SciFi Story - Economics by Aiass | Humans are space Orcs | HFY | TFOS897

[@xenoplayspl6239]

Humans are so good at war we win them even when we don't know they exist

[@bendover9813]

Like the Dutch/Gibraltar war that lasted 300 years… everyone forgot about it, and the Dutch are still here…

[@erikkornfeld785]

A common theme I keep seeing in Sci-fi is that the one thing humans bring to the galaxy is culture in some form. Either through art or music. This time it was in the form of just taking a day off and enjoying a vacation. Problem the Saploids had was they didn't realize they started a cultural war

[@jacobfoss7783]

We're so good at war that we commit genocide by accident.

[@tordlindgren2123]

We call it the oblivious maneuver.

[@mikkelnpetersen]

"Wait, we were fighting? I was just having fun? You say you were fighting with your life on the line, I was just messing around"

[@hojdoj3567]

saproids/little grey men: we shall crash the human's economy! wall street bets now with xeno members: sup

[@AgroSquerril]

lol

[@alexhammer7153]

I was thinking about that. I wonder what a Xerop Utilities Short Squeeze would look like

[@hojdoj3567]

@@alexhammer7153 the greatest economic revolution

[@ryf9265]

It's free real estate

[@SSGTWinters]

@@alexhammer7153 brother you have to tell me when to short squeeze Xerop Utilities balls! imma do it imma squeeze the short!

[@Sinyao]

What they didn't realize is that human companies already do this shell game.

[@ballsacsincorp]

even our children play games of economy, you cowstealers should be scared -CEO of a tourism chain who was born in 2007

[@Amoth_oth_ras_shash]

not to mention.. finance power is like all kinds of power useless if you dont have any of its opposites in the ever shifting 'duality' of how to apply pressure or ..force.. your will on others

[@BoneyMiles]

This whole story is a disguised right to repair campaign and I love it

[@glennedwards1449]

Wait you really think Steve Jobs was human?? Naw he was a Anal Prober.

[@chenlee9835]

The f-ing probers failed to understand the idea of recreation. I’m picturing the Indian Prime Minister shouting, “The Cow snatchers MUST BE DESTROYED.” And I’m hoping the author will add to this story.

[@deusexmachinareznov4975]

SAPROIDS DELENDA EST

[@ravenouself4181]

Finally, a good use for the Nukes!

[@chenlee9835]

@@ravenouself4181 I say we counter-probe those cow snatchers. India and some ranchers will be grateful

[@ivorjawa]

@@ravenouself4181 Gandhi unleashed

[@shebvixen]

Earth, winning wars through stubbornness without even trying.

[@Calmputer]

... or even knowing that there was a war to begin with.

[@hardcoreholman303]

I love that it was a war and we just interpreted it as commerce. And that humans really know how to vacation it up.

[@asurasyn]

"This is my one week off a year and, by Dog, I _WILL_ enjoy it even if it fuckin kills me!!"

[@thereprehensible435]

The anal-probers call it "economic warfare". Us humans call it "capitalism".

[@DepressedCrow]

​@@thereprehensible435 in the words of Doktor from MGR:R _"Ich liebe Kapitalismus!"_

[@ballsacsincorp]

@@thereprehensible435 you know the anal probers are gonna have a bad time when we even have a word for economic warfare

[@conduit64]

Alternate title: How Humans Won Their First Intergalactic War Without Realizing It.

[@kyriss12]

It didn't help that the anal probers were penny wise and pound foolish when it came to wringing their client base for every cent. Unhappy customers tend to flee to the competition the second you no longer hold a monopoly.

[@eyesack6845]

Their 500th if you consider every HASO story canon.

[@RexMK-]

And became an economic power in the Galaxy.

[@justinlopez5238]

Radio Shack lives in this story?! Impossible!

[@kyriss12]

The first press x to doubt moment came when they commented on retired people getting government stipends. I'm only 35 and I already question whether SSI is still gonna payout when I'm old and beat to shit.

[@bobsterclause342]

It went out of business, so why not bought and revived. There are resteraunts that use other testeraunts. Uidlings , so who knows

[@williamlewis2383]

Radio shack still exist, saw one last year in Newland North Carolina

[@wroughtiron7258]

Grey-dio Shack

[@collinwhitener3072]

Space radio shack

[@foofinators]

the amazing thing here is that radioshack is a prominent business in this universe.

[@axlmagnus]

Damn it! We are in the wrong timeline again!

[@ballsacsincorp]

radioshack one of, if not the oldest business in the galaxy

[@guyvalentine7258]

H*** you almost never hear about Radio Shack anymore. In fact if you ask a 12 to 14 year old about Radio Shack day they might just look at you like what's that.

