Submitted by Gari_305 t3_yowbpx in Futurology
[deleted] t1_ivg8wnp wrote
Reply to comment by spider-bro in Scientists are working on an official 'alien contact protocol' for when ET phones Earth by Gari_305
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generalfrumph t1_ivg9lbu wrote
What if they viewed us as cattle or a food source?
Kelvin_Cline t1_ivgnpdo wrote
is that a step up or a step down from "human capital?"
spider-bro t1_ivgfqpn wrote
What if a ranch full of cattle was armed?
BIG_MUFF_ t1_ivjezbc wrote
Bees have stingers, we could at least be an annoyance
[deleted] t1_ivj4j0w wrote
They could do, but anything capable of interstellar travel is capable of growing cultured meat better than the real thing. They'd probably be after resources, but then those are more readily obtainable on asteroids if they're already space-faring.
Randall-Flagg22 t1_ivhzusy wrote
yes they do do that already, hence all the cattle mutilations and abductions
StarChild413 t1_ivwrco1 wrote
how is that relevant unless you think they see the cattle as us
pinkfootthegoose t1_ivhzsug wrote
I have a theory we already are. The Old ones use religion to harvest our souls. We are told to go to the light when we die. but that is just the doors to the slaughter house.
Cam599 t1_ivi5lux wrote
Extremely highly unlikely they could use us or anything on Earth as food. Or need / want any resource on the planet. Resources on the planet are plentiful and easily obtained elsewhere in the solar system
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Latin_For_King t1_ivgbq4g wrote
If they have figured out how to cross interstellar distances, we are probably pretty fucked if they are anything like us.
Safe_Indication_6829 t1_ivgm75z wrote
my take is they're either peaceful good aliens, would vaporize us before we know what hit us, or will try to insidiously assimilate us into their religion or whatever.
spider-bro t1_ivh2x9z wrote
Maybe they only vaporize us if they see that we’re letting the naive, sheltered people make the negotiating decisions.
furygoat t1_ivhk0u0 wrote
Or lay their eggs inside of us while we are sleeping so that they can hatch and eat us all from the inside out before moving on to the next world.
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