Deadly, Deadly Humans

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@scifistories1977 7 ай бұрын

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@novoguy100 7 ай бұрын

is Forgotten by design 23a the last episode of the series or is there more, if so when is the next episode comming?

@EggsBenedict-te4nj 9 ай бұрын

"Because since their main threat was other humans, the threat evolved with them." That is honestly so metal.

@スガル 9 ай бұрын

If you ever get into fight with human, get other human to fight it for you. It's what they're made for after all

@devonharvey8414 8 ай бұрын

@@スガル😂😂😂

@tribalteuton7256 8 ай бұрын

Not to mention, for the longest time, the germanic tribes viewed Valhalla and Volkvangnr as paradise.

@SuperJibulus 7 ай бұрын

@@スガルHumans ☕️

@ItsChevnotJeff 6 ай бұрын

@@tribalteuton7256 Even in Christian faith, though Heaven is a place of peace and everyone is forgiven, in Revelation souls of saints call for blood against those who wronged them so much God's angel had to tell them to be patient

@MrJustonemorevoice 11 ай бұрын

"Why fight when the difference in power is already clear?" Because humans hunted the sabertooth tiger, short nose bear, and *whales* with nothing but pointy sticks

@AremStefaniaK 10 ай бұрын

becos purging is REALLY REALLY FUN brother!

@Indubidably0 10 ай бұрын

Because we're humans and we don't give a damn about the odds.

@friskas8664 10 ай бұрын

why change stick? stick good - famous words to life by^^

@AJPemberton 10 ай бұрын

pointy sticks are a really good force multiplier, especially in large numbers. And even more so if thrown or launched from a bow. No predator on Earth has been able to compete.

@MrJustonemorevoice 10 ай бұрын

@@AJPemberton Whats that? Mammoths are more or less immune to the pointy stick treatment? *We will now weaponize gravity*

@former_sub_sailor3368 Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of the 'Man-Kzin Wars' series by Larry Niven: "When the Kzin first encountered humans, they soon realized that the reason man studied war no longer was because he had gotten so very good at it."

@glacier68 Жыл бұрын

Ha, this is the story I just posted a comment about but couldn't remember. See also "Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge" by Mike Resnick Another brilliant closing line about the nature of humans...

@seanhert9560 11 ай бұрын

One of my favorite quotes!

@johnsokolowski9211 11 ай бұрын

The kzinti were victorious until the last war,if I remember correctly.

@bormos3 11 ай бұрын

Is there a decent kzin audio novel somewhere? I haven't found one yet and I like listening to these at work so reading isn't really an option.

@seiboldtadelbertsmiter3735 11 ай бұрын

I loved the story of the first encounter between man and the Kzin.

@glacier68 Жыл бұрын

I read an sf story years ago of a similar theme. Humanity was known as a pacifistic race by the generation galactic population, until some new contact chose to attack them (with similar results to your story). The closing line was something like, "humans didn't avoid war because they didn't want to fight, they avoided it because they were so good at it."

@KenS1267 11 ай бұрын

That's a line from Niven's Man Kzin war series.

@glacier68 11 ай бұрын

@@KenS1267 yep, found the reference elsewhere in the comments.

@mastersgt3561 11 ай бұрын

Damn do you happen to remember where you read it? Wouldn’t mind reading something like that.

@glacier68 11 ай бұрын

@@mastersgt3561 It's from the original short story in the "Man-Kzin Wars" be LArry Niven - another poster ID'd it elsewhere in the thread.

@starspace352 11 ай бұрын

I love that story isn't it "Why humans avoid war?"

@Isaic02 9 ай бұрын

Human Scout: "This world is not YOURS to conquer."

@matthew8153 8 ай бұрын

Omniman reference.

@joshuasepeda3289 7 ай бұрын

Nice reference.👍👍

@Frostblitz96 2 ай бұрын

*BONK*

@geoffreyfox7618 Жыл бұрын

Old Chinese saying, better a warrior in a garden than a gardner in a war, comes to mind with this story

@Darqshadow Жыл бұрын

To me it makes sense. A warrior can be at peace in the garden, but a Gardner will be panicking in a war.

@draizwrm 10 ай бұрын

Excellent thought , Try explaining that too the Anti Gun Sheepeople, who things disarming lawful people will stop criminals from attacting them

@kevincrady2831 9 ай бұрын

As long as the warrior also knows how to grow stuff. Otherwise the army starves to death.

@Dave-ks9fi 9 ай бұрын

Unless he's a Hobbit.

@adamschrader328 9 ай бұрын

@@draizwrm Why bother, let nature take it's course.

@gabrieldasilva7970 11 ай бұрын

''get other humans to do the actual fighting for you, it's what they were made for after all'' That shit's too good.

@MrJustonemorevoice 9 ай бұрын

Don't tell them about the Spartans...

@davidt.5513 7 ай бұрын

@@MrJustonemorevoice oh sh*t don't mention them or the story will end in a bloodbath

@zaucethesaucebauce527 10 ай бұрын

I like how accurate it is. Where humanity is all about fighting itself pretty much because it has nothing else to fight but the moment something else came into the picture it was *TARGET SIGHTED* and everyone suddenly turned to battle the aliens and to advance together.

@ItsDaKoolaidDude 8 ай бұрын

Neuron activation

@markusburstrom3485 8 ай бұрын

Honestly the only thing that will unite us. A common enemy.

@brightplaysgames8760 7 ай бұрын

Its true tho we like common enemys

@Yokoto12343 4 ай бұрын

Its like somebody crashing a party and all eyes are on them...

