(Top 2021) - Humans are seen by the galaxy as the unnerving race.. | 856 Storytime

[@AgroSquerril]

The Link to the other linked story : kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4vHYpR-ds6pnLs

[@elmodelo101]

Thank you 😎👍

[@TheJasonBorn]

Was this made into a series?

[@AgroSquerril]

@@TheJasonBorn not as far as I know , just the two stories. One from each POV

[@TheJasonBorn]

@@AgroSquerril, TY. Sigh. The end made me hopeful. Maybe someone will report back with more. Either way, even this was a treat in itself.

[@elvladiskov6174]

so, basically the "so yes, remember how oxigen basically burns everything even metal -albeit an slower pace- Well, they basically breathe it..."

[@jameson1239]

Bit of an over simplification but close enough

[@atomicskull6405]

It's like if we met aliens that were made of fluorine compounds and breathed CIF3

[@Otgel]

@@atomicskull6405 or a fish that swims in ethanol, and sulfuric acid. On titan.

[@Amoth_oth_ras_shash]

@@Otgel hey now..just because you humunculies been ignoring ther contact calls for the last decade asking you to come pick up that crashed satellite dont mean you can pretend the 'Flllrghnmglufgh' not even exists how rude! whats next... going to claim since your the 'only' bairly sentient native to the system you claim ther birth world is free to drill into pieces for raw materials ?

[@rudios92]

Fyi, it melts us too. Much of the aging process is due to Oxidation

[@TarsonTalon]

You know, maybe this is why the aliens never visit. Our planet is worse than Mustafar to them.

[@turbopokey]

Ooo, maybe those "greys" are their robots/telepresence units. (Maybe the sasquatch as well, lol)

[@Sharkakaka]

We are the Australia of the galaxy, but we are the universe equivalent of a Russian floridaman

[@MrJinglejanglejingle]

And if they saw that film, they would be absolutely bewildered to find out that we'd consider living on that planet. And thinking that some races could live there, too. Though, in reality, it'd probably pretty likely that SOME sort of sentient race, beyond Humans, could live there.

[@mstrfool]

I blame rule 34.

[@kingnothing8570]

i was looking for this kinda of story and if life isnt oxygen dwelling than oxygen is basically a super acid.

[@matejlieskovsky9625]

"Yeah, sure, we'll 3D print this copper heat exchanger for you. Can we borrow your quantum computers for a sec?"

[@lukasklaumannsmoller7923]

but this scenario is actually possible, starting conditions so easy on a planet that it allows peaceful evolution would likely mean that the inhabitants would be very sensitive to most likely anything at all. it might also be the other way around...

[@isaackinsley1662]

I mean each is something the other doesn't have or can't make themselves. Seems like a fair deal to me

[@matejlieskovsky9625]

@@isaackinsley1662 Exactly! Cooperation that might be as beneficial as the one in "Alien Minds" :-D

[@thegalacticempire2632]

@@isaackinsley1662 except that it still may be warm enough to kill them

[@SkylerLinux]

@@thegalacticempire2632 No-no, Humanity can cool it down to temperatures that they could use. Even today it could be done, might be a bit warm for them; but still it could be done.

[@zyanidwarfare5634]

If the aliens are worried about us using iron and titanium imagine how they would feel when they learn we can also work tungsten

[@sirbaconbuster]

Wait until they find out how welding works.

[@zyanidwarfare5634]

@@sirbaconbuster for real, but it wouldn’t take much to really scare them anyways they’d probably be terrified of a warm bath, especially scared of saunas

[@bombomos]

Not just work it, but we sling it using combustion too

[@ForWeAreMany]

imagine if they knew we can use nuclear fision

[@MIGO949]

or uranium 💀

[@terrykrugii5652]

I love that there was 2 versions of this story, from both sides of the first contact

[@AgroSquerril]

check the pinned comment for a link to the other one

[@terrykrugii5652]

@@AgroSquerril I've already watched, but thank you sir

[@PoldaranOfDalaran]

I thought this sounded a lot like the other one but from the other point of view. Nice.

[@ballsacsincorp]

i know it's a bit too late to say but there's a sort of series happening

[@EvilPaladin11]

​@@ballsacsincorp There's a third installment?

