HAW Comp 20 - Sergeant Stabby

+77

(08/21/2017)[-]

Some of these are great (actually really liked the Frozen Ones one) but some are just painful to read. That Casey/Millennial thoughts one actually physically disgusted me.

#2 to #1 - daspopo#390 on commentsRank#390

+60

(08/21/2017)[-]

Anytime they write "xe" or "xir" just pisses me off. Don't want to misgender the aliens! ffs

#4 to #2 - leonhardt#79 on commentsRank#79

+36

(08/22/2017)[-]

I mean I hate this PC "muh genders" **** as much as the next guy but what if they reproduce asexually, or what if they ******* have 12 genders? They're aliens.
And if there's more than one alien in the scene, or they're interacting with something, saying "it" repeatedly gets confusing real fast.

That said the Casey one was terrible.

#7 to #4 - daspopo#390 on commentsRank#390

(08/22/2017)[-]

I dunno. It bothers me. Probably just me seeing something that isn't there.

#10 to #7 - thulsadoombot

(08/22/2017)[-]

I understand the whole "even if the aliens only have 2 sexes, their pronouns will probably be different" but it's hard to make work, especially in the messy formats Tumblr posts usually have. I legit got confused because I thought the xe/xir was referring to Casey at first, and I had no idea what anybody was or looked like. Also what the **** is a Millennial way of dealing with things, is that a thing? Is this what it's like, being old? ****.

#22 to #4 - thekeeperofthumbs#265 on commentsRank#265

(08/22/2017)[-]

You make a good point, but it's still kinda jarring readingthe words "xe", "xir" and the like. I'll be smoothly reading each word, then the next, but then "xem" throws me off and I have to retrace my steps.

#11 to #4 - galvanizeddreamer

(08/22/2017)[-]

I would say just use third-person/plural/ungendered pronouns, stuff like they/their/it and so on.

"It" could be seen as insulting, and the others would be considered grammatically incorrect, but it would cause readers such as myself less physical pain.

#12 to #11 - galvanizeddreamer

(08/22/2017)[-]

*ignore suggestion of "it", I didn't see that part of your comment.

#32 to #4 - angelious#361 on commentsRank#361

(08/22/2017)[-]

then just use he or a she...they can also be used to describe gender roles you know..

#35 to #32 - leonhardt#79 on commentsRank#79

(08/22/2017)[-]

****** androgynous asexual rock monsters aren't gonna have gender roles m8

#36 to #35 - angelious#361 on commentsRank#361

(08/22/2017)[-]

yet they conform to human gender roles well enough to be defined for them.

if they didnt. then they would be so ******* alien to us that we wouldnt be able to write stories with them interacting with us in the form presented in these stories,.

#37 to #36 - leonhardt#79 on commentsRank#79

(08/22/2017)[-]

But people do that literally all the time.

"There are no genders in Monolith culture. It's hard to assign gender roles to sentient piles of rocks. That said, the one that responds to 'Fred Flinstone' can sure as hell make a delicious Warpling Stew."

#38 to #37 - angelious#361 on commentsRank#361

(08/22/2017)[-]

doesnt. matter.

gender role is a societal invention by humans to describe certain actions that are found acceptable for members of certain sex.

doesnt matter if the alien is a space rock.a flying piece of spaghetti or a ******* pile of goopedygoop. they can be assigned a gender by observing how they interact with the world around them.

#50 to #2 - raelianchick

(09/02/2017)[-]

I hope someone misgenders you!

#21 to #1 - thekeeperofthumbs#265 on commentsRank#265

(08/22/2017)[-]

"hurr durr only millenials have random thoughts"
lmfao

#49 to #1 - raelianchick

(09/02/2017)[-]

Me too. And I'm a millenial.

#8 - leonhardt#79 on commentsRank#79

+27

(08/22/2017)[-]

That'd be my ******* favorite thing about living in space. Getting to explain all the stupid ******** humans do to squishy space faggots and then laughing at their dumb asses.

"Human Brigadier General Leonhardt, I am detecting foreign mineral content on your meal ration of puh-tay-too spears and condensed tuh-may-too fluid."
"Yeah it's called salt, idiot."

Constantly bulli the spacemen. It'll remind them of who the greatest empire is.

#48 to #8 - raelianchick

(09/02/2017)[-]

Oh yeah? We ca't even not blow ourselves up!

#14 - pipeworks

+24

(08/22/2017)[-]

What a lot of these things seem to forget is that aliens would be just as incomprehensible to us. We have skydiving, they starve themselves for giggles. We wear braces, they peel off their skin because the subdermal layer is more aesthetic and stylish. We see colors, they make art out of magnetic fields. We need to be touched to develop properly, they need constant reminders that the sky exists. We cuddle, they chew on each other's eyeballs. We dream while we sleep, they scream every time they excrete waste. **** like that.