@VanguardJester 10 ай бұрын

"interrupting a fight between humans is a death sentence"

@JackalformerlyKnownasDjjjav 4 ай бұрын

Because now, there’s a common enemy

@lukasvillar9328 Жыл бұрын

This is beyond amazing. So unique, humanity is not getting slaughtered for once.

@piotrd.4850 11 ай бұрын

Very creative indeed and nice change. Overall, nicely done. However still 'human exceptionalism'.

@jamesrosewell9081 10 ай бұрын

@piotrd.4850 well it's inevitable that human writers have that bias lol. But honestly I don't see any way for a sci-fi story to get around that. It's either human exceptionally or biased against humanity where they get wiped out. Not much room for nuance when it's always human vs aliens

@goaway152 10 ай бұрын

i have seen many neutral views of humans in writing. @@jamesrosewell9081

@スガル 9 ай бұрын

@@jamesrosewell9081Hunter and Prey, no in-between

@PeachDragon_ 9 ай бұрын

I mean we consider ourselves civilized but we're very very close to animals, to an alien even 1% more genetically advanced we look like barbarian savages and berserkers

@pierremainstone-mitchell8290 Жыл бұрын

As a former soldier (Australian Army) plus a long time Sci-Fi fan I have say what a great little story!

@Splunkzop 11 ай бұрын

As a former soldier (Royal Australian Engineers) plus a long time Sci-Fi fan, I have to agree.

@AremStefaniaK 10 ай бұрын

Lol how to be a "former" australian aka badass? Did you kill off complete hordes of enemies singlehandedly, leaving nothing to kill for others so they had to discharge you so others can have a chance too, or that the planet just simply doesnt implode when it runs out of things to kill?

@pierremainstone-mitchell8290 10 ай бұрын

@@AremStefaniaK Oh you poor ickle diddums! Please read my post again! I wrote "As a former soldier (Australian Army)" NOT "a "former" australian".You really are a "Richard Cranium"!

@solannedmundo.harina9908 10 ай бұрын

Is that you in the pfp?

@muradm7748 9 ай бұрын

Do you have Emu war nightmares?

@DigitalDeath88 9 ай бұрын

"Why fight when the difference in power is already clear?" A human hunter sitting in his chair next to his bear skin rug: I wonder...

@mp5enthusiast 7 ай бұрын

Quietly laughing to myself about the idea of an Alien-Human war, where aliens keep getting clapped by dudes pulling out their Mosins like, "Oh boy, here I go killin' again!"

@bishalnath24 Жыл бұрын

This is what most sci-fi movies get wrong, they show aliens bigger and stronger than humans but in reality, if it is bigger then most probably it is from a planet with less gravity and we would be easily able to tear it apart limb by limb.

@JohnJ469 11 ай бұрын

Are you sure about that? Animals on this planet are pretty much the smallest they've ever been.

@kdrapertrucker 11 ай бұрын

@@JohnJ469yes, and what happened to those larger animals in the past? They died out as the oxygen levels dropped

@JohnJ469 11 ай бұрын

@@kdrapertrucker I think it was more atmospheric pressure than O2 levels. Don't get me wrong, the Carboniferous had very high O2 levels, but we think they had dropped by the time of the dinosaurs. The huge mystery to me is how did such large animals survive when their lungs and circulatory systems were much more primitive than today? What if air pressure was higher? 1 litre of air would have twice as much O2 than it would today. And it would make it easier for huge Pteranodons to fly. Even the early mammals were huge by 60 million years ago. An Elephant would barely make to the shoulder of some.

@Vanjayel 11 ай бұрын

@JohnJ469 Yes al lifeforms here on Earth are smaller today because the gravity is higher today. Dinosaurs can not exist today because of that gravity difference. If a Human could go back in time to Earth then, that Human would move and fight like in that John Carter on Mars film of a few years back or like the Hulk. 🙂

@JohnJ469 11 ай бұрын

@@Vanjayel Why would gravity be higher?

@sam2x13 Жыл бұрын

As my brother once said almost fifty years ago, only I can hit my brother. We may squabble amongst ourselves. But heaven help the person who thinks that they can harm one of us and not pay a price.

@techristopher8077 Жыл бұрын

Indeed

@nargalda773 Жыл бұрын

you spell fucking xenos wrongly

@LordOceanus Жыл бұрын

There is an old Bedouin expression that comes to mind with this. "I, against my brothers. I and my brothers against my cousins. I and my brothers and my cousins against the world."

@Pork98 Жыл бұрын

It's the same with me and my friends. I can insult them, but if someone else does it, they won't make it out without some sort of injurty

@nargalda773 Жыл бұрын

@@Pork98 as it should be, nobody is allowed beat my younger brother, only me

@jkirschy Жыл бұрын

This reminds me of an Alan Dean Foster book trilogy called "The Damned" that I read back in the 1990s. The first book, "A Call to Arms" basically tells the story two warring groups of aliens come across a world groaning beneath the weight of unused weaponry. One of the groups, the Weave, tries recruiting and finds humans very effective soldiers and quite innovative when it comes to finding new and better ways to kill their enemies. The other tries invading Earth to stop the supply of these new super-soldiers. The invasion does not go well for the invaders... And it motivates the humans to join the Weave en mass in their war against the Amplitur...

@drcatspaw Жыл бұрын

I remember reading that when I was younger. One of the few books I kept my copy of on my shelf. Great series.

@beauleggedwatkins Жыл бұрын

Read that book myself years ago.

