r/HFY TFOS# 589 - The ten month rule by OpinionatedIMO (Hfy Sci-Fi Reddit Stories)

[@darth_dan8886]

"This coordinated RAID" That was golden. Even in the moments of extreme desperation, humans will still keep their wits about them.

[@KertaDrake]

For once I'm disappointed to see a video not sponsored by RAID...

[@darth_dan8886]

@@KertaDrake Wrong RAID, but it'd still be more fitting than in most cases XD

[@midgefidget5796]

Ye gods, that one blew right past me. Thanks for pointing it out

[@MarkGast]

You know, they didn't need children. They could have just bought a couple million succulent piglets and called it a day. Those bugs need a better Algorithym11!

[@DiceWarwick]

Ya, though a good story, it's also dumb. If food and livestock os all they needed, just buy what was bread to be livestock. Also, of their primarily herbivores, then buy all the beans we have. Like serously, we will throw it at them for just a little bit of advanced tech.

[@FakeSchrodingersCat]

@@DiceWarwick To be fair, while this is a specific kind of dumb with it's insistence on babies rather then any old meat, all "aliens invade earth for resources" stories are dumb considering how much more plentiful and easy to extract they are in space.

[@DiceWarwick]

@@FakeSchrodingersCat yep, and being a space faring race, they should have a way to grow their own. some sort of hydroponics bay, or cloning sector.

[@yadrielmedina6969]

@@DiceWarwick i dont think so since they said they were similar to crickits and locust's and they also mentioned the way they keep their civilization working is by striping resources from others. just those two facters show that the species wasnt attuned to farming or hearding so they wound invest into it.

[@firstnamelastname7124]

We should be able to detect a moon sized object because of gravity I feel as if I already know where this is going

[@muhname6052]

As the aliens said: It's there but just invisible. Trust me bro.

[@alganhar1]

We would not even need to detect it through Gravity. Fact is we would be able to detect it through light occlusion. Simply through the fact that an asteroid of that size would occlude light from stars and the like it passes in front of. So we would not even need gravity sensors......

[@Sanquinity]

@muhname6052 yea there's no easy humans would fall for that so easily. The alien were warning is about it. Meaning they knew where it was and how to detect. So our very first response would have been "If we can't detect it but you apparently can, show it to us."

[@TheStartrek99]

Also, we have instruments that can detect light frequencies outside the visible spectrum.

[@drewahrens3141]

Why would they believe alien bugs? I don't even like earth-born bugs. Hell, I don't even like fantasy bugs, with a very few exceptions (Mothra, Scizor, Volcarona, and Vikavolt)

[@nicholashernandez4611]

To save your children from a world-ending event, you would believe anything. They came to earth with superior tech and firepower, with the ability to just take our children from our dead hands if they pleased, but they took the diplomatic path. They answered all our questions with reason and understanding, not anger or threats. Makes sense they would have tricked most of the world. Also makes the ending more realistic. Next stop, the xeno home planet with more insecticide…

[@chaddts]

I like all the non answers the aliens give...like politicians

[@galvanizeddreamer2051]

22:55 That background screech over the laugh is absurdly fitting.

[@Dewkeeper]

For those of you who fell for it: never trust anyone who refuses to let you independently evaluate their claims, ESPECIALLY if they claim they're acting in your interest. Do your own homework or don't do it at all.

[@lukeshort2960]

never play politics with humans.

[@OpinionatedIMO]

Thank you for reading my story. I shared it with my social media contacts.

[@AgroSquerril]

A Pleasure , thank you for the permission

[@TheBenBen253]

Good story man! Please write and submit more for narration.

[@MestreDentistaGUC]

Bravo!

[@patrickheredia1431]

What a twist! Loved it.

[@JasonBrown-st5if]

Thank you for the story!

[@brianrussell2441]

CRICKET is BACK ON THE MENU BOYS

[@AgroSquerril]

chirp chirp

[@thunderbird4636]

Damn that second one. I knew something was fishy and I'm so glad they didn't win

[@leahp3992]

Yeah, no. My first reaction would be skeptical that alien claims are a scam attempt by the aliens. (Only a few minutes into story)

[@bobsterclause342]

Moon sized object coming, then allies conveniently there. Its sus.

[@leahp3992]

So very sus

[@KertaDrake]

If it's real, my money's on them being the reason it's coming!

