemn. and then, who will punish you? in order to defeat an enemy, you must be superior to them both militarily and morally.
Thje
Writer is a hypocrite.
This is the worst vision of humanity. I kind of dislike stories like this because the way the narration plays it seems to glorify humanity's horrible actions while casting those who didn't think of it/support it as dullards.
Peace through superior firepower.
For the Algorithm the story and the voice