[@EnergyBurst2]

Oh nice, we get to see the other perspective from the "Bubbler" story.

[@steveradroach9101]

Wait, really?

[@HitMeNot]

@@steveradroach9101 Yep!

[@ShiroNekoDen]

@@steveradroach9101 wait you didn't notice? It's the first thing i noticed, i was like hey i've this before :3

[@steveradroach9101]

@@ShiroNekoDen Well,before I saw that comment, no😆

[@AgroSquerril]

check the pinned comment for a link to the other one

[@199022009]

D'awww the peaceful aliens are gonna meet the hell-orcs for the first time

[@MyrdinAnnoth]

And if they ever get proper insulations, many headpats of the little tentacle monsters shall be had. Woe to all who try to harm the space octopuses the "Hell dwellers" have befriended xd

[@AmbroseBoaBowie]

The way that ends. Imagine a reality TV show on their planet “walking with humans”

[@ATart6]

Humans: All may enter(with caution ⚠️) few may leave! Let’s test your mettle!

[@AmbroseBoaBowie]

@@ATart6 I was thinking more like a National Geographic thing

[@ATart6]

@@AmbroseBoaBowie I was thinking more like mad max…..or brazzers

[@AmbroseBoaBowie]

@@ATart6 get out!

[@ATart6]

@@AmbroseBoaBowie hehehehehe 😈

[@demonwalker01]

It would be pretty interesting if our first contact was with a cryo-life form

[@widdershins5383]

Our first contact will most likely be with something on a planet toxic to us lol we’ll find weird signals and notice non-natural shapes on drone flyovers

[@ballsacsincorp]

alien: proceeds to burn to death even in suits

[@Steelwhip2001]

I was always so sad when I heard the companion story to this. That Humans and Bubblers would be forever separated from each other. But the ending to this made me very happy.

[@AgroSquerril]

:)

[@drtidrow]

Eventually they build suits that allow each species to visit the other's worlds. :-)

[@TheJasonBorn]

@@drtidrow, could we get a link to that?

[@RatRatRattyRatRat]

"Never visiting in person" *Laughs in closed cycle respirator and thermal insulation*

[@davidtucker9498]

That would be INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS!!! ...for THEM. Imagine what would happen if your suit breached? You would likely die, eventually, but the heat from your body would immediately begin to heat the atmosphere around you, cooking those nearby alive! Their resting temp is around 10K, it's likely that a breach in your suit (which you could survive, potentially, if patch quickly) would instantly kill an entire room full of them...

[@DeaconBlues117]

That was the solution used in James White's Sector General stories that allowed warm-blooded doctors into the methane wards, so that DBDG doctors like Conway could treat SNLU patients without killing them on contact.

[@markfergerson2145]

Insulation only works so well for so long. See the history of space probes on the surface of Venus.

[@RatRatRattyRatRat]

@@markfergerson2145 yeah but a short little visit, a wee little pop in, ya know.

[@ianharrison5758]

@@RatRatRattyRatRat and a wee little pop in your suit is about to be a core memory for their species

[@scarcevoyage4079]

Wait wait wait this the the part two or like the other perspective to the Bubblers story from along time ago has to be or the details match really well Awesome!!!

[@AgroSquerril]

reverse perspective from 691

[@waynecampeau4566]

One of my favorite space operas by Doc Smith is "Spacehounds of I.P.C" Written in the 40's it has a section just like this in the last third of the story. The natives build out of ice and can't come close the the human unless they are both wearing extreme thermal armor. They watch over a video link in fascination and horror as he welds metal and refreshes himself with drafts of molten ice on a high G world!

[@pixynowwithevenmorebelkanb6965]

Dont tell them about Venus.. and how we got there

[@jakestaples93]

Or about our outer neighbors the silicon space dragons that colonized venus.

[@Attaxalotl]

We gave that to the dragons

[@Kari-tu3fs]

Yay, the bubblers get to interact with us. This makes me happy

[@theender422]

I'm looking forward to a third story where they get to interact in the aforementioned suits

[@drtidrow]

It's grown into a whole series - they even manage to make suits that allows Bubblers and Terrans to walk on each other's worlds.

