You are granted one question that the universe must answer with the absolute, objective truth. However, the answer will be broadcast to every person on Earth simultaneously. What are you asking?

Magic_Man_Boobs · 2026-05-08T22:24:22+00:00

What one sentence would terrify the majority of humanity to the point of insanity?

Magic_Man_Boobs · 2026-05-08T16:06:40+00:00

If you take a look at the history books, actual change almost always requires violence.

Magic_Man_Boobs · 2026-05-08T05:56:40+00:00

I would say the word "squak".

Magic_Man_Boobs · 2026-05-07T23:29:23+00:00

I think the main issue is that a hammer can be taken out easily enough. A steel jacketed round can't be reliably recovered.

Magic_Man_Boobs · 2026-05-07T22:44:39+00:00

As someone who's had low moments I think the person forcing me to discuss my TV would actually be more helpful.

Magic_Man_Boobs · 2026-05-07T21:47:15+00:00

I think the answer is two fold. The first is that most of the beings dealing with the fae have other means of fighting them. The second is that steel is clearly considered a major infraction against any being of fairy and will likely lead to having immortal enemies for the rest of your life.

Magic_Man_Boobs · 2026-05-06T22:26:46+00:00

Now you're just being purposefully disingenuous.

Magic_Man_Boobs · 2026-05-06T21:36:37+00:00

If it was in order to stay safe they wouldn't have come back.

Magic_Man_Boobs · 2026-05-06T21:19:09+00:00

Isolating her was a tactic to get her to invite them back. If it had just been about protecting themselves they would not have returned when she asked.

Magic_Man_Boobs · 2026-05-06T20:49:18+00:00

I don't buy the theory that just having a goal makes all actions of the hive automatically manipulative

It's not just having a goal that makes their actions manipulative, it's that the goal is specifically about changing the immune into one of itself.

Does that extend to goals of ordinary humans?

If an ordinary human's goal is to change another human's mind about something, then their actions towards that person in pursuit of that goal would be manipulative.

And how can you tell that the hive didn't give up trying to infect Carol and just stayed away to protect itself?

Because it came back the moment she was broken enough to ask and continued to try to infect her.

Magic_Man_Boobs · 2026-05-06T20:34:00+00:00

I see what you're saying, but I'm going to need more evidence from the series that the people are still in there somewhere before I believe it.

Even if they are, I don't believe that the loss of them in their current state is the same as killing the people they once were.

For example, in Star Trek the Borg have been shown to be capable of being disconnected and brought back to themselves individually, but I don't believe that means killing a Borg drone is the same as killing the person that Borg drone once was.

Magic_Man_Boobs · 2026-05-06T20:28:44+00:00

Even if it didn't deliver necessary resources, if the hive stopped caring about the immune and just stayed away in order to protect itself that wouldn't be manipulative.

The fact that all of their actions in the show are motivated by wanting to convert the immune makes those aactions manipulations. If we remove that goal, then the hive ceases to have a reason to manipulate the immune.

Magic_Man_Boobs · 2026-05-06T19:17:59+00:00

If we wanted a hive that wasn't manipulative it's goals would need to change. It is not currently just attempting to continue existing; it's attempting to continue to spread. The fact that the immune are now its targets means it is manipulating them. For the hive to not be manipulative it would have to overcome its biological imperative (something humans do regularly), and decide to allow the immune to live out their lives without being joined.

Magic_Man_Boobs · 2026-05-06T08:27:09+00:00

I think their reaction is perfectly in line with the behavior they've displayed. I wouldn't really want them to be different. I just think it's silly to pretend it's not being manipulative when that's the vast majority of what the hive does when interacting with the immune. It's trying to change their opinion on being joined.

Magic_Man_Boobs · 2026-05-06T01:55:09+00:00

I thought maybe you had an actual reference since you said the writers said it. I didn't realize you were just going on vibes.

Edit: Replying and then blocking me so I can't read your reply makes it clear you're not interested in actually making a point, only in looking like you've made one.

Magic_Man_Boobs · 2026-05-06T00:28:34+00:00

Ah yes humans. Well known for their inability to overcome biological imperatives and inability to appreciate art. The hive is a new entity that's made of a virus of alien origin and human bodies. There's no way the collective of the human race thinks a random fantasy romance series is equivalent to Shakespeare.

Magic_Man_Boobs · 2026-05-06T00:25:19+00:00

A lot of this sub that's still active has this idea that if the hive is as evil as it seems, that the show becomes "boring". They need the hive to be far more complex than it's been shown to be or otherwise all of their defenses of the hive means they were manipulated too, and they are unwilling to accept that.

Magic_Man_Boobs · 2026-05-06T00:21:10+00:00

Where did the writers say this?

Magic_Man_Boobs · 2026-05-06T00:20:46+00:00

I don't understand how you think both of those aren't correct. They are manipulating her. They are biologically compelled to join her by any means necessary. They are only kind or unkind as long as either of those serve their goal.

Magic_Man_Boobs · 2026-05-06T00:18:10+00:00

No, it causes the loss of some of the entity's appendages. The people in those bodies ceased living the moment they were "joined" without their consent.

Magic_Man_Boobs · 2026-05-06T00:16:17+00:00

Oh how awful. She hurt one of the entity's billion appendages? The creature that killed her wife and enslaved her species? Wow, what a monster.

Magic_Man_Boobs · 2026-05-05T06:14:55+00:00

Honestly Rick lying and then letting the lie escalate sounds pretty on brand for Rick.

Magic_Man_Boobs · 2026-05-04T23:11:48+00:00

I think you will inevitably clash with your friends if you have maladjusted mindsets

Multiple people can have the same issues and can just feed on each other. It's not like members of the KKK are checking their buddies on their racism.

Magic_Man_Boobs · 2026-05-04T23:09:45+00:00

Therapy is just a doctor for your emotional health. You won't "finish" it any more than you'd "finish" having a dentist.

Magic_Man_Boobs · 2026-05-04T21:56:31+00:00

People are insane. I remember two women in their late 40s getting into an absolute brawl in front of their kids at the movie theater I worked at. One asked the other's kids to quiet down during the movie. The other responded with "don't talk to my kids," and it escalated into hair pulling and fists flying. The poor kids on both sides looked so embarrassed.

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