"What are some horrifying things to consider when thinking about aliens?"
We'll Be Their Pets...
"Aliens could do to us what we did to wolves, selectively breeding a once noble species in grotesque ways, transforming us into the equivalent of bulldogs, poodles, dacshunds, etc."- flipester
No Matter How, It'll End Badly...
There is absolutely nothing on planet Earth that the aliens can't find in more abundance elsewhere."
"Precious metals, gasses for fuel, assuming they don't have zero point energy or some sh*t that lets them get power from vacuum, and even water are all available in space and you can get this resources with zero resistance."
"So I don't think they would come here for any resources, unless they want our biosphere."
"Which, for all we know, could be abundant in the galaxy."
"If aliens do show up one day but turn out to be hostile, there is absolutely nothing we can do to stop them."
"If they have been coming here, if you believe in that sort of thing, they have been doing so for a VERY long time."
"They know everything about us, including our weaknesses and how to exploit them."
"Meanwhile, they are a species capable of FTL travel."
"Wiping us out would be as simple for them as flipping on a light switch."
"No jet-to-ship dog fights, no magical weak point to hit, no third-act secret weapon to save us."
"Just one press of that button and everything turns white--and then black."
'So if they do come to Earth, they would need a damn good reason to."
"If our luck is truly awful and they actually want something from us, we'd better pray that it's something that we don't have to fight over because we wouldn't stand a chance."- Armascribe
Commuting Area 51 GIF by Joseph HarmonGiphyNothing To worry About... I Hope...
"It’s possible that they are fat single-cell organisms just loafing around."- Literally_The_Best
It Might Not Be As Bad As We Think... It Will Probably Be Much MUCH Worse...
"For all we know, aliens might not be the 'little green men' that fly around in flying saucers and destroy us with laser beams."
"They could be an interstellar pathogen that shows up one day and silently and effortlessly kills us all without warning."
"Our immune systems would have no idea what hit them."- CaptainWisconsin
Emotional Disconnect
"Our human concepts of morality and empathy are heavily influenced by our mammalian biology."
"Imagine that aliens land, and instead of having nice little family units their species lays clutches of thousands of eggs at a time."
"They don't form strong bonds."
"Life is essentially expendable for them."
"They see us weeping over a dead child and they have literally no frame of reference for understanding why this would be upsetting."
"I'm not saying all aliens will be like this; but some definitely could be."- ToBePacific
alien GIFGiphyDon't Knock It Till You've Tried It?
"What if there really is valuable information to be gained from butt probes?"- HarlanCedeno·
Best To Have An Open Mind...
"The assumption that they come in groups in some flying saucer."
"For all we know they might just 'appear' in hordes of thousands of not millions all across the planet."
"Also, we like to think that aliens will share the same way of thinking as humans, i.e. reasoning, emotions, etc."
"But the only reason we think that is because that's the only thing we are familiar with."
"Aliens might have completely different emotions or thought processes than us but we won't know because we never encountered them before."
"It's like the 4th dimension."
"At this point it's pretty well established what it is but most of us, if not all, have no clue how to visualize or properly explain it."- JingleberryJohnson
alien GIFDidn't Occur To You Either, Did It?
"Extremely unlikely, I know, but if aliens ever come to Earth it likely means they are a space-faring and interstellar capable species with tech at least centuries, if not millennia, ahead of ours."
"In other words: if aliens are even remotely capable of traveling to our planet, we're pretty much outgunned hilariously."- WhereIsOldZealand
The Journey Wouldn't Be Worth It...
"The speed of light is 186,000 miles per second."
"I think that any aliens that are capable of traveling light years to reach us have no interest in our resources."- avatarlevel
They Could Be Trying To Help US?
"The scariest thing to me is thinking that aliens want nothing to do with us."
"I don't get why everyone thinks that aliens would attack us immediately."
"It's one thing if we come into their territory, but if they stumble upon us we're most likely safe."
"Them finding us would mean they are incredibly advanced."
Angry Alien Face GIF by wenjrGiphy"Anything they could get by attacking earth they could get far easier by harvesting it from a different planet in our solar system."
"Unless they feed specifically on brainwaves, it isn't worth the hassle to attack a planet teeming with life they may have some weapons, however primitive, that might be used against you."
"It's far more frightening to believe that aliens have/will one day discover us and won't be interested, They won't want us on their intergalactic counsels, they won't want to give us medicine, they won't want to form any bond."
"If they decide to just leave humanity alone, that means either they have decided we are not worth saving, or that we are too close to destruction to be worth the resources."- BombsNBeer
I'll Believe It When I See It...
"My main thing is that they'll bring a virus or something that'll just wipe us out coz we've never seen anything like it."
"Or we'll be immune coz it's too alien, who knows."
"But until there is actual proof that there are advanced aliens out there, I'll stick to the idea that they are bacterial cells on titan or something."- Libbymiss
We won't even know they came...
"That one day they will just wipe out our planet without us ever knowing why and that it will be so fast we don’t even realize it."
Marine Life Goodbye GIF by pikaoleGiphyThanks to the likes of H.G. Wells, Ridley Scott and others, it's easy to assume the worst about the possible existence of aliens.
Something to consider, which might help us sleep a bit easier at night, is that on some far-off galaxy, there is an extraterrestrial species, just as terrified of us, as we are of them.
RedditorinvertedparadXwanted to warn people about all the things toxic to the human existence.
They asked:
"What do you believe is the greatest threat to humanity?"
I just have little faith in any of us.
So I can't help in the saving.