[@harshasandhu5653]

@@drtidrow where can I find it?

[@Calix_Beowolf]

@@harshasandhu5653 did you ever find out?

[@harshasandhu5653]

@@Calix_Beowolf if you go to the description of the video there will be a link to the reddit story there you can continue reading the story

[@Calix_Beowolf]

@@harshasandhu5653 ah ok

[@HiltownJoe]

To be quite honest, within months human scientists would have churned out a cryogenic transport vehicle to allow them to visit us.

[@Marcus_Postma]

We literally already have that technology. The problem for us is that it's fatal for us to be that cold, and we don't know how to bring anything larger than a mouse back to life. But for the bubblers, our cryogenic technology could be outfitted for them to simply move around.

[@aaronerror6819]

If I remember the other story correctly, they operate at 10 Kelvin. We might be able to bring them to Earth in a capsule, but the amount of energy required to maintain that, along with the insulation required, would prohibit them from doing anything other than being here. They couldn't even have a glass viewport because it would frost over constantly. Robots are actually a very good solution; our engineers could create a robot with "forbidden materials" that would operate at their temperature, and could manufacture a robot to their specs that would survive our world.

[@bookboy2]

I love when a sequel hfy story gets read here. Thanks for the story!!!

[@AgroSquerril]

a pleasure

[@MouseMask-p1z]

Oh hey, I found your reading of the original just a little while ago! Glad to see there’s another perspective.

[@AgroSquerril]

was released recently

[@PunishedMaracas]

youd wonder how these aliens became a space-faring race without being able to handle combustible resources and hardy metals

[@Hektols]

They use materials and combustible sources that only work in extremely low temperatures, that's the reason they couldn't approach the sun past Jupiter, in compensation it is very likely that their ships would work better than human's in the interstellar vacuum.

[@2ndbrain909]

Inertia maybe? Like slingshots.

[@fm56001]

Slingshot

[@gkagara]

Well there is a lot of celestial body that doesn't use metal as "hull" Comet and such is basically an ice.

[@zacharyhawley1693]

We get to see the bubbler's POV :D

[@steveradroach9101]

I hope we get the rest of that story soon!

[@Ova-bv4os]

there is a story from the point of view of humans. Not sure what it was called though

[@LJG_582]

it’s pinned in the comment section if ur still interested the humans pov

[@bvc5320]

TSTA(To Spite the Algorithm) Nice seeing these reverse side types.

[@reasonablehiccups4792]

… the algorithm will remember that Lol 😂

[@bvc5320]

@@reasonablehiccups4792 The Algorithm seems intent on making good Channel obscure. Replying forces the Algorithm to grudgingly give it attention.

[@incarnation6664]

" I get to walk with humans. Wish me luck!" somehow dis is cute. a positive bubbly type of alien...

[@EvilPaladin11]

They're do bubbly, that one could call them "bubblers".

[@cube3648]

there's a continuation of the story called "together against the darkness" that involves the sorta in-person meeting!

[@AgroSquerril]

i think its a full blown series now

[@cube3648]

@@AgroSquerril :D!

[@mstrfool]

Why is it the aliens always seem to make so much more sense?.... That hydrogen monoxide is scary stuff. It can eat through most anything in time.

[@kingkiller1451]

I think I like these ones where the temperatures we live in are seen as ridiculously hot.

[@jnorth3341]

That would actually be about as good as possible, cause we sure wouldn't be fighting over habitable worlds.

[@Zakvadr1995]

I need a part three for the second contact! This is great!

[@AgroSquerril]

glad you liked

[@Pip8448]

This is so wholesome! :D We're explorers, your explorers: Let's be friends! You're too hot and we're too cold... Mecha suits of friendship!

[@Jason-sm4oc]

"Walking with Humans" ... That's a show I want to see on Netflix ... :))

[@eleethtahgra7182]

A space faring vessels that couldnt handle solar radiation? This is bordering the ridicullness of OP MC of many current isekai manga genre....

[@Brakvash]

The Aliens cant work metal - so they work stuff like ice which is as hard as a mineral to them. Any comet or object made of ice which gets within Jupiters orbit starts falling apart.

