Earth's Atmosphere Is The Most Potent Drug In The Universe | Best HFY Stories

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[@robertescalante1154]

So our entire planet is constantly high on psychedelics... that explains so much. (I'm looking at you, Pet Rocks.)

[@JaritteLuck]

😂

[@whyjnot420]

I would like to add; Stainless steel soap.

[@haywirewindgod]

If you're looking at rocks like it's something to blame, maybe we are on psychedelics.

[@meistersgarage748]

No wonder we eat so much....

[@kitemaywilder1792]

i am assuming you mean pet crocs? making pets off such unintelligent species is indeed foolish XD

[@matchesburn]

[Aliens come to Earth and trip balls on a psychedelic trip which leads to galactic peace] "...In other news, Joe Rogan has been made Ambassador of Earth to the Galactic Federation..."

[@dragoonmk4203]

So our atmosphere is basically mild LSD? Better keep the aliens away from the hard stuff. lol

[@satakrionkryptomortis]

does the cia know?

[@thelordofthelostbraincells]

​@@satakrionkryptomortiswhat *DOESNT* the c.i.a know?

[@whyjnot420]

@@thelordofthelostbraincells How to properly run a puppet government in South America. edit: Or SE Asia.

[@thelordofthelostbraincells]

@@whyjnot420 did the c.i.a do stuff during/in/around Vietnam?

[@dropshot1967]

Starbound HFY is one of the few sci fy story channels that automatically gets a thumbs up from me. The human narrator and the quality of the stories make all the difference.

[@lego_minifig]

Yup. I pretty much only listen to them, net narrator, Argo Squirrel, and the Casual Deathworlder now. Can’t stand TTS bots narrating

[@kitemaywilder1792]

i also detest ai readers, ai fail hard in every possible way compared to humans >.>

[@jmurray1110]

Yeah I can stomach sone ai stories but they fuck up so often and the “art” often completely terrible (seriously so many xenomorphes and even the “original” designs don’t match the descriptions in the tales

[@MsDogleaf]

Yeah they are good

[@Atou_Mahogany]

This is... A fun children's story. That is the feeling I had from the moment they landed and took a tour of the city, instead of say, a secure location to cleanly establish diplomatic relations without any threats of external forces causing a disaster; as I would think would logically happen in a first contact situation. It kind of made me nostalgic about old children books I saw growing up, seeing things like kids visiting an alien planet that has never seen humans before, and the first thing they do is visit a theme park to ride the space coasters and everyone acting like its no big deal.

[@tychozzyx9439]

I've seen a few like that. Maybe not what I always want to hear, but a sparse spread of idealism isn't bad. This story had some unrealistic humanity, but it positively glowed with that same imagination it was talking about

[@meistersgarage748]

I agree. It is a good story though. However, i would disagree with humanity being peaceful. I feel like our ambassadors misrepresented humanity in this story. When Mino-6 interfaced with the terminal in the library, i expected some questions about human conflicts. Mino, i can believe, not having access to certain data and not knowing what to look for, can see him reacting excitedly at the amount of knowledge.

[@LibraritheWizardOfficial]

What took me out of it was the aliens breathing Earth's atmosphere without ever even bothering to scan it? How could she be surprised by the nitrogen levels? You can measure that from space, at a pretty long distance! Unfortunately, a lot of HFY is like this. You have to avoid thinking too hard about... really anything, and just enjoy the silly stories for what they are.

[@tyrant1384]

Aliens invade earth to do whippets 😂

[@loganshaw4527]

Free at that

[@ademile_0973]

One alien is literally a floating Cube, nice.

[@bmac9936]

Steve Jobs would approve.

[@Theflowingcurrent]

Tungsten cube of intelligence

[@haagenslash5963]

​@@Theflowingcurrent Sung to the tune of the "Real men of genius" commercials

[@Hohepunkt]

I believe they described it as a small being in the cube correct me if I am wrong

[@SOULITDUDE]

Man... I'm not addicted to breathing, I can quit whenever I want.

