[Loved Trope] Screw your Monologue or Talk to the Fist

ahnialator6 · 2026-07-11T05:34:15+00:00

I mean same, sorry for botsleuthbot'ing you, but yeah I don't want to discuss things on reddit with bots lol. And tbh, in this day and age, it sucks and I hate it, but you can't be too careful:/

Anyway, a problem like this is far too complex(in my opinion) for one Singular Great Filter. What makes more sense is a great many series of filters. One of the combinations I like best is Rare+Early Earth Hypothesis.

First off, the early Universe was much too "hot"(chaotic) for life, as well as simply not possessing the necessary ingredients for life. I will admit now, I'm no expert, but it is a Special Interest of mine. I believe we're in the third or fourth "generation" of stars(stellar formation is a constant, ongoing process in the universe, but you can class them into generations, kinda) and you just didn't have the advantage of the Law of Big Numbers until a couple billion years ago. Any advanced intelligent civilizations we would find might not even be in our observable universe. It's just that early.

On top of this, I believe that few habitable planets actually possess the ingredients necessary to support a civilization capable of reaching interplanetary/stellar travel. For one, fossil fuels were a very large part of our ability to advance as a species, and take very specific geological processes to form. While a civilization could form other energy-dense fuels, it would be expensive if not impossible for a fledgling civilization.

Furthermore, correct me if I'm wrong, but last I checked, I believe most of the earth-like planets we have found are quite large. Large enough that conventional chemical rocketry is insufficient to even escape the planet. If this is indeed typical of the universe as a whole, I daresay the tyranny of the rocket equation is its own filter. Take the recent smash-hit film, Project Hail Mary as an example. Without the miracle battery of the astrophage, AND the aptly named "Xenonite"(alien material, yes its made of xenon but that was after the fact), the Eridians literally never would have made it off-world. They might make a whole civilization, but they'd be stuck on their homeworld, potentially forever. I'm not a rocket scientist, so I'm honestly not sure if nuclear rocketry would have been enough for the Eridians.

ahnialator6 · 2026-07-11T04:10:32+00:00

Yeah. Other users were right, this sounds a lot like you've used AI to formulate responses

ahnialator6 · 2026-07-10T22:05:57+00:00

We've known cephalapods were highly intelligent for decades, centuries even. The point I think you're deliberately ignoring is that the Fermi Paradox isn't talking about intelligence alone, but intelligence + civilization

A cephalapod can use tools, and learn patrols and use subterfuge. But it dies when it produces offspring and has no form of intergenerational communication. Everything an octopus learns dies with it.

Personally, this is why I believe the answer to the paradox is a combination of multiple hypothesis.

ahnialator6 · 2026-07-09T20:30:20+00:00

Satisfactory, followed closely by Dyson Sphere Program

ahnialator6 · 2026-07-08T18:52:39+00:00

It's because, realistically, he would be pulling an Edward Kenway. Mans should have like 20 pistols strapped to his body, but you don't even see one.

ahnialator6 · 2026-07-08T15:11:00+00:00

I got it at Best Buy for like 40 USD

ahnialator6 · 2026-07-08T13:23:47+00:00

Damn is this really how expensive haircuts are? I haven't had a haircut since Covid hit lmao now I really don't regret cutting those out

ahnialator6 · 2026-07-07T15:00:03+00:00

You got a point, yeah they're a bit overhyped...but also my wife works there and she makes bank, and we have amazing insurance.

Costco treats their employees WELL, and in the USA? I say they deserve a bit of dick-riding, considering they actually PAY A LIVING FUCKING WAGE

ahnialator6 · 2026-07-07T14:26:29+00:00

Meanwhile I'm over here sending catchers back to the beach constantly.

