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Just because others have said bad things before, doesn't mean they cannot point out the wrongdoings of others. All that matters is if...

Thanks for being very civil, Anon. I appreciate it.

It’s a problematic world. Going after someone for something they thought was funny at the time with rage-cannons loaded isn’t the way, either.

I’ve seen members of the fanmily quit over the Salad Incident, as well as numerous examples of skewed humour from the twins. The point *I’m* trying to make is that everyone has said or done something on the spur of the moment that - in retrospect - wasn’t a wise choice.

All of our heroes have feet of clay. Every. Last. One.

Why?

Because we’re all human.

I still don’t get why we don’t allow our heroes to have that humanity aspect… why we have to be in their faces/up their butts about the minor quibbley things [Not saying that eating disorders are a minor quibble! I’m saying politically incorrect jokes are minor quibbles] is something I don’t always grok.

Read all tags, take with dose of salt, and at the very least, try to be polite about it. At least the Bennetts admit that they’re going to say politically incorrect things and they’ve stated that they don’t mean anything by it.

Does that count as an apology in advance?

[This post was written in a hurry and I didn’t have time for full edits. If anything offends, please understand what I’m trying to say instead of what I did say. Thank you]

Challenge #00489 - A114: Oxymoronic Artefacts

A sign in Braille that says “do not touch”

“Humans had to have made that,” said P’riix.

Tonq, the other archeologist on this ruined planet, peered at it. It was a wall plaque with two codified human languages on it. One of them, raised for the vision-impaired.

The flaking paint above read, “DO NOT TOUCH”

“Oh yes,” said Tonq. “We have clear evidence of humans.”

Which would alter all the reasonings concluded from the evidence

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Challenge #00488 - A113: Biggest Fans

A friend just showed me the opening lines to his new story and said I could use them as a prompt:

“This is the voice of the Mysterons. We know you can hear us, Earth-”
*sound of tape rewinding*
“…Sorry for the technical difficulties. To clarify, we are not the Mysterons. We are arguably worse.”

“Approach Cairo at vector two-one-niner by alpha seven,” sighed Kevin. “And we’ll thank you for a lack of

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Challenge #00487 - A112: Why They Never Came By

The humans’ reaction to finding out what the rest of the galaxy thought about them before actual first contact (bonus points mentioning the Pioneer plaques)

The humans learned fast. They apparently learned by messing around with things until something happened that they understood, and worked outwards from there.

And they had learned to read Ulu.

T'reka watched and recorded various humans at the Communications Centre that had once been a Hide Unit. They sat or stood at various info-stations and accessed data

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Challenge #00486 - A111: Camouflage

“Humans perceive sixteen times the colors we do. Do not hide in bushes or vines from humans. They can distinguish your pelt from the foliage with ease.”

There were always things to learn. Things like, once an anomalous shape is recognised, it’s easier to spot. Dappled shadows were better to hide in and blending was important.

“Gotcha!” said the human. “You really suck at hide-and-seek, T'yrt'yr[1].”

“I followed the rules,” she

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