Best HFY Sci-Fi Stories: They Eat What

[@Mechdemon23]

This one was a refreshing change of pace. No human exceptionalism, no messaging, just 'yeah, these humans are omnivores and evolved to eat EVERYTHING'

[@notmaincharacter]

even glass

[@Kydrou]

Hey, we only eat "some" rocks

[@notmaincharacter]

@@Kydrou Every rock is edible, some are just one use

[@SkyEcho751]

Well, one could say that it is a form of exceptionalism, because the universe's standards are just that low. Humanity eating a literal neurotoxin(yes that's what Capsaicin is considered) does seem quite weird when you think about it. Same with a lot of our spices and drinks.

[@Amoth_oth_ras_shash]

zug zug , if it not fit in mouth.. must smash into smaller bits before taste! XD

[@AshtonCoolman]

We can eat chocolate, grapes, capsaicin, onions, garlic, and other toxins that animals like dogs and cats can't eat. We really have a wide variety of foods that we're somehow immune to. Ethanol is also a wildly toxic molecule that we absolutely love. It's literally fuel for race cars and rockets

[@kopkaljdsao]

Logically it could be the aliens being too evolved. Nut and shellfish allergies are on the rise and humanity has barely separated itself from nature. A large population in a sterile space station will raise kids unable to deal with a toxic environment. Clean the planet to be hospitable to such a population and in a few thousand years everything is poisonous.

[@jefftitterington7600]

Ethyl alcohol is also useful as an antidote to methyl alcohol poisoning. So keep some of the good stuff around if you do some home distilling, or get lessons from an expert.

[@KaiHenningsen]

And actually, similar can be said for lots of other species here, including a number that can eat things we can't. Oh, and getting drunk on alcohol is something a lot of mammals do when they have a chance (typically from rotting fruits).

[@HotSocket]

@@KaiHenningsen ive seen a horse chug some beer on tv

[@Enderwave22]

WHY IS POISON NOT EDIBLE?! BLASPHEMY TO OUR GENETICS! *Aggressively consumes a spicy treat*

[@kaviyalinikarthi6767]

It is! Just gotta build tolerance, like with spice. *happily takes a sip of detergent*

[@BlackBanditXX]

He's wary of refrigerated beer's temperature? Then he's gonna LOVE dessert, we're having ICECREAM!

[@baohoang4966]

Saying a Human vision is bad was a BIG.. BIG mistake!! Our vision does not evolve to see specific things or for limited purposes!! Our vision evolve to OBSERVE EVEYTHING around. Therefore some sacrifices has to be made to functioning that way!!

[@widdershins5383]

Well, it depends on what you’re talking about. In comparison to an eagle, we can’t see worth shit. Compared to a fish were binoculars. Context son. Dont get pissy till you get proper context for the scenario.

[@baohoang4966]

@@widdershins5383 Well, is it mean our vision is BAD as the story depicted?? You not only read, you have to understand too.. BRAT!

[@baohoang4966]

@@widdershins5383 Well.. is it means human vision is BAD as the guy in the story depicted?? You not only read, brat.. you also have to understand!! I don't have spare time for bullshjts like you!! Stupjd garbage thinking he's so smart!??

[@nebulisnoobis102]

@@widdershins5383especially, in the context of this story, when compared to aliens

[@The-Singularity-X01]

A human eye can pick up on things the eyes of most other critters just can't, though that's mostly because the brain connected to those eyes is essentially an organic supercomputer constantly comparing everything against everything else for even the slightest discrepancy. There are a myriad of reasons why humans are the dominant organism on Earth, the biggest two is our ability to observe and learn, and the second is our willingness to stab things to death.

[@quirkyturtle6652]

When you can’t sleep for so long you’re on time for a net Narrator upload

[@markwtal9453]

First thing i was thinking about, seeing the titel was "they're eating the dowgs, their eating the cats, there eating the pets of the people who live there" Lol

[@loganshaw4527]

Meanwhile a no relation food to what you said. "Hot dogs"

[@hotrodmercury3941]

They are eating the grubbies they are eating them

[@toastyghostyofdeath3909]

Being able to pick things up witu your feet is an absolutely nessary skill if your lazy. Remote on the floor and you don't feel like getting up to grab it. Use your feet.

[@lupaswolfshead9971]

lol just remembered a sci fi series where lizards invaded earth during ww2. Ginger was the aliens cocaine and highly addictive.