So help me understand...
So Dumb
"Lack of critical thinking. The rise of social media and political theatre is making society dumber and dumber." ~ bchamper
Giphyresistance...
"Bacterial resistance to antibiotics." ~ zygomelonm
"There are a couple of very important things the public can do. Take your entire course of antibiotics and don't quit when you feel better. Don't take a couple of random old antibiotics you have around the house when you get sick."
"Don't drag your kid to the doctor and insist they are given unneeded antibiotics. Doctors: don't overprescribe them." ~ StrLord_Who
Ad Abuse
"Greed/selfishness. It seems to motivate 99% of the problems we see in society." ~ Background-Company30
"Yeah and ads in general on YouTube. Google put ads in damn near every corner of YouTube; in videos, banner ads (both large ones on the website and in videos) videos that are ads themselves etc. They are abusing ads at this point." ~ Sea_Perspective6891
"I got 4, FOUR ads in a row yesterday. I couldn't skip the first two and was too busy to check if the other 2 could he skipped but it's just excessive. I spent more time on the ads than I did on the video itself." ~ CT-96
Hand to Mouth
"Pringles. One pop and you can not stop." ~ IT_Account
"ManagerI can't fit my hand inside a Pringle can. I have a huge amount of trouble fitting my hand inside of a Pringle can."
"I can get my hand like four inches into the can but then I have to tilt the can into my mouth but by that point a bunch of crumbs have accumulated at the bottom of the can so they all go spilling on my face." ~ Dodecahedonism_
Sounds about right so far.
Why are we so dumb?
Future of the Damned
"Ignorance, and more recently, the enshrining of ignorance as a valid and even popular state of being. We are damning our futures by allowing the lowest intellects and least self-aware to dictate what books are too crass, or what subjects too taboo." ~ ItsTtreasonThen
GiphyStupid...
"Our own stupidity and arrogance." ~ fotofiend
"Beat me to it! These were also BOTH my first thoughts! I believe, when these two are combined, this is known as Cognitive Dissonance?"
"Is that correct? When people are too prideful and arrogant to recognize/accept how ignorant they actually are." ~ Lutefiskaficionado
"You might be thinking of the Dunning Kruger effect. It has more to do with being too dumb to realize how ignorant you are, but there's usually at least a dash of arrogance in the mix as well." ~ CashOrReddit
"The Corporation"
"Greed/selfishness. It seems to motivate 99% of the problems we see in society." ~ jdoe10202021
"Actually, greed is mandatory and legally enforced, a CEO can get fired, and sued, for making any decision clearly counter to maximizing profit for company shareholders."
"There is a great documentary called 'The Corporation' that has some incredibly eye opening stories about this." ~ RookXPY
Drink Up
"Drinkable water shortage." ~ JollySpaceCowboy
"We are literally letting fresh water melt into the Ocean. If Money wasn't a problem we would be harvesting the melting ice caps already since it's all just fresh water." ~ Upper_Decision_5959
"Simply not true, we will never run out of drinkable water." ~ thrwhwhwh
Needs and Wants
"Consumer culture. Needless consumption destroys the environment. Collectively we need to take a more measured approach to this based on needs, not wants." ~ Scallywagstv2
GiphyWe can do better.
We have to.
But do we want to?
We'll find out.
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Actor and comedian Kenan Thompson is best known for his tenure at Saturday Night Live.
He has a number of solid characters and impressions under his belt, from Charles Barkley to David Ortiz.
One of his most popular, and perhaps most dead-on in his portrayal, is Steve Harvey.
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The SNL cast member was recently approached by Harvey himself, on the set of Thompson's new reality competition show Bring the Funny. Turns out, Harvey is very familiar with Thompson's impression of him, and issued him a joking threat.
Thompson spoke of this encounter to Fox News.
"I just saw [Steve Harvey] when we were shooting 'Bring The Funny' and he was on the next stage doing 'Family Feud,' so I sat down with him and he was like, 'You better watch yourself'. I love Steve. I've known him for a super long time."
Despite Fox, it was a pretty funny encounter.
Many SNL fans thought so too.
Steve Harvey telling Kenan Thompson to watch himself over his SNL impression is by far the funniest thing he has ever done— Dazzling, Deft & Devoid of Feeling (@Dazzling, Deft & Devoid of Feeling) 1558026290.0
#SteveHarvey #kenanthompson Celebrity boxing match is needed to settle this!! https://t.co/GDVbikjtgq— christian (@christian) 1558023586.0
While initially some fans took the threat a little seriously, it was obvious to Thompson that the comment was in jest.
After all, he is a comedian.
"Comedy is a craft. It's something that you sharpen over time so the more you educate yourself about topics and references the better [your comedy] will be and the more appealing it'll be to a wider audience. Your comedy skills get better over time but you have to work at it."
Thompson has gained a large following over the years, beginning with his involvement with Nickelodeon in the 90's. After starring in shows such as Kenan and Kel and All That!, he wound up scoring a spot on the biggest sketch comedy show of all time.
In fact, Thompson broke the record for the longest running SNL cast member.
He is now has sixteen seasons under his belt, and he won't be stopping anytime soon.
The year 2093. Earth is a barren hellscape. Humanity has been extinguished. Kenan Thompson celebrates his 100th sea… https://t.co/cFkI4g8e7D— JC (@JC) 1557536065.0
Thompson is now getting his own sitcom on NBC, titled The Kenan Show, along with a new unscripted reality game show called Bring the Funny.
He has no plans to leave SNL.
What a legend.
