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"The Baby-Eating Aliens" also explores hypothetical differences in alien culture. It's also written in the same absurd conversational style. https://news.ycomb
by Frotag 5mo ago
"The Baby-Eating Aliens" also explores hypothetical differences in alien culture. It's also written in the same absurd conversational style.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=469761 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=469761
- rbanffy 5mo agoI really love it. I’m a bit surprised no movie student ever took a stab on it. It’s easy to produce, can be done in a meeting room with no windows.
- bsenftner 5mo agoThat is one of the better reads of my life, and I'm a serious reader.
- jawilson2 5mo agoWell THIS is a bit prescient: "Well, out of curiosity - how much did you lose?" The Confessor seemed to freeze, for a moment. "What?" "How much did you lose in the legislative prediction markets, betting on whatever dreadful outcome you thought would happen?" I had to go see if this was written in the last month or so. It is from 2009.
- stared 5mo agoYou don't need baby-eating aliens where this pattern is common among earthly species.