[@greyclydesdale]

They'll check in but they won't check out.

[@AgroSquerril]

yarp

[@baldur3365]

Humans cordial in victory and never pass up an opportunity for a pun

[@AgroSquerril]

true

[@eren1st542]

Wait what holy crap that plot twist

[@AgroSquerril]

lol

[@underground_man]

An excellent story that kept me guessing the whole time! One thought that occurred to me, however, was that if the aliens were so advanced, and understood our history and psychology, then why did they not approach us in a more trustworthy manner? If they knew how we worked and they actually cared about us, then that is how they would have done things. So the fact that they did not approach us in a more acceptable way made me highly suspicious.

[@barakreeves9360]

One of the best twists I’ve seen in a while

[@puffinvapor4551]

SPOILER Alert-“To Serve Man”.

[@murphycunningham2465]

Human veal

[@KertaDrake]

@@murphycunningham2465 "Can I interest you in some fine Egyptian mummies for those who enjoy human jerky but want that pleasant aged taste?"

[@DEMONOFLOVEANDDEATH]

Blessed be the Prophet

[@AgroSquerril]

thank you

[@peekakuchu6878]

Fooling treacherous aliens! FTA!!

[@eurogryphon]

Sounds like the interruption, fake or not, is better than the end of _Game of Thrones._

[@jacobfoss7783]

It's an instinctual wisdom that large bugs are bad news. Fuck those alien bugs.

[@Roosauec]

We owe Alex Jones an apology: the story.

[@bobsterclause342]

What if his aliens are still not real? Besides he doesn't believe in aliens, they are demons. You cant just put a tin foil hat on everything. Makes you make stuff up. Stuff that isn’t even matching anything.

[@Roosauec]

@@bobsterclause342 r/whoooosh

[@chaostheory6283]

Suffer not the xeno to live...

[@bobydigital2450]

Xenoxide is just another way of spelling cleansing

[@AdamTheStorysmith]

End the aliens

[@rod2662]

I knew it

[@Zael_Moonblade]

War Unending! War Unceasing! We Will Fight to the Last!

[@ragnorockcookie2868]

I love this story I enjoy the story. Sadly enough I know humanity wouldn't be this smart in real life why do I say this well because of covid-19

[@jamesricker3997]

70% would 30% would be screwed

[@KertaDrake]

@@jamesricker3997 I get the feeling some government would just pull out all the stops to steal a ship from them and say "Screw you all, we're off to colonize another world!"

[@trevtall1094]

Current events shows that humanity isn't that smart

[@theonetodefyall238]

keeper going

[@AgroSquerril]

kept going

[@mikkelnpetersen]

Smell the scam from the other side of the galaxy.

[@kaliban4758]

This story reminds me of " how to cook (for(ty)) humans"

[@majestratesifen6242]

Had me convinced in the last part 😅😅....thank you - the resistance

[@AgroSquerril]

glad you enjoyed

[@ISoloYouRelax]

I'd like to see more, dark and messed up stories.

[@muhname6052]

Yeah. Don't say that you could just take them to the people who already don't trust you.

[@jakeand9020]

Honestly why didn't they just set an actual astroid on a collision course with Earth? With their tech level it shouldn't be too difficult and there's nothing we could currently do about it.

[@traceybrown2399]

"How To Serve Humans" Yeah, no don't think so😂

[@yomogami4561]

wow that was heavy

[@whowhat4573]

Algorithm be pleased.

[@AgroSquerril]

For the Algorithm

[@reasonablehiccups4792]

For the algorithm

[@gcramer30]

I have begun to refer to myself in my head, at least so far, as a mentalgent.

[@AgroSquerril]

nothing wrong with that me thinks

[@prussiankingdom1693]

Gotta love good ol gas warfare

[@fortkavanagh]

If you want my opinion we would have definatly have detected a moonside asteroid coming to Earth and why didn't the aliens just blow up the asteroid up or better than that give human spaceships, In the end a quote of wisdom sounds perfectly at this... And that is "A man who gives up his paranoia dies a horrible death"!

[@jorgecarreras4214]

"better than that give human spaceships?" Er... you do realize that humans are a very, very aggressive species as a whole, yes? It just takes 1 nutjob to "get a sacred revelation" and suddenly, there are large manned murder missiles flying around.

