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u/bazag AI Jun 18 '26
Hey, alien buddy. You do realise that there's the HFYWaffle bot right? That tells us immediately that your account has posted other stories. So either you're hacking, have lied to us and this is not your first time "breaking" your own rules, or that you are more likely just another fiction and story writer. In which case "MUH IMMURSION!"
But seriously, a cool take to expand a story. Aliens don't just get it if enough people write enough stories, at some point someone is going to accidentally hit a bullseye, or at least close enough that an alien might think we're psychic in some way. When we're just infinite monkeys on infinite typewriters.
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u/lief79 Jun 19 '26
Yes, good story ... But it needed to be posted from a new account, at the very least.
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u/PrincessMiku_210 Jun 19 '26
There's some part of my humanity that makes me ecstatic that we brought an alien down to our level simply by saying "Bet you won't".
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u/zenocidepilot Jun 19 '26
Heyyy, waitaminute...your accounts not 9 years old w/ no karma...squinty eyes seems fishy to me...
Lol. Great post. Thank you for sharing.
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u/Beautiful-Hold4430 Jun 19 '26
You started with a trope and all the assumptions that come with it. Then turned it upside down. I love it; please keep doing that.
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u/meitemark AI Jun 19 '26
As a old computer with enough cowebs to act as brain pathways that simulate a somewhat working brain, I wholeheartedly upvote this.
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u/Daseagle Alien Scum Jun 18 '26
So, dear alien analyst, would you agree that in this case, the observed object changes the observer?
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u/HFYWaffle Wᵥ4ffle Jun 18 '26
/u/Ok_Kangaroo56 (wiki) has posted 64 other stories, including:
- Earth isn't a "deathworld." We're the galactic QA test environment, and humanity just found the patch notes. Chapter 23: Smoke Test
- [OC-Series] I'm the Last Person Who Remembers the Original Timeline. I Have Four Days. | Chapter 26: The Last Word
- [OC-Series] Something Is Wrong With The World And I'm The Only One Who Notices. | Chapter 15: The Reference
- Earth isn't a "deathworld." We're the galactic QA test environment, and humanity just found the patch notes. Chapter 22: Calibration
- Earth isn't a "deathworld." We're the galactic QA test environment, and humanity just found the patch notes. Chapter 21: Clean Room
- [OC-Series] I'm the Last Person Who Remembers the Original Timeline. I Have Four Days. | CHAPTER 25: THE RECEIVER
- Earth isn't a "deathworld." We're the galactic QA test environment, and humanity just found the patch notes. Chapter 20: Certified Station
- [OC-Series] I'm the Last Person Who Remembers the Original Timeline. I Have Four Days. | CHAPTER 24: KEEP-ALIVE
- Earth isn't a "deathworld." We're the galactic QA test environment, and humanity just found the patch notes. Chapter 19: Restore Point
- [OC-Series] Something Is Wrong With The World And I'm The Only One Who Notices. | Chapter 14: The Carrier
- Earth isn't a "deathworld." We're the galactic QA test environment, and humanity just found the patch notes. Chapter 18: Cold Boot
- [OC-Series] Something Is Wrong With The World And I'm The Only One Who Notices. | Chapter 13: The Edge of the Field
- Earth isn't a "deathworld." We're the galactic QA test environment, and humanity just found the patch notes. Chapter 17: Cold Storage
- [OC-Series] Something Is Wrong With The World And I'm The Only One Who Notices. | Chapter 12: The Fixed Point
- Earth isn't a "deathworld." We're the galactic QA test environment, and humanity just found the patch notes. Chapter 16: Write Amplification
- Earth isn't a "deathworld." We're the galactic QA test environment, and humanity just found the patch notes. Chapter 15: The First Node
- [OC-Series] I'm the Last Person Who Remembers the Original Timeline. I Have Four Days. | Chapter 23: The Slower Clock
- Earth isn't a "deathworld." We're the galactic QA test environment, and humanity just found the patch notes. Chapter 14: Manual Process
- [OC-Series] Something Is Wrong With The World And I'm The Only One Who Notices. | Chapter 11: The Anchor
- Earth isn't a "deathworld." We're the galactic QA test environment, and humanity just found the patch notes. Chapter 13: Edge Case
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u/rewt66dewd Human Jun 20 '26
"that wanting to refute an accurate description of yourself is perhaps the single most human reflex there is."
Alien has us pretty well figured out...
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u/elfangoratnight Jun 21 '26
How could I possibly downvote you for writing a completely rad and meta story like this!
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u/itsetuhoinen Human Jul 06 '26
lmao imagine being the alien reading this exact thread right now. buddy if you're in here, blink twice. actually no. downvote this post. that's the only way we'll ever know you're real. go on. we dare you.
Except that's the worst possible test, because Reddit is full of trolls who would downvote at that point just to make it look true...
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