[@brucenorman8904]

Harry Turtledove "Worldwar: In the Balance"

[@lupaswolfshead9971]

@@brucenorman8904 cheers for that.👍

[@loganshaw4527]

Well ginger is a strong medical plant and has extreme flavor cookies that keeps them from being eaten.

[@maxwyght1840]

@@brucenorman8904 That name is familiar... Is that the dude who wrote "The Road Less Traveled"? You know, where Earth is invaded by imperialistic teddy bears armed with muskets because turns out warp travel and anti gravity tech is actually pretty easy, so most other civilizations out there don't even have electricity or running water?

[@Myomer104]

@@lupaswolfshead9971 Don't forget the sequel series: Colonization.

😂 they should fit this story in a movie or something. It's hilarious. "I'll talk. Just don't let the human prepare my food". 😂

[@inbako9855]

A good hot wing saves the day again!

[@broEye1]

Aww, and he didn't even get to the durian!

[@conradrolla]

To be fair the super hot pepper like the Carolina Reaper is not eaten straight out. It's normally used as in additive in cooking like chili 🌶 🌶

[@mouserr]

depends on the person doin the eatin

[@halogeek6]

pepperx will change that. they used to say that about ghost peppers. then the reaper became.

[@wbrennan2253]

Phalanges (fa-lan'- geez) emphasis on the second syllable

[@halogeek6]

i cant read this without picturing doctor bones shoving her fingers into some poor confused toddlers face.

[@Primearch-GG]

Netnarrator, you need to double check your videos, some of them don't switch to the last part of the story at the end.

[@strategygalactic]

Uh, just listen.

[@Primearch-GG]

@@strategygalactic I listened.

[@cycadiguess]

there is no last part I think it was a cliffhanger. Any other time where there's like 1 or 2 paragraphs left he includes it so I don't see why he'd forget only now

[@cycadiguess]

nevermind you're right I didn't have my audio on I was just reading

[@oneoldmanontheroad9034]

Well it was perfectly legal 😂

[@aco319sig3]

Editing error. The last screen of text is a repeat of the previous one, while the voiceover continues on with the story. For those of us who are hard of hearing, it means we can't finish the story.

[@thegreatestJoeman]

Have you tried cc?

[@killsode4760]

Shit, that sucks. NN is typically fairly good on that. On the bright side, a link back to the story should be in the description.

[@sarbnitrof4663]

Fuck are you doing watching narrated stories if your hard of hearing? Get some headphones and focus up

[@jmurray1110]

Don’t forget actually getting the fish safe isn’t the pint fugu is eaten with some of the neurotoxins because it’s a fun sensation

[@gibthegrey2214]

Gotta love humans scavenger bullshit

[@loganshaw4527]

More like flavor tolerance.

[@nco_gets_it]

mmmmmmmmmm...wings and beer!

[@VeliusWav]

If they can't prove it, how do they know he did it?

[@bandwagonbuzzard1617]

Space Al Capone.

[@loganshaw4527]

Superficial evidence.

[@jefftitterington7600]

Knowing something and having evidence that will stand up in court are different. (A confession obtained by such coercive means would be challenged by a good defense lawyer, so who knows how this will play out?)

[@VeliusWav]

Are they though? How would you "know" something in a way that won't stand up in court? Isn't the purpose of court to present things in a way that allows us to accurately know them? My brain keeps going to this recent story where police coerced a confession out of a guy for murdering his father. Only problem? His father wasn't dead, hadn't been attacked, and returned from the airport the next day.

[@mill2712]

Think about P-Diddy. We know he likely did all those things, but we don't have the evidence. Maybe law enforcement does but we do not.

[@lloydjohnluardo1518]

anyone know the hfy story about alien fighting humans in arma? i can't remember it. it got some sovietwomble elements in it

[@halogeek6]

do you have any idea how little that narrows it down?

[@fluttershyisnotadoormat4678]

is it just me or the last few videos had last page of text missing and one before copied 2 times? :3

[@JohnTheRaeder-xf5sh]

Noice!!!

[@Blue_color_of_control]

What?

