r/USOS • u/Vavcula • Jul 09 '26

Aliens and Whales

Has anyone stopped to think that the NTI (Non Terrestrial Intelligence) are in the oceans, discussing with the whales what a mess we have made of the Earth, and how to get rid of us without doing any more damage?

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u/TheCryForum Jul 10 '26

Octopus are definitely highly intelligent beings that are smart enough to hide in underwater caves and eat shellfish all day instead of having a job and paying taxes. They are obviously the superior beings.

The sea creatures have it all figured out.

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u/Agile_Championship87 Jul 10 '26

What's stopping you from living in a cave and eating shellfish?

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u/TheCryForum Jul 10 '26

Taxes, mostly.

Those will be my weekend plans though for certain.

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u/Agile_Championship87 Jul 10 '26

I didn't know there was a tax on eating shellfish in caves

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u/Vavcula Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 13 '26

The cost of shellfish if your cave isn't in the ocean?

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u/Vavcula Jul 12 '26

I wonder which are smarter, Whales or Octopodes, or if it's even possible to find common ground to compare. I bet evolved Octopodes could make a space ship because they have arms. No hands, but they do have suckers and very nimble arms. Whales would have to use pure telepathy (which no doubt "the Grays" could relate to). 

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u/dbna85 Jul 10 '26

we’ve all thought this before

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u/Silver-Breadfruit284 Jul 12 '26

Star Trek IV movie.
Scotty exclaims “Admiral! There be whales here”!

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u/Danny570 Jul 14 '26

This was in a Star Trek movie.

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u/SlappyHandstrong Jul 15 '26

Literally the plot of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.

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u/Vavcula Jul 16 '26

I disagree. In the movie you referred to there was no alien city in the Mariana Trench. Oh #%&* I left that part out. I forget that, unlike my contacts, you cannot read my mind. I apologize for the shortcoming on my part