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How is this a science meme?
Yog Sothoth cares not for your meaningless mortal science. Ia.
Terrazoology and cosmozoology
This is effectively how “On a Pale Horse” by Piers Anthony starts.
Not to be confused with "Behold a Pale Horse" by William Cooper. Vastly different subject material.
I've thought about things like this. What if humans could be kept by aliens as pets? What would that be like? Can any extremely bored writer reading this come up with something?
I've talked to my roommates about this, how we'd eat like a bowl of canned chili every day with a dollop of peanut butter as a treat.
Don't exclusively eat peanut butter! Apparently it produces some toxin!
You probably mean aflatoxin that is produced by a mold that is common on peanuts.
Lmaoo that's so oddly specific, were you guys high af?
Funny, I actually have a running story in my head like this. People kept in little cages like hamsters, aliens choosing breeding pairs, or training them to fight each other. Some aliens would be debating the ethics of it all while others go, “Humans are much stupider than we are, so it’s okay to treat them like this.”
Whoaa that's pretty brutal 😭 creative though lol
There was an episode of The Orville that was kinda like this.
Almost exactly like this
It was exactly this. Right down to them being fed peanut butter and chili.
They weren't trained to fight or choosing breeding pairs, though. It was just a zoo.
Well, we didn't see that on screen.
All it dose is sleep, eat, and stare at a self illuminated window all day.
Oh that was me in reverse. Waking up to a pack of coyotes wondering if I was the tame human. Alas I sat up too quickly, scared them off, and now I'll never get adopted by a pack of coyotes.
dude i think they were trying to see if you were dead so they could get an easy meal
Yeah I know that. But if not friend, why friend shape?
We recently discovered that Hyenas were one of our primary predators well before we figured out tools and fire. There are archaeological sites that have thousands of human skeletons that were clearly eaten by hyenas. Mostly children, IIRC.
I would surmise that some of us have completely overwritten our basic instincts. Hyenas would also be friend shaped, but somehow I'm reasonably certain that your and my ancestors would disagree.
I dunno. I've seen hyenas in the zoo and I did not get the same feeling towards them. Lions are also rather intimidating once it's just a bit of wire and a slightly too far jump between you. Wolves and coyotes though, they make me want to do the whole domestication thing all over again.
Also foxes, don't forget about foxes. Very friend shaped.
Fred Kwan in Galaxy Quest.
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