@FinNews167 Жыл бұрын

I remember these books, didnt really like them much.

@DaUziel 11 ай бұрын

I had all three books

@lars1701again 11 ай бұрын

I loved that series and got it on audio book

@newperve Жыл бұрын

Other reasons humans made peace so easily was 1) They had practice at it. The political entities that combined to form the human federation had arranged more peace treaties than the rest of the galaxy combined. 2) The war aim of the First Human Interstellar War was to eliminate the danger of the Kalu-Kamzku. That danger was much less than originally thought, and was substantially reduced combining instead of fighting each other and the Kalu-Kamzku. Initial battles both reduced the danger and showed it to be much less previously thought. Continuing a war unnecessarily takes resources, and those resources might be needed in the next war.

@samuelvitols8460 5 ай бұрын

"And those resources might be needed in the next war" Is the best part of that.

@jamiepatterson1214 Жыл бұрын

That was really interesting. Most stories are from a human perspective, but rarely from an alien one. The alien perspective of humans, based on history, is right on the mark. The aliens would never understand the enemy of my enemy is my friend.

@eriolduterion8855 10 ай бұрын

One well remembered short story was about an alien cautioning his superior about humans - due to the story of the Billy Goats Gruff.

@DrCuriensapprentice 9 ай бұрын

I liked the fascination that the “Alien” author has about Humanity, but also a level of unease that a species that looks so unthreatening by appearance can be extremely dangerous if you give them a reason to, like if you’re reading about Ted Bundy or Jeffery Dhamer

@David_Baxendale Жыл бұрын

I read an article on the most scary creature in fiction. One answer was, to other creatures on earth, we are. We are as relentless we are robust. We are as aggressive as we are revengeful and inturative. We have, for the most part, crawled our way, with few natural weapons, tooth and nail to the top of the chain. To animals on earth we are the terror in the night, we are the thing, the alien, the predator. We are the creature in the shadows, that makes the bump in the night, the creature they can't escape from. We are the stuff of nightmares...

@brandonbowerstx Жыл бұрын

Look up "endurance hunting" Humans are the meatbag versions of Terminators.

@sognarisenheart7806 Жыл бұрын

Doves would beg to differ. Ans some other Animals too - to them we are more like the weired mamals that leave food laying around all the time. Must be confusing yet convinient for them.

@David_Baxendale Жыл бұрын

@@sognarisenheart7806 well, now and in certain places. Dogs are not eaten for food in some places. In those places we are the strange two legged things that take them for walks and feed them. In others where dogs are eaten, we are brutal butchers.....

@arthurbriand2175 11 ай бұрын

They even say we kidnap animals and bred them to use against their own kind. We are rot and chaos, the corruption of the natural order.

@matthewconner7800 8 ай бұрын

We are also the strange ones who come to the rescue of trapped animals that we could eat, that dive down storm drains to rescue ducklings, and that want to pet and give scritches to any animal that is remotely cute.

@xrunner55 Жыл бұрын

If the aliens have wide eyes, greet them. If they have narrow eyes, run. One is a prey animal, the other is the hunter.

@wstavis3135 Жыл бұрын

Tyger, Tyger burning bright....

@rbrought Жыл бұрын

Generally that is true. But deep sea fish with wide eyes can be hunters (along with various birds).

@verdanteridium Жыл бұрын

More accurate for mammals is this: Forward facing eyes means predator species Sideways facing eyes means prey species The other orders (like reptiles, birds, etc) likely have different guidelines for this. Important note for artist who make art of alien animals and/or monsters: break the above guidelines to make something alien. The ocean has plenty of examples of this, and we often describe the depth of the ocean as alien. Just to see why this is important: Skyrim's horses have forward facing eyes. This makes them a predator species, and explains why they look weird to some people.

@bobbarclay316 Жыл бұрын

The hammerhead shark would be an exception. I can think of no others off hand.

@BenjaminPitkin Жыл бұрын

@@bobbarclay316 Actually, the hammerhead is an example of extreme bi-focal adaptation. The principle is essentially this: - Prey creatures, often only require a limited bifocal region in front of their mouth, and in their direction of travel. Their predominant optical requirement is for 360-degree vision to identify threats and provide physical security. Thus cows, horses, chickens, birds, and sheep - all have eyes on the sides of their heads. - Predator creatures, are essentially target-fixated. They require bi-focal vision to identify objects and provide depth perception over a limited forward-facing vista. As predators need to "physically interact" with target objects in front of them. Being target-fixated, they're generally less concerned with objects to their rear - and thus have peripheral vision limited to an angle of about 225 degrees. Essentially, they can't see what's behind. Now, bi-focal vision is improved as the eyes are brought further apart - and the hammerhead is an extreme version of this. That means it likely has EXCELLENT depth perception.

@Fr0st1989 11 ай бұрын

reminds me of the awesome "We know you're out there and we're coming for you" story

@georgecottell6616 11 ай бұрын

"The Gift of Mercy"

@ralphacosta4726 Жыл бұрын

This is the real reason we haven't found any other intelligent species; they're hiding, hoping to not be noticed.

@NRPax Жыл бұрын

And they tell their children things like "Eat your vegetables and be good or the humans will find you."

@xomox5316 Жыл бұрын

Its the theory on why killer whales do not mess with/eat humans no matter how hungry they are in the wild, they have the smarts to know just how deadly we are and killing one of us results in massive attacks. In captivity killers whales do sometimes attack humans also supporting the theory that the don't mess with humans 'rule' is taught in the wild.