[@thelordofthelostbraincells]

100% of everyone who ever lived died from oxygen, *BUT IT ROUGHLY TAKES 80 YEARS TO KILL US!*

[@Game_Blox9999]

Bottled imagination, now that's something I'd invest in! 😂

[@Nu_bopustim_Vlad]

Have you ever hear about alcohol?

[@Game_Blox9999]

@@Nu_bopustim_Vlad yup, heard of it. 💀

[@casard5235]

So nice to hear from the softer creativity side of Humanity. Fewk Yeah.

[@YayYayExe]

Got it get the Aliens high before we meet them.

[@c0r3theta]

Trilin needs Nitrogen (N2) -> Check at Earth atmosphere compound It's 70% N2. -Yep, she goin' to get HIGH as a Kite

[@whiterabbit75]

Trillin is cute. Doesn't hurt that her name is one letter away from Trillian from Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

[@mandolinic]

Don't Panic!

[@whiterabbit75]

@@mandolinic No worries. I have my peril-sensitive glasses on.

[@katarzynamencler7503]

​@@whiterabbit75 and now whear is your towel

[@whiterabbit75]

@@katarzynamencler7503 Hey, I'm a hoopy frood. It's right here.

[@destroyraiden]

so human crew mates will either never have their bedrooms to themselves or they'll need a whole wing of a ship with a party room for the crew separate from their living quarters so they can take in their air. Human quarters would be part trip den.

[@alankohn6709]

If you've ever seen a movie with Humphrey Bogart called We're no angels, his character was in prison for running a bottled air scam it seems he was just ahead of the times

[@dravenrogers7040]

Just going to say it the thumbnail reminded me of Stubbs the Zombie if he was a hippie

[@dravenrogers7040]

Great they change the thumbnail now so no one's going to understand what the hell I'm talking about

[@osmacar5331]

​@@dravenrogers7040 that's a shame, but i can see it. Stubbs was great.

[@twilink5810]

Why the thumbnail reminds me of a variant of Avalon avatar in vrchat

[@bmac9936]

This was a deliriously joyful read of a first contact but I am very concerned for the future. I hate to be a downer but looking forward to air smugglers, alien air addicts and masses of “Earth for Humans” protesters doesn’t fill me with joy. Hopefully an intergalactic war can be avoided once Ooth and his people learn about Raid.

[@yannikatsafados2726]

As the saying goes “we’re all high here”.

[@mashadarii]

Right, yeah, good story, but, like, they just gloss over the absolute horror. What would a human do once removed from their atmosphere? I guess the assumption is that whatever makes the aliens hallucinate is required for human survival, but that's improbable. So its reasonable to believe the aliens can produce an atmosphere humans can live in but that doesn't cause hallucinations. So, this story is horrifying. Like, just imagine getting off your space ship on an alien world and then maybe 5 minutes later you just can't imagine anymore.

[@paulgreen2416]

So, basically the human race is high on life 😆

[@TheJadeFist]

Invention and science requires imagination, it's fundamental to problem solving. I don't see how a species could even have technology let alone be space fairing without that ability.

[@jmurray1110]

Yes it’s certainly a logical inconsistency

[@jakeand9020]

Same occurred to me, without being able to imagine something that doesn't exist, how could they make something that doesn't exist? Then, maybe it's like some other stories where all technology are gifts from a precursor race. I suppose that could work with the no contact until spaceflight as that would show them to be familiar enough with the precursor artifacts to be worthy. That's really the only scenario I can think of where they could progress without imagination. Or, perhaps it's an unexplored great filter where once a species advances to a certain stage they evolve to lose that ability and need drugs to duplicate it. Where in the technological progress that would occur would vary, but would seem in some way related to space flight.

[@TheJadeFist]

@@jakeand9020 Or like maybe you reach a certain level of technology and run up against the boundaries that the laws of physics will allow? When all problems are solved, you no longer need to solve them? Even then, it's hard to imagine, you still need people to imagine to run a business or a military, or any organized groups. Prepare for any safety hazards or simply or realize you're going to run out of X supply in Y time, and decide to buy it now, or to wait and hope it's cheaper later or just anything like that. Like how do you even do resource gathering with no imagination of any kind? Or even architecture? Some one has to have the idea in their head, of what the buildings will look like, and what it'll need to meet the demands of the usage. Do you import water from off world, or do you drill and pull it from the ice? What's the cost benefit comparison to either approach for your colony's needs? Without imagination, all you'd be left with is pure instinct, like bees building a hive vs designing a colony, and that can only get you so far.