[@trutwhut6550]

They stay in the deeper emptier parts of the universe where there isn't enough heat for things to survive normally, basically they became space faring and strong from lack of even basic enemies and grew slowly but steadily over time.

[@DeaconBlues117]

@@trutwhut6550 Think of the Outsiders from Niven's Known Space stories, for instance - a life form that lives in hard vacuum, subsisting off the difference in electrical potential when part of one's body is in shadow, following their slow paths from galactic core to galactic rim. The trading post for this region of the galaxy has leased Nereid, one of Neptune's moons, as a comfortable base. They don't approach any closer to stars than that, nor do they need to. Where do they come from? Why do they eschew FTL? Why do they follow the mysterious plants called "starseeds" from center to edge and back? These and other "personal" questions will be answered for the fee of one trillion UN stars (or the equivalent in kzin currency) _each._

[@midnightstar1289]

If we leave "hell" we need to artificially recreate the vaporized oxygen and the lava.

[@MCraven120]

Great, nie I can't unimagine alien spaceships made of ice.

[@KlavierMenn]

Have you heard of Orion Arm? There they describe a cryogenic race called Muuh, which had Iceships

[@Paulie4President]

lol nice i heard this from the other side just a few hours ago, love the channel and content

[@samueltrusik3251]

Amazing work as always. I always thought that scientists should be looking at all types of planets for life, not just ours, since we can`t be sure our human bias about how life works is correct, so this was very interesting for me.

[@drtidrow]

The thing is, carbon is virtually unique in being able to make very large, complex molecules. That makes it by far the most likely basis for extraterrestrial life.

[@UNGGodYT]

if minus 274 celsius is absolute zero , and heat can go up to millions, we humans thrive in a quite cold place .

[@AgroSquerril]

true

[@2ndbrain909]

The algorithm sent me. Thank you for the story. I have now subscribed

[@AgroSquerril]

Thank you , glad you enjoyed and For the algortithm!

[@2ndbrain909]

@@AgroSquerril Lowkey might end up binging your content. Because this stuff seems right up my alley. :D

[@AgroSquerril]

@@2ndbrain909 i wont complain about that ;)

[@MrMaradok]

8:32 To be fair, the Bubbleers did show up on our front porch, so to speak. If not for the danger, they’d have stumbled on Earth immediately!

[@glassramen]

These are the best types of stories. Humans being weird or unsettling for the other species.

[@Luthor_]

Humans seen as radioactive lava monsters lmfao

[@umbraaegis6298]

I said it once, and I'll say it again I want to eat an ice cube in front of these guys.

[@punkinhaidmartin]

Now that was well done! It reminded me of the stories i read in the sixties.

[@S4t4n_NZ]

Nice to see that story fleshed out a bit better

[@AgroSquerril]

yup

[@darth_dan8886]

Sounds like the other end of the Bubbler story tbh.

[@AgroSquerril]

that it is

[@user-mu8ok5xf8d]

Where can I hear this story

[@darth_dan8886]

@@user-mu8ok5xf8d kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4vHYpR-ds6pnLs This should be the one

[@proberts34]

This story, and its counterpart story, from the perspective of the humans, are my two favorite HFY stories. My compliments to the author and the narrator.

[@TheRealInscrutable]

This is so much like another story you read, but the telepresence robots are a new and ingenious twist!

[@professionalmoron5604]

Apparently, "Would you like to visit Earth?" is a threat here.

[@AgroSquerril]

lol

[@marshmallowgod284]

For the mysterious algorithm

[@AgroSquerril]

for the algorithm

[@reasonablehiccups4792]

For the algorithm =)

[@gelusvenn5063]

I hadn't seen this part! That upticks things into a pleasantly hopeful bent that makes it even better.

[@Monster_Ink]

I liked the excitement of the scientists XD For the algorithm!

[@AgroSquerril]

For the Algorithm

[@grafeugenius]

This is somehow cute and wholesome. The giddiness from both sides are amusing

[@AgroSquerril]

:)

[@emilybroderick2421]

You narrate as well as Jim Dale. Bravo, sir!