@Kartoffelmoses479 3 ай бұрын

Thats actually a real theory. Called "the dark forest theory". We haven't met any alien life forms, because everyone is hiding, to not risk a war and go extinct

@covahdong6899 10 ай бұрын

When watching Aliens and Predator, I always had a question. What if Earth was a death world and we were the the ultra predators? Nice to see I'm not the only one with this thought.

@DrgnLdyLizzie2001 9 ай бұрын

I always thought Predators were more ambush hunters. Once they lost the element of surprise, their size, strength, training and technology was a leg up for them but when that was equalized, they were taken out almost as easily as a human.

@erikkennedy8725 8 ай бұрын

In some ways, we are. Our blood is acidic. We're capable of organized hunting and tactical thinking. And we have determination and incredible endurance- once we start going after something, we don't stop. It may run faster, but we will catch up when it tires and keep coming until it's too exhausted to run anymore.

@andrewmalinowski6673 22 күн бұрын

Going based on "Alien Vs. Predator" Earth is akin to a training ground, the Unblooded Yaut'ja (Predators) come to Earth and use humans at an ancient pyramid to hunt and kill Xenomorphs birthed solely for the Yaut'ja to hone their skills. The Bad Blood from "Predator" gets taken out by soldiers because he wanted to fight something tougher than other prey

@zzing Жыл бұрын

This was a nice story. It kind of makes sense in a way the idea that non-predatory herd species are more often those that become intelligent.

@greghight954 Жыл бұрын

It was eating meat and fat that allowed the human brain to evolve its size. Our brains require a huge amount of energy that is hard to get from foraging plant material. The most intelligent creatures on earth eat other creatures. Herd animals exist to eat all day and reproduce.

@binibnladin Жыл бұрын

Just a question. How? Since they won't care who dies and who gets to live. Maybe a mama protecting her young and that isn't always the case.

@kleinjahr Жыл бұрын

Speaker to Animals, "How much intelligence does it take to sneak up on a leaf"

@darkhorse13golfgaming Жыл бұрын

No it totally does not. Carnivores have to develop skills like planning and risk assessment while herd species just have to keep a lookout lol

@stephenrowley4171 Жыл бұрын

Our intelligence is to make us better hunters.

@unclelink Жыл бұрын

"Unremarkable corner of the galaxy?!"😂 Sounds straight out of Hitchhiker's Guide! That's a compliment. Why does this make me feel proud? That's dark, man!😂

@up.grayedd Жыл бұрын

human here: did you guess by now our reason studying you? yeah - it is because you fucked up! those hawks must be awesome - we'll keep them as pets.

@azram63 11 ай бұрын

Interesting to hear a story where the humans are the galactic badasses that aliens fear. Usually in sci fi, humans are portrayed as weaker both physically and mentally in comparison to an alien species.

@leyrua 10 ай бұрын

Reminds me of a story where humans evolved in much higher gravity environments than most other species. The result was a degree of durability that made them functionally bullet-resistant against handheld weapons, because weapons had to be designed with zero recoil so that they wouldn't shatter the wielder's fragile arm bones. It also made humans extremely _short._ 😂 Imagine the indignity of having your arm ripped off by an iron midget after you have fired five repulsor blasts into him, giving him nothing more than a black eye.

@Flesh_Wizard 10 ай бұрын

He may be two feet but he'll rip off your feet to gain another two😂

@lateefpou2986 Жыл бұрын

That was fantastic. One of the best short stories side by wise I have ever beautifully written I love the perspective. I love the detail of humanity. From an alien's perspective I love the setting of the teacher teaching his students. The humor was fantastic. Just excellent thank you for this fabulous gift

@psykorobot6807 Жыл бұрын

As this story started it made me want to reread the short story With Friends Like These by Alan Dean Foster. I imagine this is what humanity looked like eons before the With Friends... story begins, where humanity is now a mythic fierce warrior race (long lost in history after a great war its existence is based on legends) and now this human race is being sought out by a federation of aliens as the last chance to be saved from being taken over by the Yops.

@charlesyates8228 Жыл бұрын

I thought of Alan Dean Fosters The Damned Series.

@dskero Жыл бұрын

Oh, I love that story. The ending when they took the moon with planet (because they are sorta nostalgic about it) is great.

@nyxs1s266 Жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed this, it reminded me of an intro to another story which I can recall the name of. The other story was was of a human science vessel studying a star when a warrior race shows up and decides they are going to toy with and slowly microwave the humans in their unarmed vessel. They described the humans as primitive hairless apes, the scientists in their desperation modify their telescope to focus the light of the star they are studying on too the alien warship. It was at this point that they learned how proficient the primitive apes were at war.

@hashirahmed5727 11 ай бұрын

What's the name man

@nyxs1s266 11 ай бұрын

@@hashirahmed5727 Really wish I knew, been trying to find it again for years with no luck.

@andmos1001 10 ай бұрын

Do you remember the author?

@nyxs1s266 10 ай бұрын

@@andmos1001 I really wish I did, I think it "might" be one of the wing commander books?

@andmos1001 10 ай бұрын

@@nyxs1s266 well, Google is there… so if you can remember quotes from the book, it can help tremendously

@crazedvole Жыл бұрын

Nice to see one where humans are not at a technological or physical disadvantage. Also nice to see that humans did not go on galaxy wide killing spree just because we had the advantage. (Which is probably what we would do in real life.)