[@monkeyboimehoimenoi8395]

@@jorgecarreras4214 then don't be an idiot and give it to someone who can pass a psyche evaluation. Preferably some astronauts or a science team. Sure humanity as a whole isn't the kindest bunch but I dont think your giving us enough credit. We have been to space already imagine what would happen if a similar team that sent us to the moon could do that but with a advanced ship. But don't you think if it was that easy for people to pilot ships then there would be a lot more pearl harbors and nine elevens. Not to mention the countermeasures that have been made since then.

[@ratzelbarreto2070]

Its cook book, type story with a great revenge end.

[@MarrockV]

A Raid raid, I love it.

[@nos2342]

To please the algorithm

[@SkylerLinux]

Need the "natural" resources of the planets, which ones? Since there isn't anything you can't get easier else where

[@jorgecarreras4214]

"If what you need is a bite to eat, why not consider purchasing breeding stock?" Rule #10, if memory serves, of why invading a planet with an existing sapient species is a bad idea.

[@Zedstein]

Damn I'm late as hell but why didnt ANYBODY just ask the damn wavelength? If you can't give that, you lying.

[@bobsterclause342]

It’s kind of sus. You don't have nuke beams? Why is this isn't a thing in science fiction. You know, I have never heard anyone say some of the things in my comments, so... well I heard about making a storm with a beam of energy but not beyond that... i need to write some stories.

[@ICountFrom0]

Enderverse has the "little doctor".

[@bobsterclause342]

Nightwind292 yeah, but idont know how many times it can hit something just hit

[@ICountFrom0]

none. Once it hits something, that thing is GONE. If it hits, it's destroyed.

[@ICountFrom0]

On the other hand... we actually DO have a real world tech VERY much like what you are asking for. Streams of a, b, or g particles (the radio active bits). Cancer treatments are sometimes done with machines that emit what amounts to a KNIFE made out of a stream of them. So, picture a laser, but instead of being made of light, it's made of "nuke" ... yha, humanity, we made those. just not very useful.

[@fordprefect1587]

Look up “project Excalibur”.

[@WingManFang1]

When Live Streaming saves lives.

[@Desertedone05]

Raid. Kills raids dead.

[@unkhown7071]

I've listened to this a few times and I just got the raid joke, I feel dum

[@arakheno4051]

For The Algorithm !!

[@AgroSquerril]

For the Algorithm!!

[@cha0sr1pper]

Long may the Algorithm rule. (Unfortunately)

[@kirkjones9639]

Does this mean Alex Jones was right?

[@AgroSquerril]

possibly

[@bobsterclause342]

Um… he doesn’t believe in aliens. You know that right? It isn’t Biblical. But, he does believe they are entities lying about these things. Guess what there called? One guess.

[@FedralBI]

F.T.A.

[@AgroSquerril]

F.T.A.

[@asandrewsilvaw]

For the algorithm

[@AgroSquerril]

for the algorithm

[@robertcross9863]

Viva la revolution

[@allenmorgan1007]

For the Algorithm, For the Author(s), For the Disembodied Voice!

[@AgroSquerril]

For the algorithm

[@greanstreak04]

Like number 1,000!!!

[@t.p.3456]

For the algorithm 👽👾🤖🌌🛰🚀🛸🌠

[@badjer4328]

What.... about the children they had already put on thier ship?

[@nicholashernandez4611]

I’d imagine those children were put somewhere away from the main air ventilation system. Kids get kinda ripe…

[@reasonablehiccups4792]

First for the algorithm

[@kencarlson2855]

For the algorithm

[@bobmaxjohn1306]

For the algorithm

[@AgroSquerril]

For the Algorithm

[@murphycunningham2465]

Human veal ☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️

[@bathroomprophet2310]

Nice

[@AgroSquerril]

:)

[@thirteenthangel6482]

Dude if I was that captain I would have been like you have bone and that shit is an issue when warping, babies under a certain age are good because cartilage

[@mackenziedrake]

It makes no sense. Pigs and chickens are both omnivores, and they are far more efficient feeders than humans. Fail.

[@chaddts]

This was frankly stupid...

[@merlinwizard1000]

126th, 1 July 2023

[@marvinjohnson2488]

For the algorithm

[@AgroSquerril]

For the algorithm