[@patrickdurham8393]

The narrator is both stunning and great at her job.

[@sawyerrichardson6077]

I love this concept of aliens breathing our air and just immediately rolling hard asf🤣🤣

[@thelordofthelostbraincells]

The phytoplankton that creates roughly 50% of Earth's oxygen. That must be what creates the hallucinogenic component.

[@Jesse-zk9ge]

I like this one. Whenever I think of aliens it's one of the things I've often imagined doing. Going to see their museums, libraries and zoos. I think it would be fascinating to see the similarities and differences.

[@illuminati5664]

Humans: * Join extraterrestial society * First thing they do: * starts selling their atmosphere as drugs * XD

[@armandoa2484]

Lol, absolutely great story. I really like the way the cube got overwhelmed and passed out 😂! I like starbound stories!

[@robertescalante1154]

Haha, She wears ponytail. Another fun story! Thanks Starbound HFY. ^_^

[@MazaAzi]

This story screams "And then the war for Earth's Atmosphere started"

[@armadillotoe]

This is one of the more entertaining and imaginative stories I have heard on KZbin. I greatly appreciated this story and the narration.

[@StarboundHFY]

Thanks for listening!

[@AvenValkyr]

YOUR VOICE IS INCREDIBLE!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@WilliamSmith-zk4tj]

Did you know that there's actually a earbud out there today that can actually translate 40 different languages instantly Google has control of it so I haven't touched it but when the competitors come out with a newer model that hasn't got the ties with Google and it's corrupt ways social engineering and all that

[@osmacar5331]

The issue i have is they take the fun out of learning the languages. German is complex in its simplicity. Italian is just fun. All that is lost if you have a universal translation system.

[@keithsantana145]

Before time began, there was... the Cube!

[@wesleymoore3693]

What is the meaning of life oh cube!

[@keithsantana145]

Optimus Prime said that on one of the live-action Transformers Movies. The cube was the All-S 2:57 park that gave the transformers life.😅

[@Ron-zr6se]

Wonderful story that did not center around war or some other overly used story line. The story is light hearted and fun with a good ending.

[@pasaniucdaniel4112]

This is a nice one. I hope for even more stories where the action isn't about war. First contact is nice, but some stories could explore how humans interface with the aliens in a (mostly) peaceful manner. Humans solving crimes on alien worlds could be also fun.

[@Golden_Pawz]

This gives me chills. 15:06

[@kazemizu]

Humans upon first meeting: What's wrong with them?? I think... I think they're high, sir.

[@taitano12]

It's exceedingly rare, and I can't think of any off the top of my head, but there's the rare hallucinogens that are also healthy. According to this, we're breathing one such healthy hallucinogen. I like it. 😊

[@aerofelis1045]

"I was gonna invade your world... but then I got high (ooh-ooh-ooh)"

[@donniejo8888]

this hits on a point that makes so much sense in deep thought. given out Carbon production feeds our plant life and our plant life is Rich in Nitrogen pulling it from Soil to Sky every day....even we get "random HIghs" that we just call head rushes Someone ill prepared with Zero warning OMGS

[@donniejo8888]

The AI isnt doing OOTH fair though

[@Nu_bopustim_Vlad]

Snoop Dog did good job prepearing planet for visiters from the stars.

[@benreynolds5433]

So Earth's air is literally "Happium" Or "Hopium" or "Wholesom. . Ium?" Wonderful, Okay guys lets get Aliens High on literally air.

[@OlivePittsOnDesk]

This was an excellent narration and someday, if we are lucky, it will actually come to pass.

[@LongJohnLiver]

Oh great. Do you want space hippies? Because this is how you get space hippies.

[@ghostunspeakable7866]

This new thumbnail is much better. All the thumbnails with screaming, scared aliens make them too much the same.

[@rareram]

Yeah, this is a children's story. Still a good one, it does capture the concept of alien

[@bigstevie1690]

this was fun i'd like to hear more

[@dylanm4339]

How does one invent interstellar travel without imagination?