@davidhollenbeck9227 Жыл бұрын

Well have the humans found oil on one of the alien planets? If they did I am sure the Humans would bring FREEDOM to the aliens

@azram63 11 ай бұрын

That very concept has been explored in the two Avatar movies. @@davidhollenbeck9227

@rodneypayne4827 11 ай бұрын

Suffer not the Alien, Mutant and Heretic to live. Ave Imperitor!

@jadedandbitter 11 ай бұрын

@@frankfkling304Buddha clearly never met a cat.

@dragnarok4286 10 ай бұрын

@@frankfkling304 So many animals do that not just humans. Dolphins are monsters but compared to us they are our equals in cruelty the only difference is we now have human and female rights they dont

@michelelyons9410 10 ай бұрын

A wonderful story! What is interesting is that I can actually see this happening. An alien species would see humans as possibly weak because of the constant infighting----never realizing that the best way to bring humans together is to present them with a common enemy. And then humans stumble out into the galaxy to look around. I just loved this story, where Humanity is mad, bad and dangerous to know!

@kevinmurphy65 Жыл бұрын

Fred Saberhagen's Berserker Wars had a similar take accept these were written in the 60's. The Campo, a peaceful alien race wanting to survive the extinction the Berserkers brought, sought a weapon to fight off the Berserkers, ultimate killing machines that make the Borg and the Terminators look like bunny rabbits...that weapon was the Human Race. In that Universe, humanity had just come out of a brutal internal war and were armed to the teeth so when the Berserkers arrived, it wasn't so easy for them. And I gotta say, if we ever do "get out there" we would be VERY dangerous.

@seantrevathan3041 Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of the David Weber book Out of the Dark. An alien coalition sends "their worst" species to subdue humanity after being disgusted by viewing the Battle of Agincourt. No spoilers, but it doesn't go their way.

@Vanjayel 11 ай бұрын

or one of his other titles: Excalibur. Fast galaxy-wide empire ruled by several ancient races that dominate all others. One faction kidnaps a army of earthling medieval knights to fight for their profitmargings (because "They" may not wage war on primitive civs so have to use other primitives to fight their wars for their profit). Fast forward a 1000+ years and Earth (now space-faring) wants to join the Galaxy. Earth is denied status, and faces extermination for the audacity to request status in the Galaxy............. ....... well ..... fire the torpedos and ram those Bugs........... it does not go well for the Galaxy Capo's🙂

@magmat0585 10 ай бұрын

I remember that book, I really like Weber.. It was good, up until Dracula came out of nowhere, a bit more deus ex machina then most of his things

@seantrevathan3041 10 ай бұрын

@@magmat0585 I didn't wanna mention the Dracula stuff for spoilers. But yea- where the hell did that even come from? Here I am reading nice little military scifi novel and we get Anne Rice stuff thrown in that completely pivots the story to the opposite end. Completely random.

@seantrevathan3041 10 ай бұрын

@@magmat0585 If you want a solid alien invasion novel- Footfall by Larry Niven( of Ringworld fame). Probably one of the more believable in the genre.

@ilyataytslin1934 9 ай бұрын

@@seantrevathan3041 Yes, unlike most David Weber stories, humans in "Out of the Dark" are distinctly outclassed. Then vampires make themselves known. "Fuck it, bloodbags, it is our planet too!"

@orlevy3379 5 ай бұрын

This is one of the funniest stories I've heard, I've heard it several times already and I enjoy every moment, thank you for that from the bottom of my heart

@MrStrikecentral 8 ай бұрын

"Why fight when the difference in power is already clear?" Do onto them before they do onto you. And he who fires first, wins! Besides, we LOVE an underdog story!

@juliorodriguez4954 Жыл бұрын

Beautifully narrated story. It reminded me of Star Trek episode. Also would love to hear the human side of the story.

@SammywiseG Жыл бұрын

It would probably involve some kind of telling about the dismembering and disemboweling of a giant space cockroach that was about to incinerate a family by a recon marine while he was casually chewing on a crayon. 🙂

@juliorodriguez4954 Жыл бұрын

@@SammywiseG Yeah you’re right.

@NRPax Жыл бұрын

@@SammywiseGFormer Marine here. Can confirm the accuracy of your sentence.

@NRPax Жыл бұрын

"Also would love to hear the human side of the story." Probably starts along the lines of "No shit, there we were..."

@paulwarren9927 Жыл бұрын

@@SammywiseG 🤣🤣🤣

@HawkGTboy Жыл бұрын

This was great. I love science fiction stories where humans are NOT to be F’ed with.

@robliptak93 10 ай бұрын

This was a fun listen! Found myself chuckling and had a smile at the end as well.

@Ks3N 11 ай бұрын

I hope this has a sequel/full novel, the idea of humans being dangerous and incredibly complex which baffles the aliens that encounters them makes this story so unique compared to most alien sci-fi stories today. Kinda reminds me of a japanese manga I read a few years ago which humans are labeled as dangerous savages and all aliens branding the earth as a deathworld due to how incredibly dangerous it is to live ex: disease, natural disasters etc.

@scifistories1977 11 ай бұрын

Check the playlist in the description. U/WRickWrites has a number of stories in this universe. All crackers!

@Amenoxiel 10 ай бұрын

This is gold. Brutal, dark but also funny and light hearted. Well written and read.

@ignatiuszoo Жыл бұрын

I greatly enjoyed this. Good framing, interesting, and ends with an unexpected punchline. Most "big picture" analysis of humanity is either saccharine or despairing, but not this. A fair analysis, done well.