[@coyote16able]

What's funny to me is looking at it none of the species actually ever looked into why the humans where reacting to Saproids. Like there where hints that humans seemed to have some run in with the Saproids in the past and apparently no one thought to ask about it.

[@shaness112233]

Yeah, that struck me too. Like, clearly the Saproids were using Earth as a petri dish at some point, but I guess anyone who looked into it would be crushed by the Saproids economic might.

[@ballsacsincorp]

so that's why postwar hungary got so inflated

[@charnor2727]

Remember, saproids are described as grey aliens, almost to a T

[@iaaf_nw2367]

Well, seems like the Author is hinting that they did have some interactions due to the description being the classical typical alien that we all know.

[@cobragamingandmusic7849]

I think stuff like this happens regularly between countries and corporations on earth.

[@Ihavestupidopinions]

Had the ice tray in the ice maker on my 1 year old fridge crack the other day. Now because it's a whirlpool I couldn't just by the cheap 6$ piece of plastic I needed like I could for a Samsung or LG fridge. I had to buy the whole ice tray assembly for 60$. Our American appliance manufacturers are going to start learning the same lesson if they don't shape up. Same thing already happened to our American car manufacturers not that they've corrected the behavior. So like my last new car was a Toyota my next new appliance will Korean.

[@rusdanibudiwicaksono1879]

RIGHT TO REPAIR! Sorry, cannot resist. :p

[@errorabortretry3694]

@@rusdanibudiwicaksono1879 Magnus and Moss Warranty Act!

[@dantreadwell7421]

Here's looking at you Apple.

[@torunsmok5890]

@@dantreadwell7421 and about goddamn time they got shit in their eyes for the anti-consumer bullshit they pull

[@LunarisArts]

Might be the gin and sunshine, but I was honeatly howling with laughter while listening to this on my balcony. Cheers everyone!

[@AgroSquerril]

glad you liked

[@kurtismiller9544]

Crotchety old engineers mechanics and IT guys. Salvage and fix!

[@Fusako8]

Hear Hear! I'm one of those that snag fridges and freezers stuck on the curb, replace the starting relay and refill with coolant. Haven't had one fail to work yet. Well I do need to rewire on rare occasions. But they're simple machines. Only 4 inputs, and the pin diagram is readily available.

[@janthion3590]

When the Probers tried to for a culture victory on civ 6 against the humans

[@Waftey]

and it backfired and the humans won culture victory against them instead

[@ballsacsincorp]

@@Waftey they got the policyinator

[@wyvernharries4788]

This made me grin from ear to ear at how we were turning it around to our favor.

[@scarletrhine4510]

there's no business man like a human Entrepreneur

[@tjbanner3663]

FOR THE VENGEANCE OF THE FALLEN COWS!!!

[@AgroSquerril]

for the Moo's!

[@wyrmhand]

@@AgroSquerril Moo Moo

[@Sharkakaka]

Who would watch an scifi story on KZbin ta 3 a.m? People in this channel: Oh boy, 3 a.m.

[@AgroSquerril]

some would call it a lost opportunity do to a "3AM" video

[@terrykrugii5652]

This war seems more like the saproids just made bad bets on human attitudes than anything that the humans themselves were capable of, but hey that's why you gotta do your homework on humans

[@kiritotheabridgedgod4178]

I mean, they did do their research on humans, they abducted and anally probed us for centuries.

[@charnor2727]

Issue is, human are so dysfunctional as a collective that it is near impossible to do any true amount of study on them

[@robertstoneking7916]

Not too surprising, we kept them away from most of our economy and industry. I wonder if they even had contact with social media. KZbin repair videos weren't even on the radar.

[@danijelandroid]

Louis sent his regards/greetings: "Right to Repair."

[@npcdaniel7761]

Old men are like fix It Felix they would rather learn how to fix their old fridge than buy a new one

[@453tye65e65e65e65]

My grandfather would put light switches on power tools when they broke.

[@kiritotheabridgedgod4178]

The extreme of this is old retired engineers, who will keep things running for decades past their usual life span, and would rather build a new one before buying a new one.

[@ragnorockcookie2868]

I love how the story reader gets mentioned in the story For the algorithm

[@AgroSquerril]

for the algorithm and the 4th wall

[@dantreadwell7421]

@@AgroSquerril what wall? Has Deadpool been lying to us all !?

[@reasonablehiccups4792]

For the algorithm

[@zennyblades]

I hit you with 4th wall

[@samuelevans738]

@@AgroSquerril RIP, 4th wall. RIP.

