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They'd probably do it again these days. (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

In reality, it's our best guess that a rock accidentally floated by the earth and did the damage as a random act of nature. How could we know if an alien race hurled that rock at Earth on purpose? Or even used a weapon to do it - could we tell something like that just from our geological record/proofs? I imagine we'd still conclude an accidental rock.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

For this to happen, we have to assume so much. Like we are not alone in this universe and that being is aggressive. Also have the ability to move large matter.

OR.... we can just assume with things we do know that happens to other planets. That meteor happens to many planets including outs.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I think I'm picking up what you're putting down. You're saying that the universe itself knew that dinosaurs were too OP and needed to be stopped before the situation got out of hand.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Bro, that's... Exactly what I mean, but also, Aliens.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Exterminatus it is. Anyway, whats for lunch?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That’s a really nice thinking exercise.

Makes me wonder why the aliens didn’t come back to the planet after nuking it. Or have they already arrived?

If they haven’t, why nuke a planet that one doesn’t plan to use?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Maybe we're the aliens who came back after nuking the planet.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago

It's the only way to be sure

[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I recommend looking up The Deathworlders for a similar feeling. Or better yet, the origin story for that from the Humanity Fuck Yeah community. I forget the exact name, but something Jenkins.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Jenkinsverse

I personally prefered "Prey" and "first contact" that is now longer than the Harry Potter and LOTR series combined.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Ohh, sweet. I'll look those up. Thank you!

[–] [email protected] 25 points 7 months ago

"Fuckin' A." is the only correct response.

[+] [email protected] -31 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I'm confused. Why would aliens be interested in a planet full of trash and pollution in the first place?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

As you were told, that's not what the comic was about, but maybe the aliens breathe CO2 and methane, so they've organized a secret plot to take over the planet.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Read post title, "They'd probably do it again these days", which places both a past and present day context to the post.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Do you really think I was serious about aliens making a secret plot to put greenhouse gases in the atmosphere so they can breathe it and invade the planet?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Do I think any of this is serious? No.

But it's food for thought. Like really, why would aliens be interested in a trainwreck of a planet such as this one, from any era?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

the only thing interesting about this planet is it's life.

I've come to assume that if aliens do come here... it's either to wipe us from existence or to convert us. (and then wipe us from existence when we refuse to convert.)

But there's no way any aliens would be interested in our resources (there's much easier resources to acquire if you're space fairing,) they wouldn't be interested in territory (again, it's a lot easier to build a space station than it is to come to another star system,); trade is prohibitively expensive except for cultural exchanges (and really we've been blasting our "culture" out into space, so... uh...yeah.)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

get away from her, you bitch

[–] [email protected] 58 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

The comic is depicting 65 million years ago, suggesting that the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs was actually aliens. Not present day.

At least I think so. The figure on the ground strikes me is somewhat human. Maybe that’s meant to be one of the aliens.

[+] [email protected] -30 points 7 months ago (7 children)

Ah, context does help a bit. Still though, in almost any era of Earth, I don't see much reason for aliens to take interest in this complex planet, whether it's to inhabit it or destroy it.

If by chance there actually are any aliens out there observing us, they're probably laughing and watching us destroy ourselves..

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Maybe they just want to observe us. Like a form of anthropology. Like a nature show.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 7 months ago (1 children)

context does help a bit

There's a dinosaur in the picture

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

It's got feathers, it's a bird smh

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Birds are dinosaurs, and they've got feathers because dinosaurs had feathers. This "bird" has a teethed snout, not a beak, and the proportions of feet and feathered arms are not that of a recent bird. Feet are too muscular, arms are armsn not wings. It's clearly depicting some raptor-like dinosaur according to the current knowledge about them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

thatsthejoke.jpg

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Good to know. Thank you for the opportunity to spill useless knowledge.

By the way, did you know that before laurentian mammalian carnivores made it to South America, three meter high terror birds were the apex predators there?

And that, birds being therapods and there existing more bird species than mammsluan species, the Age of Dinosaurs is actually still ungoing?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Same thing

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I've always found this train of thought to be ironically human-centric. It implies humans are the only ones capable of curiosity and a desire to explore and go places simply because they exist.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don't see much reason for aliens to take interest in this complex planet

Why not? Because habitable planets with complex life forms are so common? Imagine us being the aliens visiting such a planet. Wouldn't we be thrilled?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I can tell you with absolute certainty that whenever I step foot on a planet like earth for the first time that is fully welcoming to complex organic functions; it brings unimaginable joy. Hypothetically.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

No fiction, even one panel web comics, involving aliens attacking. Got it.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago

We can't know what reasons they would conceivably have, but based off of our own history we can speculate. We explored new locations for resources, scientific advancements, the sake of exploration, conquest, etc. Is it so hard to imagine they are part of a colony ship and decided to "restart" the ecosystem than deal with hostile lifeforms?

You are likely correct with the last point though. Do you think there is a galactic reality TV show depicting the Earthling shenanigans?

[–] [email protected] 30 points 7 months ago

You're reading too much into the joke lol, the joke is that aliens came, found these crazy dinosaur things that immediately killed one of their own and their response is "FUCK this place, let's get TF outta here and blow them up on our way out as payback"

[–] [email protected] 86 points 7 months ago (2 children)

*returns 65 million years later*

*the primates are waving their cocks and weapons at us*

Ack ack

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

The gun is good!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

/r/ACK

Sorry, old habits die hard.