[@sarbnitrof4663]

I just love the fact that you typed this one word and said fuck it to contextualizing it 😂

[@Blue_color_of_control]

@@sarbnitrof4663 I do that sometimes XD

[@SpitfiretheCat16]

• Our plantigrade stance provides us with more efficient bipedal locomotion, allowing us to move very quickly and efficiently on flat surfaces as our feet essentially act like biological springboards. • We have highly developed inner ears to compensate for our larger leg and hindquarters muscles that allow us to compensate for balance subconsciously. • Our vision is restricted by both distance and angle but in such a way that provides unmatched depth perception for the sake of throwing accuracy. • Shellfish change color when heated due to a breakdown of a certain protein. It doesn't "indicate" anything but the fact that it's been cooked... which is kind of handy, really. • Things that are poisonous are more likely to be multiple colors at once. There are plenty of red and black colored berries that _are_ poisonous, yes, but we have thousands of years of study on which are and are not. If you see a berry or other sweet fruit being sold in a market, it isn't poisonous. • The tomato and the potato are technically related to the nightshade family of plants, but neither are toxic. Tomatoes (the 'red, mashed' ones) are mildly acidic but only _barely_ and have a pleasant savory flavor that makes them an ideal base for a wide variety of condiments and sauces. Potatoes (the other one) are perhaps the single most mild and agreeable plant on the planet besides a few leafy vegetables. They are essentially all starch with a few trace minerals. If you can't eat a plain, boiled and mashed potato, then you have a serious medical issue. • Those fruits aren't that acidic. The green and yellow ones need to be sweetened and diluted to make them taste a bit less overbearing, but the orange ones are even less potent and are naturally sweet. None of them are acidic enough to cause damage, but the yellow ones do make for good natural, gentle cleaning agents. They just taste a little _strong._ • Bell peppers do not produce capsaicin. They can't. They're rated a 0 because they produce *0* parts per million of capsaicin. Literally none. They are genetically incapable of producing it. Have you checked yourself for allergies recently? • Yeah, I don't really get why they find impaired cognitive function pleasurable either. But setting something on fire makes for a neat presentation. You put out the fire before you eat it. • _Technically_ the rest of the fish is edible and delicious if you can remove its venom gland without puncturing it, like defusing a bomb. I personally do not consider the risk to be worth it, either. • Packaged foodstuffs require a list of ingredients and restaurants are required by law to provide the same list on request. At home with a friend? Learn what you know your species can't eat and ask your human friend if it contains any of those, and tell them it's like an allergy. They'll take it quite seriously, or they aren't a friend worth having.

[@mouserr]

did you find the op and tell the author how much they got wrong? kinda pointless to tell the voice

[@SpitfiretheCat16]

​@@mouserr I'm telling the comment section of the youtube video. It was fun.

[@Shyster099]

Call me woke but that is torture, and they admit they have no evidence on him.

[@BettyDavis-m2r]

Runolfsdottir Turnpike

[@cjsteadman6217]

For the last time, we are not at the edge of the galaxy. We are two thirds of the way from the center.

[@IaIaCthulhuFtagn]

Well edge is relative.. It goes from emo all the way to orphaned, ninja, rogue, assassin, prince, cyborg. 😛

[@mouserr]

and our star is a white star not yellow as can be seen any time they point a camera at it in space, our atmosphere shifts it yellow, i wish someone would clarify this for authors in the future its not their fault they were misinformed but it is very frustrating

[@deefdragon]

You do realize that hes narrating a story written by someone else yes? If you wish be an ass to the author, instead of the narrator, you can find the original in the description.

[@cjsteadman6217]

@@deefdragon Twit! You do realize the AI is narrating a story by an AI. There is no author involved.

[@namedacat6589]

@@cjsteadman6217The literal link to the story is in the description. And this is obviously a person speaking.

[@Nobel-Pursuits]

AMONGUS

[@AzMedic]

LMAO!!!

[@Seaside_Seanster]

Calling fingernails "armor slabs" is disturbing

[@alexanderrosario8569]

Kekeke light weight

[@Lumberjack_king]

0:23 i mean this is different

[@koneko-6057]

not gonna lie, when he said it was a cainine species i was expecting the human to either be of chineese decent or have ordered a chineese XD

[@monsteranderyourebead3271]

First

[@Blue_color_of_control]

Wrong.

[@Svensk7119]

Instead, offer something from your world instead? That is redundant.

[@dhiakaabi8596]

1

[@Blue_color_of_control]

Incorrect

[@WalaVeioMala]

meh

[@malcolmanderson6735]

The was so much wrong about the second story that I have to down vote the entire video.

[@mouserr]

dont blame the voice take it up with the author

[@malcolmanderson6735]

The voice actor is the curator.

[@sarbnitrof4663]

​@@malcolmanderson6735 narrator*

[@patrickplevak126]

2:07goddamn it

[@JustANormal-YTchannel]

2:53 amogus

[@MattyIIJD]

You beat me to it, I giggled like a girl.

[@JustANormal-YTchannel]

@@MattyIIJD it's a dumb old meme but it still gets me too

[@jefferson745]

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