[@dr4c0r3x5]

The Grey's are So focused on the market that they neglected the humans and didn't think of them as a potential in their new war

[@tsuna666]

If there are more chapter to this story, I'd like to hear it. I wanna know what the other generals came up with.

[@dantreadwell7421]

Now, don't tell me. . . They did. The fools did it. Only problem is, it ain't gonna work. Love the ST line.

[@curtisholsinger6023]

I appreciate the light meta nature of this story. The "Little Gray Men" not executing all their plans at once "to leave room for a follow-up tale" was a nice hat tip. 10 points to gryffindor.

[@asdrubaelvect8038]

Walt Kowalski makes an appearance. I thought he died? Poor walt, he never got a chance to drive his car.

[@Questor-ky2fv]

🤣🤣🤣 Thanks for the laughs! All through the story I kept laughing again. Good thing it's daytime now. I live in an apartment and I wouldn't want to disturb my neighbors.👽👾🛸🚀

[@garystewart2355]

I’m listening to this while fixing my hot water heater

[@AgroSquerril]

lol

[@spacetechempire510]

Dang probers got to the manufacturer’s.

[@guardianofthetoasters2323]

4:18 *inhales* LETS FUCKING GOOOOO

[@rutger5000]

And Blink learned what getting tail ment, and he got so much of it that he had no energy left to make repairs.

[@catgath9718]

When even China parts are better quality than alien parts.

[@sbritton1313]

I wonder if the saphoids have a program like Earth's "shark tank" or "dragons den"... If they do, I bets it's called, "cow pasture"...

[@AgroSquerril]

lol

[@ianhogben3472]

Xeno don't try to beat us at something we've been doing for centuries

[@DEMONOFLOVEANDDEATH]

Another great work from the Great Squerril

[@AgroSquerril]

glad you liked

[@monkeyboimehoimenoi8395]

That scene with the old man and the utility company very much reminded me of one situation my grandpa had with a scam caller and he said and I quote " if you call this number again I will shove this phone up your rectum sideways".

[@MysticalMutant]

This alien race is like the ferengi from Star Trek

[@SuperGamefreak18]

Nah give the ferengi credit they wouldn't have shot themselves in the foot THIS badly...for one they know a risk when they see it

[@calvingreene90]

The Ferengi are more open about their greed and would deal much more competently with the presumed mistaken identity and stuck some all around unpleasant group with the blame and for framing them.

[@bobsterclause342]

Unregulated capatalists that dont educate their children

[@calvingreene90]

@@bobsterclause342 They seemed rather well educated for not being educated. Given the ignorant twats coming out of the government run schools I'll go with the Ferengi model.

[@donaldscholand4617]

Radio Shack! Ah, the good old days!

[@junisaresilvosa9430]

so true my grandad still uses those fat TV, and his reason when asked why he stll use old TV is his eyes will not notice the diffence in quality.

[@giarnovanzeijl399]

"You call it war? We call it business as usual!"

[@lawrencem.37]

Well I guess it's the Greys turn to take up the...ahem sorry about that. Great story cheers

[@AgroSquerril]

glad you enjoyed

[@timeshark8727]

The problem with trying to beat someone at their own game is that they probably know the rules and how to play better than you do.

[@AgroSquerril]

true

[@walkswithantsbear6151]

Lol at the cows snatchers. They never realized that humanity has a portion of people JUST........LIKE........THEM. Oy vay. Did I just do a racisms?

[@calvingreene90]

You have to give credit to the xenos that masqueraded as Greys to make the psycho apes hate Greys beyond reason.

[@AgroSquerril]

true

[@shovel662]

The grays were so focused on their shell game, they forgot 2 things about the free market: 1. Somebody else is going to watch you make all the mistakes in a new market. They will then beat you in said market. 2. What you fail to provide, the customer will do themselves.

[@LordOblivion6]

Wow, they unkilled Radio Shack.

[@spacetechempire510]

Wow the sepiroids where so bad at economics that radio shack revived.

[@IRMentat]

anyone who WILLINGLY takes on the bulk of OAP tourism is in for an awakening. those folks still with their fitness and minds will drive you mad with their don't-give-a-shit antics those who are out for some R&R as they fade out are still some of the most scrupulous people you will ever meet

[@Gilhelmi]

I miss Radio Shack. Dam prober's went back in time to destroy their greatest competition.

[@immortalsofar5314]

I'm kind of baffled by this brand of SF praising the bravery and ingenuity of humans when we don't, as a whole, exhibit these qualities. Replacing a single capacitor usually repairs a $2K television and yet it's thrown out. The do-nothing, don't-rock-the-boat cowardice I dealt with in America was one of the things that drove me out. Personally, I'm building up my 5 acres and a drawbridge and removing the monthly payment ring through my nose but I'm in the tiny minority.

