Realm of the InterNutter

thefinespine:

a painful experience 

When you see your own head cannon become art.

…and then you realise that the artist has read That Fic…

(whoops)

Thanks for all the questions, RecklessPrudence!

They helped me stay both relatively sane and conscious.

But I still have two and a half (or so) hours to survive until bedtime.

TV is right out, because that makes me fall asleep [IRONY!]

Games can only hold my attention for so long.

Bluh.

Buy my books please?

Careful methodology can resemble insanity in the right circumstances.

Especially step 5 :D

successfully retrieved progeny

DONE my 500 words plus a few

Did my day job at home

Sill waiting for nice people to get back to me on things

And for book sales [hint motherf*cking HINT, people!]

Time to play games. Yeah.

internutter:

I FINISHED MY COFFEE AND I HAVE NO MIDDLE GEARS FOR LIKE 20 MINS

THIS IS HILARIOUS EVERYONE LAUGH NOW

BUY MY SHIT

I just realised that I’m gonna get a phone call from MeMum tomorrow like “ARE YOU OKAY? DO YOU NEED PROFESSIONAL HELP?”

…and I’m still laughing…

I FINISHED MY COFFEE AND I HAVE NO MIDDLE GEARS FOR LIKE 20 MINS

THIS IS HILARIOUS EVERYONE LAUGH NOW

BUY MY SHIT

I dunno. Given some of the cackling we’ve heard from Mythbusters…

Most scientific types just tend to get vexed at street-folk levels of misunderstanding, though.

The scientific method can be explained thus:

1. What would happen if we do the thing?


2. Think about doing the thing.


3. Do the thing.


4. Write down the results vs expectations


5. Repeat steps 3-5 until a large enough sample size is met


6. Publish

Considering that most TheThings are deadly [radiation comes readily to mind] than it&

…more or less…

“(s)he/ze had a troubled childhood”==“They had a troubled evolution…”

…if that isn’t a story prompt, I don’t know what is… [Pst! Submit box. Right there]

Well, the Numidid have the trope that to embrace science is to be mad… but it’s an occasionally useful madness that helps the species overall. So it’s strictly regulated.

Only humans ever came up with the Mythbusters. Blowing things up to encourage the young to engage in science? Madness.

Our mad scientists want to take over the world. Or show them all.

Their mad scientists merely want to prove a point. Often explosively.

Ah. Broadly. Yes.

You can tell a lot about people by the stories they love. Folk tales especially. In Russia, the Innocent Idiot wins because his heart is unsullied by temptation. In Europe, the self-sacrificing maiden is given to a prince as a reward.

Sometimes, quick-thinking or preparation are rewarded. But going by our fairy tales? We value selflessness, generosity, beauty, and valour.

Fantasy novels are a lot more complicated than that, but they generally work off the principle of a mythical

I still don’t think many humans would be that into making a Barrayar, though.

Plus I might get into trouble with Ms Bujold if I did name a Terran Colony ‘Barrayar’ or a recognisable facsimile thereof.

…but yeah. As chronicled in the books, the aliens would be looking for it because of what’s implied for the Time of Isolation. [“We can’t let cogniscents suffer like that! Not even Humans…”]

But

I need coffee.

Getting back to the questions as soon as I’m caffeinated.

…who’s working on the Wiki entry? Because I think these questions count as a published interview…

[Buy my books]

Ah. Yes. Well… That’s the problem.

Humans are the statistical outlier, as far as Galactic civilisations are concerned. They survived a Death World long enough to colonise other planets.They continue to treat mortal threats as fun. And generally should not be allowed near simple alcohol.

The working theory is that, should a species originate on a Death World, they go mad or they go bad [usually self-immolation, but sometimes, just avoided]. But there are very few examples that

Human science fiction mystifies aliens.

“They wrote this just after they had steam trains?” [Jules Verne, The First Man on the Moon]

“Yes…”

“And they wrote this just after they had electricity.” [Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, a Modern Prometheus]

“Yes.”

“And they filmed that before they set foot on any other celestial body?” [Star Trek]

“Yes.”

“And they thought it all up before they knew what was possible?”

Ho boy… In no particular order…

::deep breath of doom::

1. Our political leaders, the things they say on record, and the fact that we keep electing the buggers [coughScabbottcough]


2. Profits are more important than having crops [neocontids-v-bees]


3. Profits are more important than the environment we need to live [looking at you Monsanto/BP]


4. Profits are more important than having employees who can afford to buy your products [the minimum wage fiasco]


5. Profits are more important than people [ALL Big Business]