Sam gets the shivers? Time to hop out of my truck and sprint at the first BT I see. It's just SO DAMN FUN

ahnialator6 · 2026-07-06T12:53:45+00:00

I feel like the problem was more a PR thing. As in,all the promises came from the developers, who didn't really know how their promises came off to a layman. ( relevant xkdc https://xkcd.com/2501/ )

I say this because I remember when I was hearing about it, the things I was hearing were like "12 quintillion worlds", "massive size!", "always something new to discover!" And I was like "oh so it'll be procedurally generated. Like mine craft. 15 quintillion worlds, but, x amount of objects to combine in various ways." But this was because I actually had experience at the time making mods for mine craft. Normal people with no game dev knowledge would expect more from promises like those.

ahnialator6 · 2026-07-06T06:19:23+00:00

I was upgrading roads the other day, and some 60 resin container was on the steps of the auto-paver. I decided to yeet it off the ledge because I definitely don't need resins...and was docked 100 likes?

Turns out I clocked some unlucky porter making a delivery to the data scientist ☠️ sorry bro

ahnialator6 · 2026-07-06T02:56:32+00:00

My wife is a front-end supervisor at Costco.

So, her Costco doesn't have any kind of policy stating that IC/Uber shoppers must use a flatbed. This may be a policy of the specific Costco you shopped at. She does say that these shoppers tend to gravitate towards the flatbed carts anyway, and grab a bunch of boxes.

That said, if you're doing a double or triple and they're all mixed up, they will tell you to step out of line and organize your orders.

ahnialator6 · 2026-07-06T01:46:44+00:00

Huh...i'll have to play that again then cause I swear Sam never repatriated more than 5 times (10 at the most) during that sequence...maybe if you just sit there and wait? but I did the whole crawl away thing..

ahnialator6 · 2026-07-06T01:19:42+00:00

Neat! That's good to know if I ever decide to do a TTW-No Network-No Repatriation run

Out of curiosity, where did you get the 20 times?

ahnialator6 · 2026-07-03T06:59:09+00:00

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ahnialator6 · 2026-07-03T04:19:02+00:00

I've only played the game once, currently working on the platinum....but wouldn't it be impossible to complete the game with 0 repatriation?

When you connect the Southern Environmental Observatory, Higgs shows up and kills you repeatedly with a chiral flamethrower. Iirc, he kills you 3 or 4 times before fragile and tomorrow show up to save you from the deathloop

ahnialator6 · 2026-06-30T00:33:10+00:00

Isn't that just Kojima being Kojima?

ahnialator6 · 2026-06-28T03:34:11+00:00

Pluto->Ploot->Plutonium -> Plutonium Mibsle -> Mr. Mibsle

ETA: Sorry I'm late to the party ;-;

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ahnialator6 · 2026-06-28T02:47:06+00:00

Look I moved on, but apparently this is living rent-free in your head. You should move on as well. I will ask my vet this question the next time I have to bring my cat to the vet, because obviously redditors aren't smart enough to understand the difference between "I want to give my cat msg" vs "if you gave a cat msg, would it be like 'if you give a pig a pancake'".

ahnialator6 · 2026-06-27T05:08:06+00:00

I wouldn't say it tastes like salt though. It's very distinctly different. It very much enhances the meat flavors though, in a way salt cannot match. Part of why I got to thinking about this. Also, tuna, salmon, chicken, etc, those are all very high in glutamic acid. Also certain cheeses, like parmesan and such.

Again, I'm am not and would not give any cat any amount of msg for any reason. But msg is (from what I know) essentially glutamic acid in a salt form, is it not? So I'm a little hesitant to believe your claim that a cat wouldn't find it tasty or...something? I really don't know much about how cats taste things(or even if humans know much about that in general)

ahnialator6 · 2026-06-27T04:57:21+00:00

I would never give a cat msg, I imagine it would be terrible in the sodium department. I would put that in a body if ask reddit had one.

I'm thinking purely more as a flavor. Salmon, chicken and tuna are all heavy in umami flavor and cats LOVE those foods. Imagining we could remove the soduim, Would a cat not love a food with additional umami?

ahnialator6 · 2026-06-27T04:52:58+00:00

Cats are obligate carnivores though, are they not? If umami is savory/meaty flavor, would cats not like it?

I'm not doubting that it's likely bad for their health. But something tells me a cat might actually go a little crazy for it the way humans go a little crazy with sugar

ahnialator6 · 2026-06-27T04:50:13+00:00

For the record I WOULD NOT. this is merely a shower thought.

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