[@MrSockez]

Nothing motivates someone more than not having enough money to pay someone else to do it for you

[@dragonheart5312]

Exploitation: Part 1. If you think you've done enough, then you've only tapped into a tenth of it's potential. Part 2. If after that, you believe you've done enough, see Part 1

[@shatifan_the_slime4445]

Ah yes, forgot about the elderly handyman

[@bulldowozer5858]

Hey look, buddy. I'm an engineer, that means I solve problems. Not problems like "What is beauty?", 'cause that would fall within the purview of your conundrums of philosophy. I solve practical problems!

[@berges104]

My Fridge stopped working last week. Did some searching, $1200 for a slight cosmetic flaw replacement. Took my next day off to dig into it since it didn't kick back on after a day being unplugged. Pulled off a couple panels and found a block of ice around the cooling elements... way more ice than 24 hrs would thaw. Put a space heater to it and 8 hrs later, everything was cleared up. I put it back together and 18hrs later, the fridge was good as new. 1 hr of digging, couple minutes here and there to check thawing process and I saved myself $1200. No Butt Probing Alien is getting my money that easy.

[@discusmaximus]

For the Author(s), for the narrator Agro Squirrel, for the algorithm !!!

[@calvingreene90]

Preventive maintenance probably means they are selling refurbished as new.

[@AgroSquerril]

lol

[@Hellsong89]

Essentially yes, since space J's take the barely used equipment with them and probably bill for it too.

[@vazk-thret]

we the agrokon a race a researchers decided we would study the humans but much like every study preceding it we would first ask different species of there opinions when we asked what made the humans so unusual there was always a different response the sergonians natural enemies with the humans said it was strength others said it was hope even more said it was the will to not only survive but thrive but we know better now what truly fuels human potential it is no belief in a god it is no secret source of power it is sheer unrefined chaos and spite

[@413draco]

And an apocalypse level hedonistic drive to diddle any thing with or without mammaries.

[@N1korasu]

A good portion of human achievement can be summed up in five words Why? Fu ck you that's why!

[@spacetechempire510]

@@N1korasu ... you humans are scary sometimes.

[@RexMK-]

@@413draco And that is the reason why 85% Of the Sentient species of the Known Galaxy posses a minimun of 35% to 50% of humans genes, wether from their parents or ancentors. In fact, in terms of surviavility, humans might be the most successfull species in the entire galactix history, simply because by 5118 AC The Human species including pure breed humans, all of their sub species wether product of genetic enegeniering or natural eviromental adaptations to their respective colonies, human Cyborgs, Human made Artificial intellengeces or Syntetics and Humans/Alien Hybrids represent the 78.87% Of all the galactic population. Humans have manage to spread into the galaxy to a scale that no one has ever seen before. For instance, Bel'Shier the homeworld of the Xeno-Canid Ky'Than is home to 4.8 Billion Humans wich represents a 48.6% of the population of the entire planet and while the Ky'than are still tecnically the dominat species of the planet, Humans and Ky'Than have become so intrincically conected that Both populations are now so conected from one another that if you were to remove all humans from the planet at once, the entire Ky'Than Homeworld would collapse. Another example is Exion, homeworld of the Fox like species the Zerdans and Capital of the Caelestis Domain, where Carilian Vash Korl has been recently apointed Great War Bearer of the Exion Clans, being the 7 non-consecutive human to become the maximun militar authorithy on the entire planet, following the footests of her Mother Kimir Vash Marrak, one of the strongest Zerdans to have achive the tittle. Wich also coincides with the Apointment of President William Hux of the United Earth Confederation, being the 13 non-Human born on Earth being in assuming the ruler of Ruler of the UEC by democratic election and being the first Zerdan in doing so.

[@kirkjones9639]

Radio Shack has risen from the dead? Now that is a trick.

[@AgroSquerril]

weirder things have happened

[@TrazynTI]

The author missed a golden opportunity to name the race, "Aelemao"

[@cantharelluscibarius2244]

Lloyd frontera moment.

[@andercrowley4758]

This was kinda like the kruggerzagt death from above video but instead of energy it’s economics

[@leadingauctions8440]

This was too good. Was there a part two?