@voradorhylden3410 9 ай бұрын

I like all these little concepts. Long enough to get your mind going but not too long as to stiffle imagination. 👌

@PsychoticOrc 11 ай бұрын

I loved this story, would love to see novels based on this universe... very well written

@scifistories1977 11 ай бұрын

The author (u/WRickWrites) has a whole playlist dedicated to his stories on my channel here: r/WRickWritesSciFi - Sci-Fi Stories: kzbin.info/aero/PLkBGMBYRr0mGfLtO633JFDuJd_dehSle- Most of his stories are set in the same universe.

@Sami_J92 10 ай бұрын

That's wonderful. I'm not into sci-fi, but I can still appreciate the quality of the writing. I've been working on two books, one a fanfic and the other an original work, but I've been stuck for about three weeks now, probably due to laziness, haha... What I'm trying to say is, seeing how beautifully this was written has motivated me to keep writing and to create something impactful, so thank you.

@allenr316 Жыл бұрын

Good story. I vaguely reminds me of another story I heard once about a species that would essentially wipe out any other species that committed any action deemed 'too egregious to be allowed to exist'. But any method they used on humans, the humans were able to outwit it... either through intellect or cold blooded practicality. Eventually the actions of the first species triggered the humans to attack all other known races in the galaxy in a holy war based on a fake religion they had introduced into human culture. The combined might of all other galactic races was able to defeat the 'holy human empire'... barely.

@unusualbydefault Жыл бұрын

Fake religion? This sounds like heresy brother

@allenr316 Жыл бұрын

@@unusualbydefault 😅😅

@carlosdgutierrez6570 7 ай бұрын

Do you remember the name of that story?

@samanthahawkins3436 9 ай бұрын

I’m glad the HFY stories are getting more attention through this medium, and the Ai does a fair job, but it isn’t perfect. It’s especially evident in a story such as this where different people speak. A little fine tuning, and it’ll be easier to tell who is speaking during the conversation.

@gregcorwin8316 Жыл бұрын

If you enjoyed that, then I suggest that you might really enjoy "Old Man's War" series by John Scalzi, or Posleen war series by John Ringo. Some very obvious similarities between this piece and both series'.

@lappesjl1 Жыл бұрын

Old Man's War was a great book.

@gregcorwin8316 Жыл бұрын

@@lappesjl1 And it has four sequels (that I have read) that are also really good. The first two sequels are continuations of the original story arc.

@F3n1x49 Жыл бұрын

I love the idea of this being "Old Man's War" from the perspective of the aliens. Don't mess with the humans dammit!

@gregcorwin8316 Жыл бұрын

@@F3n1x49 It certainly has that feel

@A.Saans304 10 ай бұрын

Could you imagine this being the reality of most sentient species? We've always imagined a more violent and deadly species that we basically have to overcome in a fair amount of science fiction. The thought that we are the more violent and deadly sentients among the other space fairing civilizations is a fascinating viewpoint. Fun story!

@andrewsypniewski3403 11 ай бұрын

There is a snippet of something similar to this that I remember reading years ago, but I fail to recall what it was, so any help on this is appreciated: The story read much like this in the respect that it accounted how an aggressive alien species happened upon and subsequently attacked humanity. Perhaps the first battle(s) went the in the alien's favor. But VERY quickly, humanity showed its own aggression and began to counter and push back the invasion. Then, to the alien's panic, humans went on the offensive. The one piece that I can recall in some detail was told through the eyes or report of an alien and went something about like this: There was a moon or planetoid that was the site of an extremely violent conflict. Eventually, the defending humans were routed, and the aliens thought that they had secured the moon in its entirety. There was a powerful and hyper important factory/reactor on its surface. Just as a squad of them came into view of the structure, they found a note left behind by the retreating humans that read, "If we can't have it..." Then, the building detonated, and the entire planet went with it. The report ended with a plea for the alien's own species to either run from humanity or at least warn other civilizations of their folly, lest they be destroyed by a species who were so fixated on war that they would essentially self-destruct something so important of their own to prove a point. If *ANYBODY* has a name/link to this, please help a brotha out!

@sparta2705 11 ай бұрын

That's fuckin badass

@andrewsypniewski3403 11 ай бұрын

@@sparta2705 I thought so, myself!

@smokinggnu6584 Жыл бұрын

Just a smaaaaal point of contention, we humans are Omnivores. We eat EVERYTHING.

@flitsertheo 5 ай бұрын

Everything ? Don't even try to make me eat broccoli.

@georgea5991 Жыл бұрын

>Artificial structures with human built, human sized openings. >Machines built by humans to transport humans. >Settlements and groupings of said structures near resource abundant areas and cultivation. >Advanced warrior technology. >Casualties. >Actual fucking space travel. >A fleet. >More casualties. "Intelligent" Invading Xenos Assessment: They _may_ be sentient. Perhaps we should talk 🤔🤷🏻‍♂ "Primitive" Human Response: Well, guess aliens are real. They aren't too tough, but they're the first ones we've met, and they look weird. They aren't too smart, but have cool looking shit. Let's talk 👍🏻🤷🏻‍♂

@Nico6th 10 ай бұрын

What an interesting viewpoint! I greatly enjoyed listening to this story. Thank you!

@barelyasurvivor1257 Жыл бұрын

Humans "Fight or Flight" Or, the other, "can we pack bond with that big creature over there" (Not in those exact words, but you get the idea) It looks cute, cootchie, cootchie, coo, you big fury beast! Who's a good boy?

@flitsertheo 5 ай бұрын

Well, it worked a few times, so why not try with the big furry creature ?