[@AgroSquerril]

Thank you , glad you enjoy

[@DEMONOFLOVEANDDEATH]

Bless the Squerril Bless the Author Wish I could like a story every time I hear it

[@匚尺卄]

i hear this voice i dont think of HFY i think of Steampunk for some reason

[@zelousfoxtrot3390]

I lost this story once. This series is amazing. Gonna share it with my kids.

[@BaalAdvocate]

Hmm. These alien's ain't too bright, like, how did they even get into space if everything freaks them out?

[@Hektols]

Just imagine a race able to breath sulfuric acid.

[@MizukiStone44]

Courage.

[@FrostWolfPack]

I wish that brave alien luck!

[@DragonJohn]

Is fun to see the Bubblers side, hope there's a continuation

[@AgroSquerril]

time shall tell

[@fluxgameing8265]

It’s nice to see the story continued

[@AgroSquerril]

it is

[@hogfry]

This is awesome bubblers chapter 2

[@rupertmiller9690]

Nice comment? Okay. I enjoy how you take a few voices, some cadence and rhythm changes and BAM! a universe of characters is made.

[@AgroSquerril]

Glad you enjoyed

[@terricon4]

I feel at this point, once we share our network protocols and computer systems basics enough, it'd be easier to send blueprints to the other party, so the other party can build something in their own environment using their own technology that's safe int heir own environment. Imagine a human robot that has a failure and some sparks go off, minor issue to us, OH GOD TOM! to them. Or theirs, probably using some super cooled liquids or materials that they know how to work with inside the pressure/thermal shell, a random leak or issue happens and it bursts out, hitting someone with a freezing spray of gas like from a batman comic with dr freeze. By comparison, design for shape, sensors, etc... and then the other party builds it means the humans build the bubbler bot out of normal safe to work in materials and design principles in our environment, and they can make a human like one that operates safely in their environment using their own principles and experience building stuff to work in such that we most definitively lack.

[@Arclite02]

Pretty sure that's what they're doing, actually. "Each side is going to construct robots of the other side"... Sounds to me like they're going to make a robo-human with their tech, and we're going to remotely pilot it. And vice versa.

[@himanshuwilhelm5534]

DIscount Baldermort. Still very good!

[@MyrdinAnnoth]

Love the happy ending of this one. Very positive vibes.

[@dgracey01]

I've been looking forward to listen to the story that first brought me into the HFY reddit: The Bubbleverse.

[@bigjay875]

That was just what I needed to hear to improve my out look today.👍 Something positive and up lifting to off set the negative emotions I have been dealing with brought on by the never ending floods of sad bad tragic news all under the renewed clear and pressint threat of global nuclear extinction. Thanks for a little sliver of light in a very dark depressing time in my life and in this point in world history

[@jakestaples93]

So we can now settle 3 races in Sol. Us on the 3rd planet. Our space dragon friends on the 2nd. And the bubbles on Pluto. 3 planets down 6 to go.

[@KlavierMenn]

Not pluto. Titan, enceladus or Europa seems to be best bets. I'm assuming that they are ammonia-based, to refer as water as 'rock', so Titan would be a perfect home for them.

[@jakestaples93]

@@KlavierMenn they also said they where pushing their crafts heat tolerances just being in the ring. Pluto is much further out and a cold rock. No heat issues for the cryo lifeforms was my thoughts.

[@Lorkanthal]

@@KlavierMenn the human side of this story shows them to be sodium based and had an average body temp of 10 kelvin.

[@IC1101-Capinatator]

@@Lorkanthal Then send them to Sedna. That’s the coldest place in the Solar System.

[@MrSockez]

its cool that we get to see the Bubblers point of view

[@AgroSquerril]

:)

[@nachtwaya8721]

Loved this first contact tale

[@pensive7270]

Aliens: IS THAT IRON WHAT THE HELL HOW DID THEY WORK WITH SUC- WHAT THE HELL IS THAT HOW ARE THEY ABLE TO USE ALL THESE MATERIALS WITHOUT MELTING THEMSELVES!?!? Human: What, this? You want some? No worries just give a planet, or 20, all of your technologies, ships, a couple billion slave sacrifices, and you, yes you, can be the owner of our one-of-a-kind iron! Perfectly molded to your specifications!

[@chongwillson972]

that seems like a bad trade.

