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This writing prompt from about a year ago on the other site is relevant:
Aliens take over the Earth. They then announce that they will be forcing the humans to work a “tyrannical” 4 hours a day 4 days a week in exchange for basic rights like housing. Needless to say they are very confused when the humans celebrate their new alien overlords.
Link, if you wish
I did a similar one a few months back too.
Is there a good, active writing prompts community on Lemmy?
No, none that I know of.
Start the community that you want to see! Let me know if you do, I would contribute every now and again.
I would love to. I just don’t think I have the time to devote to it to do it right.
A civilization capable of interstellar imperialism* would be focused on long-term exploitation of less primitive societies, so they would probably manage us better than the current elites do. A more educated, healthy worker is simply more productive than the alternative, especially in the long term.
- unless it is some kind of swarm of space locusts that just devour everything in their path.
I know aliens haven’t found this planet because Musk is still alive, and he’s a threat to their goals.
Enslaves us and treat us like property? Oh how original
OOP has clearly never played “Stellaris”.
A few years ago I wrote a short story about a benevolent alien alliance coming to earth because they observe planets with intelligent life to evaluate if they’re worthy of joining the alliance.
They say they usually take 10ish years to do a complete evaluation but it took less than 3 for them to determine not only are we not worthy, but they are officially quarantining our solar system. The basis of their determination: 10 people on this planet have the resources and means of legitimately end all suffering and make this planet a utopia, but they would instead poison and burn 3/4 of the planet to hoard more of those resources for themselves.
Hahaha yes; funny short story. Hopefully nobody violates the quarantine. :)
Sounds like the hate us for our freedoms.
Time to bring back ‘freedom fries’ at mcdonalds and go to war with some aliens.
Post it, please?
It’s not on my drive, and I think I may have completely lost it, but here’s a synapsis from the last time I posted it…
The whole premise was on some rando day all screens with sound on earth (kinda live V), started broadcasting a message from the ambassador from the Concordium, and it’s all one giant monologue from him. He just says that anytime they find advanced, intelligent life in the galaxy they monitor them for roughly 11 of our years to ensure they’re advanced enough and are able to exist within their structure and harmony. But it took less than 3 for them to determine we are not, cannot, and never will never be functionally capable of it. One cited example is there at 10 individuals on the planet with enough wealth and resources to legitimately end hunger and poverty, and advance the civilization 100 years in maybe 10, but they’d rather burn the planet and let over 1/3 of the population suffer and die just to increase their already obscene wealth. Others include individuals damaging or killing themselves and others in displays of barbarism for mere entertainment, hate based on superficial features, and constant warring not towards the advancement of peace and prosperity but material goods and archaic resources that only further destroy the planet. As a result, our solar system is considered quarantined; they will not enter it, nor are we allowed to leave. If we attempt to they will eliminate us so we don’t poison the rest of the galaxy as we have our own planet. Only twice have they encountered warring species similar to us, and both times theose species’s intention was to try and build advanced warships to conquer their way out of their solar systems, but because of their nature they both ended up destroying themselves and their planets in the process.
It ends with the transmission being cut, and the ambassador being asked if he thinks this could make humans unify and work towards the goal of bettering themselves to the point of being welcomed into the Concordium. He replies it has never happened in their recorded history
Don’t forget the universal truth that it can always get worse.
You mean will
But what if they take you to their planet and show you their advanced society that everyone works a 3-days week and have great healthcare, just to send you back to Earth afterward??
Aliens probably watch earth like a trashy reality show. Just full cringe all the time
Oh you sweet summer child of a blog poster. The aliens could make us live like say, how things are going for the Ethiopians, Syrians, Congolese, Lebanese, Palestineans, Yemeni, Russians etc.
Or like people have lived through most of history. Especially as a someone who presents female, that seems especially non ideal.
Not give US healthcare again.
There, I fixed it.
Fuckingcapitalists
Wait, are you saying Donald Trump is actually human??
dumb as a post and shits his pants… seems pretty human.
He’s alien as a human
Wait… “The” ufo sightings? Is this person using language incorrectly, or have i been living under a rock.
Mother effing Prime Directive!
Edit: realized Prime Directive is a proper noun. Corrected Capitalization.
The anunaki created us to harvest gold for their ships 👽