@stephenpickering8063 10 ай бұрын

Been reading some Human's are Space Orc stories elsewhere, which might be a reason why this turned up in my list of videos but this is quite a good one. One obvious error in that we're omnivores rather than canivors but otherwise looks into a possible basis for a "f**k its humans - run!!" type of background.

@watchthe1369 Жыл бұрын

That was a nice little story. Ever read one of Ralts Bloodthorne's stories? Dark but hilarious that has a premise much like yours. Then there is a story written by Alan Dean Foster, a trilogy that has this as a basis too. they have the premise that humans are surprisingly lethal, but the reasons why vary.

@Dreamfox-df6bg Жыл бұрын

Wasn't that in one of the two of Foster's short story collections? "With friends like these..." was one I think and "...who needs enemies?" was the second.

@littleblackcat2273 11 ай бұрын

I remember reading that Alan Dean Foster trilogy, "The Damned", starting with "A call to arms" - it was light hearted, enjoyable and fun, but also stroked the egos of the humans who were meant to read it. :D

@achimdemus-holzhaeuser1233 10 ай бұрын

Also the online novel Curbstomp Wars - when medieval Hell invades modern Earth .. and Deathworlders have a similiar premise.

@bobbarclay316 Жыл бұрын

I truly enjoyed the story, particularly since Ive been working for some years on a novel on just these topics. Now I have to worry about accidentally plagiarizing the ideas you planted in my head. Good job on a good story.

@Amoth_oth_ras_shash Жыл бұрын

''lightly armed by human standards'' hmmm.. makes me suspect the few other ground engagements there was , played out sort of like the kam deploying what they considered city killer tanks or such stuff , only to find it matched by heavy ...scouts... followed by the actual heavy weapons or proper titan/mech direct combat units arriving to just sweep the whole fields clean of what ever the scouts not killed with indiscriminate mass destruction just to send a message through any survelance feeds of their foes.. aka ..ask us to negotiate ,while you still can.

@edgarcastillo2804 8 ай бұрын

Hey class...behind this door i have some humans. Best troll moment hahaha. o7 to the writer

@hoegild1 Жыл бұрын

This is a strange experience. I had the same idea for a sci-fi novel a few years back, but didnt write it down! I feel like som AI has hacked my brain, and copied my thoughts. Well written and well woiced, by the way.

@Adactus 11 ай бұрын

I would totally buy any book that is based off this short story. This was amazing. I don't know why this was recommended to me but I am glad i found it. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@scifistories1977 11 ай бұрын

If you like this story, the author has written more stories in the same universe. Check this playlist for more: kzbin.info/aero/PLkBGMBYRr0mGfLtO633JFDuJd_dehSle- I'll be releasing another one of his stories in the next day or so.

@Adactus 11 ай бұрын

Thank you!@@scifistories1977

@IceFiction404 9 ай бұрын

Well written story, Thank you.

@nesapanjalingam704 6 ай бұрын

Thank you 💙💚❤️ for all your effort & the time you put in when uploading this. It is really truly appreciated 🙏 You really made my day, you know 🙏🤗

@jackfoxx6351 Жыл бұрын

The end was perfect

@grimmlight4541 10 ай бұрын

I absolutely love this premise of humans. Would love a game when they were overpowered like this.

@kevinwatts8221 Жыл бұрын

OMG! I laughed out loud several times... too funny.

@Ice-yp4wg 10 ай бұрын

I really like how well put into consideration were the species' evolution towards civilization and how it affected their cultures and strategies in combat too.

@ninjabearpress2574 Жыл бұрын

Humans are omnivores, far more dangerous, and the most dangerous of us are called Marines.

@jiopaley Жыл бұрын

Brilliant. Especially love the ending - make sure you get humans to fight for you.

@1974rabj Жыл бұрын

Just stumbled across this, and enjoyed it. Thank you for your efforts here :-)

@scifistories1977 Жыл бұрын

It's a great story. I have lots more like this, so why not take a look around.

@soumy1986 9 ай бұрын

I just discovered these today and I can't stop... Subscribed..

@zenmollusc6128 Жыл бұрын

Loved this - it reminded me of that Arthur C. Clarke story "Rescue Party"

@TimeMaster0 9 ай бұрын

always love how these stories describe us as carnivorous hunter gatherers when we are not carnivores but omnivores.

@Kellethorn 11 ай бұрын

Bro, the premise for this story is actually amazing. Absolutely loved it.

@jacobuponthestone9093 10 ай бұрын

This is really good work. I think so anyway. Seems a lot of other folks feel the same. The outside looking in perspective is a nice touch. I did about 4 years in the service myself. Not patting myself on the back but it does make me wonder how a race that hasnt been at war with itself for thousands of years would percieve us. The "never, ever harm a human juvenile" both resonates with me and reenforces my opinion ive always had. That people that do so are. Less than human. I actually felt a little pumped when i heard that.

@toddsikes7292 11 ай бұрын

my favorite trope of humans in the galaxy, is that the aliens better hope we don't find them because we are crazy violent apes with guns.

@robertpowell1464 8 ай бұрын

Its really a fun way of introspection on the human species and a fun flip of the common script for scifi.

@lappesjl1 Жыл бұрын

Excellent story. Might make a good military sci-fi series.

@garyschreiber8776 Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of several SciFi series by multiple authors. For example, there's The Damned Trilogy by Alan Dean Foster, The Uplift Series by David Brin, and The Freedom Series by Anne McCaffery, to name a few... I see, below, that @jkirschy mentioned The Damned series. Basically most of the universe is "too civilized" to the point that most races have an inability to tolerate combat, yet Earth excels at it. Most of those authors are fun to read and very enjoyable. Anne McCaffery is one of my favorite authors, who unfortunately passed away in 2011.

