Kind of relevant short story - my favourite
https://www.eyeofmidas.com/scifi/Turtledove_RoadNotTaken.pdf
Well yeah, we have to find it before we can kill it.
we continue to look for intelligent life in the universe because we have yet to find any here
We can’t even agree on the definition of life (within the context of the search for life). Largely we’ve settled on: whatever definition helps win grants!
If it bleeds we can kill it plays qietly in the background
Introducing the latest in intergalactic fashion: Extraterrestrial X-7 Hats – exclusive hats made from the skins of aliens from the newly discovered planet, Xeron-7. Crafted with precision, each hat is unique, showcasing the iridescent patterns and textures of the alien species.
X-7 Hats are out of this world!
This simply means the only reason we search life in other places is to take those places for ourselves.
Imagine what alien flesh would taste like! Mmmmm😋
Kill the xenos!
For the Emperor!
For Space King!
SUFFER NOT THE ALIEN TO LIVE
Damn that’s awesome
I know what I’m listening to while painting tomorrow
Let’s be xenophobic, it’s really in this year
I’m from Buenos Aires and I say kill em all!
When I was a kid, I wanted to be an astronaut. Then I realised I could spend My life meeting strange new otherkin right here on earth.
There is a reason we direct antennas to detect intelligent live away from earth
I suddenly want to play Championship Manager. Couldn’t possibly tell you why.
Seek out new life and new civilizations, and introduce deadly biological pathogens to their ecosystems!
Yes, absolutely. Sapient life? Most likely.
But will we ever have the chance to kill them?
Probably not, fortunately for them.
Unless we can find a way to regularly exceed the speed of light… Not directly.
But Von Neumann probes might be the most efficient method of mass murder ever conceived!
The US is currently descending into a fascist theocracy.
That’s just a fact.
Congrats, you dragged US politics to a post that’s about something else! 🏅