Also, I find some of these to be kind of a stretch. I don't think invading aliens would give up just because we wear braces, I doubt a serious captain would just let a random crew member re-paint the whole ship for no discernible reason, and I doubt that aliens who play a 400 year old game wouldn't have thought of the "Quantity vs Quality" strategy before meeting a human given how similar the game is to any average human game.

#16 to #14 - abignerd

+10

(08/22/2017)[-]

Their are people on earth that scream every time they take a **** and need constant reminders the sky exist

#47 to #16 - raelianchick

(09/02/2017)[-]

They're called geriatrics XD

#46 to #14 - raelianchick

(09/02/2017)[-]

XDing so hard rn

#26 to #14 - invisifat#363 on commentsRank#363

(08/22/2017)[-]

In space, we would also begin to do all of those things and more.

#30 - roboplegicwrongcok

-1

(08/22/2017)[-]

"Small babies can die if you don't cuddle them enough" That's ********, right?

#33 to #30 - englishwitch#195 on contentRank#195 [OP]

+11

(08/22/2017)[-]

It is a noted phenomenon that their health deteriorates with a lack of physical contact. Immune system and such just weaken. If it goes too far they can catch something serious and die.
It's not just babies. Loneliness and lack of physical contact in humans has a well documented effect on our physical as well as our mental health.

Alien doctor was missing a few steps, but he was right.

#31 to #30 - psiionic

(08/22/2017)[-]

**psiionic used "*roll picture*"**
**psiionic rolled image**Nope. If they don't get cuddled, they die. I think there was some experimet done a while back when unethical science was ethical.

#41 to #30 - raelianchick

(09/02/2017)[-]

No it isn't, this nearly happened to me

#24 - subaqueousreach

+10

(08/22/2017)[-]

I like that tumblr has an hfy side, but I hate that it carries all the weird **** that tumblr tends to bring. Xe, xer, xem, etc. It's unnecessary.

Sure, some alien races might not have gender concepts for whatever reasons, but they'd have different words for that and would likely have shared them with their crew. Trying to force in the "gender neutral" pronouns a bunch of snowflakes want makes these hard to read.

#5 - oxymoronking

(08/22/2017)[-]

What the **** would "kree pouter" be

#9 to #5 - mrkranston

(08/22/2017)[-]

curry powder?

#6 to #5 - leonhardt#79 on commentsRank#79

(08/22/2017)[-]

Creatine powder?

#20 - cheshirecatless

(08/22/2017)[-]

Xim, Xir, Xe! God I could feel my brain melting trying to read that!
last one was awesome though

#15 - thewolfrunner

(08/22/2017)[-]

About the physical contact ones...

#17 to #15 - lesolan

(08/22/2017)[-]

Hahah... Nice.

#25 - dasgaybro

(08/22/2017)[-]

jessica sounds like a space-bitch

#19 - iloveburzum

(08/22/2017)[-]

One would hope in the future we'd have executed all the special snowflakes, like little miss "don't touch me"

#43 to #19 - raelianchick

(09/02/2017)[-]

Seriously? I hope you experience the why some day - many would have been abused. You disgust me

#52 to #43 - iloveburzum

(09/02/2017)[-]

You hope I get abused?
Don't be like that, let's hug it out

#53 to #52 - raelianchick

(09/02/2017)[-]

Fair enough. I shouldn't have said that.
I was just upset that that's how people received this.
I have been abused physically and emotionally several times by various people and people acting like this just scares you, you know?
I hope you have a good day.
Kind regards,
Melissa

#55 to #53 - iloveburzum

(09/02/2017)[-]

No worries, I was just thinking if we execute them all, they won't be sad anymore, and therefore no problem.
Love and kisses, Jamie xxx

#56 to #55 - raelianchick

(09/02/2017)[-]

Sorry, but making jokes about killing people isn't funny. And you know I'm 15, right?

#57 to #56 - iloveburzum

(09/02/2017)[-]

Your age has zero relevance.
I'm sure as you age and your sense of humour matures, you'll start to see death as just another aspect of life we came find humorous.

#58 to #57 - raelianchick

(09/02/2017)[-]

I am definitely mature for a 15yo, but I just don't think death jokes are funny.
All good anyway.
Mel

#59 to #58 - iloveburzum

(09/02/2017)[-]

Okay, I'm sure you'll get there soon!

#60 to #59 - raelianchick

(09/02/2017)[-]

...ok :/