@KomarBrolan Жыл бұрын

Love this story. Hopefully the real sentient races are this thoughtful and peaceful.

@Hallreaver 10 ай бұрын

This was really great, really great writing, it'd be awesome if there was more to the story :3

@5wasthenumber Жыл бұрын

Fun story, thanks!

@darkforge633 11 ай бұрын

This was so good, I love it. This needs to be turned into a comic or something.

@basilreid257 Жыл бұрын

Much applause I liked this a lot. Being seen from another point of view.

@makisko02 10 ай бұрын

This is awesome..you should write an entire book

@scifistories1977 10 ай бұрын

If you like that story, check out this same authors' other work. He has quite a few stories in this playlist. r/WRickWritesSciFi - Sci-Fi Stories: kzbin.info/aero/PLkBGMBYRr0mGfLtO633JFDuJd_dehSle-

@mortengu1385 11 ай бұрын

Loved the story and the interesting angle where humans are discussed in a xeno-biological study!

@JayJordanJuly Ай бұрын

Loved this short story!!!!

@lvc394 Жыл бұрын

The cow has eyes for hay, the wolf has eye for prey. One is there for dinner and the other is buffet.

@Chris-iv8sb 10 ай бұрын

amazing how this turned so many of our flaws into advantages when compared with other ecologically dominant sentient species.

@rayairey5770 Жыл бұрын

That was worth reading.......are you thinking of expanding on this one?

@scifistories1977 Жыл бұрын

I don't have plans to add to this story.

@chemievideo Жыл бұрын

u should start to make plans😂

@nativeafroeurasian 8 ай бұрын

Love the perspective. Some notes to consider though: 1. There are more animals using some kind of "war" between them to find territorry and the like (e.g. shimpanses) (giraffes, elk, deer and many others fight too sometimes until death) 2. Crows for example use the outsmarting strategy against oponents too, especially when hiding food 3. Humans have predators too including tigers and bears. But interestingly enough the smallest creatures are the most dangerous to him (snakes, spiders, frogs) when venemous as they are hard to detect and hard to kill. So he does fear it the most (in terms of deadly fears; there are more fears ranging from things "just" resulting in unpleasent lives to the power of the unalive nature). Many can't comprehend the scale of infinities and therefor overestimate the times and sizes inside finities all the way to infinities and simultaniously underestimate the true scale of absolute infinity. So it would probably make for a good and long distraction. 4. Everything unknown will be seen as a threat (fear is extrem and will lead to extremes when the target is unknown (that's how all the horror concepts of ghosts, weird figures, etc came to be and why they usually arise at night and/or remote places when the real cause of a simple movement by wind is not perfectly obvious)) and once gotton under control will be controlled and used Edit 5: diseases are unlikely to kill all of humanity, or any species for that matter, as there's enough genetic veriety in a healthily sized population to always have at least a few individuals to be immune against it by nature

@GoranXII Жыл бұрын

A nice story, but I think it's unlikely that humans are the _only_ carnivorous species in the galaxy, at least, if the number of sentient species is more than a half-dozen or so.

@justindunlap1235 Жыл бұрын

Right, especially since carnivorous animals on earth also form complex social structures, wolves and lions are perfect examples.

@GoranXII Жыл бұрын

@@justindunlap1235 Spotted hyenas moreso. But I was more thinking that most of the 'big brains' in the animal world will scavenge meat when they can, even if they don't actually engage in hunting.

@AJPemberton Жыл бұрын

You probably know, but humans are not carnivorous, our behaviours and instincts are not those of a carnivore. We can be aggressive, but so can many herbivores. The herbivorous aliens not having to adapt to the continual evolution of predator response as the story suggests - at least not until sentient hunters were encountered, would also be unlikely. That's not how evolution works. It's very unlikely that such species would never encounter intra-species conflict either. Limited space and resources would be almost a certainty on most planets.

@GoranXII Жыл бұрын

@@AJPemberton Me might not be *hypercarnivores* (>70% meat diet), but a good portion of us do at least fit as hypocarnivores (

@AJPemberton 11 ай бұрын

@@GoranXII bit of a late reply, but to clearify: humans probably have always eaten meat. Scavenged or hunted. But our evolution was as primates - omnivores at best, not carnivores. More to the point, the story suggests our speed, aggression and strength were due to that mistaken belief that we are carnivores. This is not how evolution works here on Earth. Herbivores are just as fast and strong as predators, often more so. There is no reason to think other planets/aliens would be different in this regard.

@draggador 11 ай бұрын

what amuses me the most that humans are unpredictable in general; humans are about as likely to help strangers & switch over to the side of their ex-enemies & ex-opponents as they're to betray & turn on their own ex-allies & ex-friends; irrespective of whatever they choose to do, they're also able to rationalize their actions extremely well & can provide convincing reasons which make their decisions seem sensible, despite the fact that it can all seem extremely random to anyone who doesn't actually have a stake in the entire thing

@alfonszitterbacke318 11 ай бұрын

We are the WH40k Orcs? I like dat. More dakka, there is never enough. 🤤

@TheAgamemnon911 8 ай бұрын

I really like this setting. The perspective is fresh and the worldbuilding is 10/10 and well researched. (the latter shines even better integrated into the story in "The Worst Species in The Galaxy", which you should totally search and watch next, if the algorithm hasn't recommended it already)