[@Neloish]

Best one yet, man that was a great story. I am going have to save that.

[@StarboundHFY]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@CarlGorn]

Diplomacy through trippin' balls. Hey, if it works...

[@mhep9367]

Thought of thought of branching out to Spotify?

[@SandraNelson063]

If you can hear the plants sing, you're baked. Turn in yer weapons.

[@happyhafer1403]

...they contain and respect ALL of their insects? how did they manage to get rid of all flies and mosquitos in the city and put them in that insect-zoo and still felt it right to preserve them?

[@AttemptMade]

This was incredible!

[@ThomasPrice-be7vu]

That would explain the Chia pets.😅😂

[@thelordofthelostbraincells]

4:34 is it just me, or does this remind anyone else of that anime meme of the guy looking at the butterfly?

[@amx-103hammahamma2]

It's almost the same image.

[@daltonlholland3294]

The ambassadors are stoned

[@Ascottishcollector]

trillin is cute n all but id hug ooth

[@Asperger0815]

So, we turned out to be the druggies of the universe...

[@TheMeg1031]

bro sounds like the voice from my story animated

[@machopi]

that one was sickening

[@valeriotibaldo71]

So we are basically the “plug” for the aliens now ?!

[@mrkngturkey6054]

So they get high off the atmosphere? Can’t wait for them to discover coke

[@Adrian_shepherd927]

Minos as in *MINOS PRIME*

[@ronrogers1729]

Yes! I'm not the only one who thought of this! I think one of Starbound writers might be a Transformers fan

[@DageLV]

This story just sounds either written by a kid or AI. Everyone high, all friends, acting childish etc.

[@EeBee51]

I really liked this story. But gee whiz, the quality of the writing was all over the place. It didn't start off too badly, but the middle sunk into a hole of, overuse of adjectives, group hugs, mutual admiration societies, and multiple plot holes, etc, that it seemed almost machine in origin. Fortunately, towards the end it built up steam again to arrive at a satisfactory conclusion. This could have been a classic in SF humour, but the writer did not have the story telling experience to pull it off... Starbound. It would be most appreciated if you could run a much more critical eye over your stories ,and maybe do some judicious editing, or even suggest some story changes before you hand it over to the narrators. You have 2 of the best narrators on KZbin... They deserve stories worthy of their talents.....

[@aljeandropacheco3608]

Why do I have a rick and morty vibe here

[@achimdemus-holzhaeuser1233]

PerriAir is Real.

[@goodcitizen64]

Very good 👍

[@mikebocchinfuso9437]

Breathing nitrogen?

[@strandofeternity]

So our planet is just one big bliky huh? The fattest tab of lsd and dmt know anywhere. Wait till they try LSD while being here too lol Anyway, why did they end the storie on the most interesting idea? Why not continue with a bit more detail?

[@danksorcerer-xe2gd]

i think i like these hfy stories less, they make us bigger than we really are, make earth alot more dangerous than it is, highball us to the heavens, i think i prefer the stories where humanity isn't op, where humanity isn't special because they're strong, but special because they have something different, a strong will, empathy, a soul, you have it, i prefer them to stories where humanity is off-rip pre-determined to win because they're so crazy strong and so dangerous

[@krolon9786]

who the hell writes these? unrealistically my little pony style happy story written by a human? siiigh some of them are hard to believe without a source with author's name on it

[@ednakabalu1323]

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[@Just_another_goober]

First

[@comcastjohn]

Sir, you and your team, if any, are FAN FRICK’N TASTIC! 😇🫡🫡🫡🫡. You have the perfect voice for the narration! 😇. Your animated shorts are AWESOME. Have you considered making movies for KZbin? Also, how about uh, audiobooks? I think that is right. Make and audiobook of you entire collection if that isn’t too much trouble. If I may make a suggestion. Have more than one voice actor, so the female narrator doesn’t try to sound like a male character but fails. I would gladly pay for your audiobooks if you made them. You are such a great storyteller. Take care and be safe and keep up the great work! 😇😎🫡🫡🫡🫡