[@justinsmith5870]

I love the progress from the original version. Not that it's more positive but the "we can do the thing!" childlike excitement of actually doing something after putting in the brain work.

[@discusmaximus]

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

[@abrahamsorby8193]

00:22 I do 😊. Thank you

[@coyotism8563]

Man, i was hoping we'd get their reaction of the ship diving into Jupiter lol

[@darrells1610]

Glad for the happy ending--I feel like we'd get along great with adventurous aliens like this!

[@michaelmclachlan1650]

A deep space research vessel named "Distant Knowledge" - excellent choice. And a delightful story too, I'll look for the following chapters.

[@purpledevilr7463]

For the Algorithm!

[@AgroSquerril]

for the algorithm

[@nooneofimportance2110]

Cool, I never thought that I'd see a sequel to "the Bubble".

[@AllfatherSolutions]

interesting point of veiw. look forward to seeing similar theamed stories

[@marshmallowgod284]

So in conclusion humans live in hell

[@mutehowl]

Humans the infernal creatures.

[@mstrfool]

Been saying that for years.

[@dmaxcustom]

There is more radiation outside the heliosphere than inside of it, rather it keeps the harsh stuff out from our solar system. They would have never been able to travel through interstellar medium if they had issues with a rather mild Yellow star like ours. Fun story though.

[@Lorkanthal]

i assume they are talking about thermal radiation since heat is their main problem with getting any closer then jupiter.

[@ernestmac13]

The Voyager Probes have determined space outside the influence of our sun is a very hot plasma, thus any aliens traveling from one solar system to another solar system, would have technologies that compensate for this heat and radiation.

[@trutwhut6550]

Thermal radiation melts them seemingly

[@bradwolf07]

I immediately recognized this story from it's companion story. How cool

[@DEMONOFLOVEANDDEATH]

For the Squerril

[@AgroSquerril]

for the algorithm

[@lancethewisp1097]

Wait till they hear what else we are made off

[@alexisgrunden1556]

The ferrous iron in our hemoglobin, the calcium in our bones?

[@mstrfool]

Heck, wait till they see our internet. Two words, rule 34...

[@jimmywrangles]

Excellent story.

[@markmulder9845]

Ah humans. The most cheerful and friendly creatures possible. That is until you cross them. Then they just turn into a united front of raging murder machines that will exterminate you to the last or die trying.

[@rembrandtshadows]

very beautiful story

[@badjer4328]

Left out where they shared the specs of thier FTL drive

[@anticarrrot]

Just imagine if the Bubblers ever got into trouble with a third party, and the humans sent a ship to help. They'd be too worried of us turning our engine on, or indeed just opening an airlock, to do anything. :p

[@Fearless-44]

Nice

[@AgroSquerril]

:)

[@flameendcyborgguy883]

And then we meet silica based life... "-So, friends... we found new alien civilisation... -Oh cool! So where do they live? -Well, this is the worst part... -Oh no... they live in simular tempertures to you? -No... -So in our tempertures? -Also no... They live on vulcanic planet. -Wait... What? Your planet is vulcanic! -No. Our is safe... Their is around 1700 degrees celsius. -... -... -How many is that? -Around 63 times what we have on earth if going by celsius scale, or around 6 times from absollute zero. -WHAT?! -Yea, they are silica based, and if temperture is lower then 1600, their life function shuts down, and they become the rock. -AGAIN, WHAT THE F*CK?! EVEN ON YOUR PLANET SILICA MATERIALS ARE SOLIDS!! - We told you, we weren't the most hardcore in temperature departmen."

[@Chokah]

Are you meaning the Dragons we have Venus too?

[@jakestaples93]

I'd imagine he is talking about the silicon dragons. Also we could give the bubbles Pluto. It might be cold enough for them.

[@KirelRed]

Great story, from both sides

[@baconboi4482]

“Rocks” this man called ice a rock, lmao

[@FurlongStrongPersonal]

I NEVER KNEW THERE WAS A SEPARATE POV STORY

[@hollyferay8131]

Super geeky cool💜

[@twilighttricksterXXI]

Ahh the Bubbleverse one of my favorites

[@elvladiskov6174]

then they forget we could also die on their planets.