yo

oh damn i still have this huh

[mantoniospam]

Finished this weird-looking dog

[mantoniospam]

FINALLY finished painting these bloody Liberators

[mantoniospam]

Can you imagine how devastating it must have been for Rocky to learn about radiation?

Discovering that the reason everyone on your ship died is because the universe is, essentially, full of invisible poison? And not only did your people not know about it but it was, in fact, impossible for your people to have known about it in the first place because by sheer coincidence your entire species evolved on a planet shielded from it?

... Christ, did scientists on Erid discover it after they sent the Blip-A? How must that have felt?

[miraclesnail]

That space elevator and that ship was the biggest project on Erid. And it was rushed as Rocky said in the book. They probably sent their best scientists and their best engineer once it passes the initial safety tests because why the hell not? They’re your best chance of survival.

Can you imagine that after the first ship left, the Eridians tried building a second, maybe smaller, more space efficient ship? Because why not let’s do some space travel to see what’s around once the first crew came back. (And maybe as a back up in case something goes wrong). You take your time on the second ship because there’s less of a time crunch and also you sent your best engineer away on a mission. Then your new engineers start becoming sick and you don’t know why.

Then you figure out why and holy fuck. You just sent your smartest people off to their deaths. They’re dead. You killed them. And you need to start building a new ship ASAP to save your species. But how do you do that safely? So now you’re spending years and years trying to study this “radiation” knowing time is ticking away as your star die.

Rocky had been waiting at Tau Ceti for 46 years and it’s been longer for the Eridians because of relativity. They have no problem making astrophage so fuel isn’t a problem. I always wondered why they never sent a second or third ship in all those years and it must be because of the radiation.

[mantoniospam]

It must be because of that, surely!

... WAIT, ERIDIANS DON'T KNOW ABOUT RELATIVITY

The Hail Mary was a one way trip because that was all the astrophage fuel they could produce in time. The Eridians produced enough fuel for what they thought was a round trip, but because they didn't know about relativity and were running on Newtonian physics they ended up getting to Tau Ceti way sooner than expected using half the fuel they really needed

Maybe they didn't send another ship because they didn't know they still had time.

[mantoniospam]

Can you imagine how devastating it must have been for Rocky to learn about radiation?

Discovering that the reason everyone on your ship died is because the universe is, essentially, full of invisible poison? And not only did your people not know about it, but it was, in fact, impossible for your people to have known about it in the first place, because by sheer coincidence your entire species evolved on a planet shielded by it?

... Christ, did scientists on Erid discover it after they sent the Blip-A? How must that have felt?

[mantoniospam]

No, seriously, think about it. The Eridians were also running a Hail Mary program - they didn't have time for a second ship.

So imagine being a scientist on Erid discovering that A) Starlight is Poisonous, and 2) the ship full of people that you really need to not die, otherwise your biosphere is toast are now outside of communication range.

Erid discovering radiation after Rocky comes back would have also been harrowing, mind you!

No doubt they'll be celebrating (because hooray, we're not all going to die!) but the fact that all but one of the crew died because of an inconceivable Outside Context Problem, and the last survivor only made it back because of an Outside Context Solution (running into aliens with the game problem, a.k.a. Grace) would be enough to give Eridian leaders generational anxiety

[autisticlittleguy]

So, unlike Eridians, we discovered fire very early on and so our civilization kinda grew up with combustion right? We've had thousands of years to normalize it and get comfortable with the idea of using it casually for warmth or cooking etc.

In contrast, Eridians had to discover fire in a lab since their atmosphere doesnt have O2 like ours. So they dont have, like, an entire culture normalizing fire.

> Be me. Rocky the Eridian cosmonaut

> Tell Grace about Eridian space elevator design made out of Xenonite. Grace very impressed, says humans only dream about making space elevator.

> Odd? Ask Human friend Grace how humans got into space. Expecting some high tech solution since science humans clearly know more physics.

> Grace explains Humans strapped other Humans on top of Fire-Explodatron-9000 machines made out of weak human metal, basically Eridian cardboard, then shot them into orbit. Grace say the fire it makes is quite pretty to look at

[mantoniospam]

Can you imagine how devastating it must have been for Rocky to learn about radiation?

Discovering that the reason everyone on your ship died is because the universe is, essentially, full of invisible poison? And not only did your people not know about it but it was, in fact, impossible for your people to have known about it in the first place because by sheer coincidence your entire species evolved on a planet shielded from it?

... Christ, did scientists on Erid discover it after they sent the Blip-A? How must that have felt?

[inbabylontheywept]

i am banned from eating my herring inside. they make me eat it on the smoking area by the loading dock, under the theory that it already smells bad there. but it was raining today which was preventing my breakfast, so i was feeling sad and hungry and then i realized that there was a large cardboard box in the dumpster from a previous delivery. like a fridge sized box. so i fished it out of the dumpster, then tipped it on its side and had a nice little cardboard cave to watch the rain and eat my fish in. which was a great experience. very soothing. very zen. at least until the security guard from the day before stepped outside to smoke. then i tried hiding from him by crawling deeper in the box, which unfortunately did not work. instead he saw a sort of damp sniveling pale hairless creature eating fish in a box, and delivered the verbal killshot of "good morning, mr. smeagol." which is how my day was ruined before 8 am.

[bed-bath-and-bazinga]

A story in three parts

[inbabylontheywept]

you said i grabbed a wire bare,

i didn't know the voltage there

but if I did, well really, what's it to ya?

there was a blaze of pain in every nerve

the breaker flipped as power surged

and broke me with a holy hallelugyAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[mantoniospam]

BEHOLD! MY SHINY DAUGHTER WHOM I LOVE VERY MUCH

I'll be totally honest, I was fully prepared to mourn today. It's been over six weeks since pupation finished and I hadn't seen her since, so I had no idea if she was actually alive. But I dug her up today to spruce her terrarium, and lo and behold!

[mantoniospam]

Me attacking that fuckass Corvega plant for the hundreth time

[mantoniospam]

Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven except it's a man in grieving giving himself AI Psychosis

Is that anything

[mantoniospam]

My idiot son has been trying to eat his box, so I've changed the soil again

He's a little bigger, but not much heavier. Is that good?

[mantoniospam]

Dear Charlie Kirk:

If your blood is meant to be on the inside, why is it outside everywhere?

Curious.

[idiotsyncratic0]

[play-now-my-lord]

GORDON RAMSAY: Alright, mate. I'll forgive the cockup with the soup course, but I want that caprese salad, and if there's any more forbidden knowledge of the future in it I'm going to need words with the chef de cuisine ME: Absolutely, chef. We have your caprese salad coming out now *additional member of waitstaff brings out a dish on one hand, and lifts the cloche to reveal basil leaves, fresh mozzarella, and slices of San Marzano tomato artfully arranged to spell out "MARCH 15, 2048 - AUTO ACCIDENT"* GORDON RAMSAY: Hold on a moment. Is that when and how I die? ME: I don't know, chef. It seems at odds with the concept of free will that knowing such a thing would even be possible GORDON RAMSAY: Not even through the antipasti and I'm already being asked to subscribe to a non-deterministic universe. Fuck me

[escuerzoresucitado]

[escuerzoresucitado]

This is Papa, one of the most popular stray cats living in the Palace Museum in Beijing, China.

[saul-tortellini]