Right. AlsoStrategic location of and destruction of alien power supply unveils these pretentious, often toga-wearing interstellar intellectuals to be in fact some kind of puny, looked-down-upon life form, some sort of street pigeons of space.
― TS The Students vs. The Regents (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 12 June 2019 01:57 (four years ago) link
Earlier tonight overheard my girlfriend, an addictive consumer of junk sci fi, angrily exclaim from the next room:“Come ON! Why is it always a HIVE mind??”
― One Eye Open, Wednesday, 12 June 2019 02:04 (four years ago) link
You want maybe a Hadoop Mind?
― TS The Students vs. The Regents (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 12 June 2019 02:11 (four years ago) link
226 alien looking exactly like a human except with e.g. blue or orange skin
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Wednesday, 12 June 2019 03:11 (four years ago) link
227 puzzle, code, language or devastating situation barely solvable using current Earth technology within 1-24 hours
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Wednesday, 12 June 2019 03:13 (four years ago) link
232. As plot is stalling out, supporting scientist character pops in to report that they've finished running some tests on the creature, comatose survivor, mysterious signal, or strange energy pulse they picked up from the spaceship earlier. They don't quite know what to make of it, but the heroes had better come take a look.232a. The comatose survivor has finally woken up and is acting very strangely...
― Good morning, how are you, I'm (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 12 June 2019 03:35 (four years ago) link
233. Breathless back-of-envelope calculations of how quickly a creature that multiplies at this rate could spread to cover the planet.
― Good morning, how are you, I'm (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 12 June 2019 03:36 (four years ago) link
234 Female 'other' (alien, robot, whatever) turns out to be evil.
― adam the (abanana), Wednesday, 12 June 2019 06:40 (four years ago) link