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Spozieracz OP t1_jaeah78 wrote
Reply to comment by _i_am_a_dragon_ in [WP] Tradition dictates that each sentient species is given one seat in the Galactic Parliament. When humanity made contact with the galactic community, it was decided that planet earth deserves to have four senators. by Spozieracz
Now you are talking in my language!
Spozieracz OP t1_jad43n4 wrote
Reply to comment by VacuumInTheHead in [WP] Tradition dictates that each sentient species is given one seat in the Galactic Parliament. When humanity made contact with the galactic community, it was decided that planet earth deserves to have four senators. by Spozieracz
Well, we don't define species by words but by holotypes.
Spozieracz OP t1_jacxczb wrote
Reply to comment by VacuumInTheHead in [WP] Tradition dictates that each sentient species is given one seat in the Galactic Parliament. When humanity made contact with the galactic community, it was decided that planet earth deserves to have four senators. by Spozieracz
It's not so simple. Dozens of philosophers have tried to do this since the dawn of history. How are we supposed to define inner experiences if we don't even have a way to tell that the people we talk to have them identical to ours.
Spozieracz OP t1_jactv0e wrote
Reply to comment by VacuumInTheHead in [WP] Tradition dictates that each sentient species is given one seat in the Galactic Parliament. When humanity made contact with the galactic community, it was decided that planet earth deserves to have four senators. by Spozieracz
i cant even define any of these two words
Spozieracz OP t1_ja8bcpz wrote
Spozieracz OP t1_ja89o1c wrote
Reply to comment by DragonNestKing in [WP] Tradition dictates that each sentient species is given one seat in the Galactic Parliament. When humanity made contact with the galactic community, it was decided that planet earth deserves to have four senators. by Spozieracz
Sperm whales will hold this grudge against dolphins for the next thousand years...
Spozieracz OP t1_ja88v4y wrote
Reply to comment by rietstengel in [WP] Tradition dictates that each sentient species is given one seat in the Galactic Parliament. When humanity made contact with the galactic community, it was decided that planet earth deserves to have four senators. by Spozieracz
Yeah, you are probably right. I'm not exactly as fluent as I'd like to be.
Spozieracz OP t1_ja85z3t wrote
Reply to comment by MajinBlueZ in [WP] Tradition dictates that each sentient species is given one seat in the Galactic Parliament. When humanity made contact with the galactic community, it was decided that planet earth deserves to have four senators. by Spozieracz
It was just my interpretation. Yours may be as valid as anyone else's. I encourage you to write if you have an idea.
Spozieracz OP t1_ja7wmcs wrote
Reply to comment by SeaboarderCoast in [WP] Tradition dictates that each sentient species is given one seat in the Galactic Parliament. When humanity made contact with the galactic community, it was decided that planet earth deserves to have four senators. by Spozieracz
Also a good idea. However, it sadly reminds me that I still haven't received my genetically engineered catgirls.
Spozieracz OP t1_ja7prcj wrote
Reply to comment by AutoModerator in [WP] Tradition dictates that each sentient species is given one seat in the Galactic Parliament. When humanity made contact with the galactic community, it was decided that planet earth deserves to have four senators. by Spozieracz
Usually I don't like to explain my prompts so as not to suggest people too much but this time unfortunately I think I have to so that no one removes it for retired prompts rule :/.
So, of course, I don't mean that humanity has some special feature that makes them deserve more seats. What I meant was that it has been recognized that there are several intelligent species on earth. This can be developed in many ways:
-Maybe humans gaslighted aliens that chimpanzees are smart just to get more votes in parlament?
-Maybe there is a second civilization on the planet hidden from human eyes
-Maybe the criteria for assessing sentience used by the galactic community are radically different from human ones?
-Maybe we underestimated some animals?
-Maybe the aliens noticed that dogs sometimes wear funny clothes and drew the wrong conclusions?
God I hate myself for having to write this.
Spozieracz t1_j9yyui4 wrote
Reply to comment by AutoModerator in [WP] The aliens, it seems, do not consider us a sentient species because we are unable to 'keeneetaa'. We still haven't figured out what that means. by limbodog
-what is keeneetaa?
-keene etaa my balls!
Spozieracz t1_j9tknvi wrote
Reply to comment by jpeezey in [WP] The knight who saved the princess was a 40 year old man with a wife and kids. He doesn't want her hand he just thinks teenage girls shouldn't be held captive in towers in the middle of nowhere. by Gregamonster
I meant more precisely the trope of a princess locked in a lonely tower. Princesses in fairy tales are usually locked up in the highest towers of a castle or royal palace by a father who does not want her to lose her chastity. The only fairy tale I know of where a girl was locked up in a lonely tower in the middle of nowhere is Rapunzel. And Rapunzel isn't even a princess.
Spozieracz t1_j9shzto wrote
Reply to comment by AutoModerator in [WP] The knight who saved the princess was a 40 year old man with a wife and kids. He doesn't want her hand he just thinks teenage girls shouldn't be held captive in towers in the middle of nowhere. by Gregamonster
Ah yes, typical r/writingprompts doing what it does best- beating up dead unicorns
Spozieracz t1_jaejggu wrote
Reply to [PM] Any ideas for a conflict in a medieval story about a boy who is baking a pie? by CipherMoth
One of the ingredients is not available in the local market so he must go to a larger village across the river owned by another feudal lord who is said to have introduced strange laws on his lands.