[@geoshark12]

They did not realize even though we spend alot we are also the biggest misers and penny pinchers the rest of the time

[@anuryu3330]

I wish I didn't have to miss the premieres so much but work is first. Still... Argo Squerri you're awesome!!! 😎👌♥️

[@AgroSquerril]

glad you enjoy and thank you

[@anuryu3330]

Also sleep, I've been asleep for some of them. But yes I do enjoy. I'd love to do my own telling of these stories, in Spanish though.

[@TheSpiritFox821]

This dude needs more subs so for the algorithm

[@AgroSquerril]

cant disagree with that , For the algorithm

[@reasonablehiccups4792]

For the algorithm

[@WiredTurkey316]

The Disciples await glorious return of space Radio Shack

[@KroMagnum4]

Wow where these stories been!

[@AgroSquerril]

i hid them where no one would look, under my channel

[@KroMagnum4]

@@AgroSquerril Ha right!

[@lukasprazak7362]

I find it rather interesting that the aliens used powerpoint to plan their economic war. I guess microsoft offered them a great deal?

[@lukasprazak7362]

Now, after reading the whole story, I'm certain that the aliens stored their economic war planning powerpoints on one drive and microsoft leaked their data, ruining their plan.

[@erikkornfeld785]

Man, Blings channel was so popular it brought radio shack back in to business.

[@AgroSquerril]

lol

[@KiithNaabal]

Xenos should also fight for the right to repair!

[@AgroSquerril]

yup

[@Danieljfriend275]

Well now I want to see agro squirrel do how to

[@wildcoyote84]

What the Greys didn't understand is that humans have been in an economic war since the conception of money

[@AgroSquerril]

yup

[@62forged]

Excellent

[@undrachvrsage]

Can't help but laugh and picture my dad showing an ewok how to fix a garbage disposal lol FTA

[@AgroSquerril]

for the algorithm

[@crsed]

Need more stories of humans unintentionally ruining the anal probers' plans 😂.

[@ennou1236]

Ah yes economics, the true cold war that even now is still on going

[@brianlips8346]

Thanks for the story

[@oakenshadow6763]

The mention of Radio Shack had me snickering.

[@WallNutBreaker524]

"The Saproids used Currency as a weapon." America: Upstarts, you are fools, this is MY domain.

[@frankduff18]

Nice little story

[@AgroSquerril]

glad you enjoyed

[@puffinvapor4551]

I thought Blink was going to become a wealthy Handyewok fixing appliances.

[@KwaterbugBUTCHER]

The greys are Behind planned/ built in obsolescence.(making things to break as productflaw) For the Algorithm ,For the Author(s), For the Disembodied voice! For the Squirrel 🐿

[@tzisorey]

Should've taken them to Vegas

[@AgroSquerril]

true

[@theonetodefyall238]

keeper going

[@AgroSquerril]

kept going

[@tommywood4145]

Alien “you win this war human!!!” Human “war? Jalion what the frack are you talking about”

[@hotrodmercury3941]

Thestory of alien ChrisFix

[@milohobo9186]

All my paid leave goes towards sick days for my kids or rarely for myself. Maybe one day when they're older...

[@nicholashernandez4611]

As your kids finally get old enough where those sick days can be used for you, the likelihood is that you’ll actually start getting sick. If you use your sick days for your kids, work some time in for yourself. It might be the only ‘downtime’ you get.

[@grogvaughan5649]

3:01 so the cigarette smoking man????

[@Monster_Ink]

For the algorithm!

[@AgroSquerril]

for the algorithm

[@reasonablehiccups4792]

For the algorithm

[@booniecap2839]

Another good one! Even going to the Reddit post!

[@brianhochhausen2757]

Do you @agrosquerril have control over whether your channel clogs my phone with push notifications for your premiers? Because I would rather not unsubscribe, and there doesn't seem to be an alternative.

[@AgroSquerril]

I have no control over that , you should be able to turn off notifications for the entire channel by clicking on the bell next to the sub button and selecting none , but i am not sure about premieres specifically

[@craftysmithkeith3653]

Radio Shack? Now that’s a name I haven’t heard in years

[@derrabbit7289]

Cow snatchers had me laughing!

[@scp7375]

what do you think they would have said if they learned about dogecoin?

[@UncleBaconMan]

"Local Polish man helps local teddy bear save planet and Radio Shack."

[@sbritton1313]

Wait a second, this story must have been written 10-20 years ago... RadioShack?

[@AgroSquerril]

hey... i recently told people to rewind youtube videos instead of rewatch.... these things happen

[@haydencranford8781]

6:51 so um I guess money is a common fetish among them lol XD

[@Wolfbroa]

Interesting

[@pinkypink5161]

The generals- "Everything was going good and then it just stopped going good..."

[@UsernotFound2018]

Hiding a What Now under the Clip Bourd