/u/Covert_Ruffian's posts
[WP] An omnipotent being arrives on Earth, and informs humanity that it can answer almost any question. Humanity hasn't found any unanswerable questions after years of asking.
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[WP] Requiring a starship's worth of fuel in daily energy needs, casually handling nuclear artillery, and disabling troop formations just by screaming... a human might be the last thing an enemy trooper sees when they look up.
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[WP] The alien invasion wasn't so terrible. Work a couple hours a day in a safe factory, get vacation, free healthcare, leisure, and more. So much better than before... and you now wonder if joining the human resistance was worth it at all.
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[WP]"There must be some grave error... I'm a cleric. I heal people." "This is bureaucracy. You can still do that as a clerk. Pay is $13 an hour, no benefits."
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[WP] The uncanny valley is a survival trait that warns us of almost human faces. The reason for it has been unearthed in Alaska, near the Bering Strait.
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[WP] After landing on a strange new world, you get ready to plant a flag that signifies your dominion over the planet. And just then... you notice another flag, identical to yours, but shredded and rusted. And underneath is a skeleton in a space suit just like yours.
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[WP] You die and go to a DMV-looking place: the Purgatory. There, you're told you won't leave it. Not because the line has millions of people, but because your shift behind the desk starts in a few minutes. This is how you'll earn your way to Heaven after a life of sin.
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