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@MotherOfOctopi i hope this is the one you were specifically looking for. for anyone else who found this, dying in usersub, i hope it made you as happy as it makes me.
Edit - Hooray Most Viral Front Page thingy hooray. HFY/Humans are space orcs is great and brings me a lot of joy. now im thinking i should do a whole dump of all these ive aquired, but... like thats a lot of reading. then againb so was this. glad you peepsies enjoyed it.
TheEntireScottishNavy
Can you imagine if humanity was what was written here? I hope, so bad, that aliens pick us up someday.
222Infantree
I've read this so many times here and I always seem to be cutting onions when I do
nalananda
WAAAAAAGGHHH!!!!
ChewyTheWookie
Good fiction. Always thought it would be later generations that found out if what it glamorizes will actually end us.
Singa2469
Beautifully written. Love it.
okiehero
I’d watch that movie :)
chicmagnetwampa1
That was fucking incredible
lddiaz
They're made of meat! What about their brains? Meat. Thinking meat?
DukeDarkwood
Singing meat.
Blahend
Yodeling meat
Ragnarshaw
I’d watch the film adaptation
imostlymadethisup
That's some good stuff
odigon
Seems like something a human would write
aSuspiciousPanda
I've been looking for this for a long time, and was hoping I'd see it again after the aliens learning idiot proofing post. Thank you!
falconuruguay
gaidinbdj
In the Ringworld series, humans' special attribute is literally luck. There's literally a lottery to be allowed to reproduce and it's...
gaidinbdj
...selectively breeding for luck.
WedgeGCrew
Yes, but what is lucky may not be what you want to happen
afatrollofmyown
This. It means you're always rolling either a nat 20 or a nat 1. Nothing in between!
NightfallEverdark
The only thing which would make this better, is them dropping down hundreds of bounties, all at once, and just beggering the UNC.
Barjack
Yay, HFY on the front page! Got to love it when the subreddit you obsess over gets wider attention.
Anybodys
They sound like heroes more than space orcs
MotherOfOctopi
@KarouLilliedamn right it is! I would give you all my points if I could!
OhIfIMust
"The humans, I think, knew that they were doomed. But where another race would surrender to despair, the humans fought back with greater >
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strength. They made the Minbari fight for every inch of space. In my life, I have never seen anything like it: They would weep, they would >
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pray, they would say goodbye to their loved ones, and then throw themselves without fear or hesitation at the very face of death itself, >
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never surrendering. No one who saw them fighting against the inevitable could help but be moved to tears by their courage. Their stubborn >
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nobility. When they ran out of ships, they used guns, when they ran out guns they used knives and sticks and bare hands. They were >
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magnificent. I only hope that when it is my time, I may die with half as much dignity as I saw in their eyes in the end. >
FayeInMay
And whoever likes such space war scenarios, read Ancillary Justice or To sleep in a sea of stars.
whatbuttondoipush
This us one if my favorite HFY stories
MmmCrypticsandLies
This was really good...I was hoping this was an excerpt from a novel. Either way, goosebumps and adrenaline while reading it.
nerad137
30 years? Somebody read The Forever War...
pumper
Forever War did not have FTL and the war lasted a few decades from the protagonist's point of view.
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JonatasAM
I was gonna say I was halfway through, but after scrolling down I'm 1/4. So far this is the direct/contrast opposite of Star Trek. 1/? →
JonatasAM
I can't say how I feel about it because I'm part of humanity. It really reminds me about humanity in Mass Effect. That's all I'm gonna say.
DukeDarkwood
Finish it and tell us what you think.
Ekibwurm
https://imgur.com/us">adKurze">https://imgur.com/user/KonradKurze https://www.reddit.com/r/HFY/ enjoy :)
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optimistcynic
so sad when kondradkurze stopped posting
icookfoodandfightfire
i wonder how many people he got to read HFY from his posts, cause thats definitely how i found that subreddit
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KonradKurze
I was wondering why I was getting all these upvote notifications, enjoy the stories everyone.
Ekibwurm
we do. we do. i go back to read those posts from time to time. shame can only drop 1 upvote total and not 1 per visit
Metadonmixer
Deathworlders.com...
Ekibwurm
forgot to mention it. thanks
BlindGardener
This specific one has always bugged me and rubbed me the wrong way. Down voting again.
BingoBoomps
understandable,its not one of the best ive found i was just posting it cus someone in another thread sounded like they were looking for it.
Malikhi
Agreed, the author may be passive like that, but we as a race are loud, prideful, greedy barbarians. We'd never have acted that way. Ever.
inboxmefoxes
Agree, the idea that humanity as a whole would be so universally humble is... well, ironically *very* self-important.
BlindGardener
Plus humility is actually a counter-reproductive trait among humans. Part of what makes it so rare.
zykotec
I just love these kinds of stories. Look up HFY and jenkinsverse on reddit for more if you're into this.
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CelticThunder
Jenkinsverse has kind of fallen off, imo
PyroAvok
Retreat, Hell! is kind of a fun one too with magic foxes and humans vs space elves.
UnforeseenLife
Dot for space human stories
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Metadonmixer
Check out deathworlders.com. There's a new episode towards the end of each month...
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mobileimgurlags
I was very into this
TheSomethingSomethingGenericReplyGuy
365tomorrows, humans the only race to endure time travel arrive at earth just in time to watch starts being blown up by themselves
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RichterCa
In John Scalzi's Old Man's War books, humans are not the strongest or the smartest, but they are the tricksy-est.
Shoelebubba
Jenkins verse became a several hour read of more or less the same over and over. It's been recent they added an entirely new crew's POV 1/2
PaintedSlate
Iirc, it was a fair bit longer than an average novel years ago.
antoniusprime
Yep. Hambone has a whole new site now. deathworlders dot com Be prepared to lose several weeks…
Shoelebubba
With a slightly different writing style to match but that was short lived for now. I don't know why the writer needs to describe the 2/3
Shoelebubba
Physique of the HEAT, JETS or Yan/Daar over and over again each chapter. You're not picking up Jenkins verse by the most recent chapter, 3/4
Shoelebubba
You already know all those details about them. You just need...I guess "maintenance" details to see how they've changed. My biggest problem
TharrickLawson
Yeah, I got bored of reading all about the Beefs over and over. Do something new!
Flechet
https://www.reddit.com/r/HFY/comments/f94rak/oc_pthok_eats_an_ice_cream_cone/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
CrimeBrulee
Here's my favorite: https://www.reddit.com/r/HFY/comments/3yi82b/oc_prey/
Z3r0fux0r
I just read that and all I have to say is thank you for that!
RickySpanishhhhh
See, this is close to my thoughts on the matter. I believe that if we were discovered by intelligent extraterrestrial life, they would see
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us as a plague of biblical proportions, simple and deadly. There are trace amounts of other hominid species in the human genome, but we
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Are the only hominids left on the planet. Every other hominid species began dying off within a few thousand years of human migration.
RickySpanishhhhh
We’ve found groups of other hominids buried with bones marred by the kind of weapons we know our ancestors used. We fucked and killed
ijustimguredtosay
Prey is definitely amazing. For a bit of fun check out billy bob space trucker
FetteredJuvenescence
That was great. But now I'm bitter that they didn't finish it and it's been on hiatus for like two years.
CrimeBrulee
#same
Keairan
Honestly, the Jenkinsverse bored me after a while.
CorrectMostOfTheTime
Eh I have been following the Deathworlders for a bit and still find myself invested
Shoelebubba
Same but I keep reading because I've spent...a lot of time on it and I wanna know the end. At this point it's more just curiousity.
Someshithead241
I dislike this about sci fi. People only ever write humans interacting with aliens in one of two ways. They are the "lesser evolved,
ijustimguredtosay
Have you read billy bob space trucker? Rednecks in space. It's a little self masturbatory, but fun and humans aren't the best or worst
Someshithead241
Primitive beings" or they wank themselves off over how unique and special humans are. Your "You never met humanity" or "humanity are the
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Only beings with true love to win the day" type bullshit. Its always, always, one of those two things. And it's boring.
brusilov
You're boring
HollywoodHells
I mean, it was written for r/HFY. Literally a sub for human-centric sci-fi.
Someshithead241
Just because it's human centric, doesnt mean you can't be creative with it. If I have to hear another thing about fucking space orcs or one
Someshithead241
Of those "How aliens describe us" things were we act like having teeth makes us unique, scary and oh so special. I'm gonna kill someone.
holymanbatbatman
The Left Hand of Darkness, good scifi that isn't that.
packer289
Read Andy Weir's new book The Hail Mary Project. I don't want to do any spoilers, but it breaks a lot of those paradigms
SuicidalThrillbillyturnedLunaticChillbilly
It can be, but this one was well written. Most come off like they were written by the Altmer from Elder Scrolls. This paints humanity (1
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with a redemption arc, and I love it! People nowadays don't believe in redemption, and it makes me sad. (2
physicsisalwaysrelevant
What sci-fi are you thinking of. Most well known series have humans as distinctly average. The point to sci-fi is to explore the relation>
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Of the apparent insignificance of a single person with technology and the greater universe.
pandro
The "humans are mighty" subreddit r/HFY was created in opposition to the "humans are inferior" SF trope. But you are right, the bulk of SF 1
godskook
The two primary Sci Fi cannons are Star Trek and Star Wars, and neither does this.
Someshithead241
Star wars, we can't exactly call them humans. Star Trek, I've never seen it but I'm pretty sure it has other species calling humans
Someshithead241
Inferior and such, like Borgs, and the humans prevailing with the help of their smarts to expand their massive empire.
PeakExponent
You're allowed to not like things! Most things are liked by only a very very small percentage of people, and that's ok.
IMakeLotsOfReferencesAndRemakes
I just want to point out as an avid sci fi fan 2 things. 1) There are TONS of stories like that they just aren't popular and 2) we write 1/2
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about interacting with more advanced species because if we want to interact with more "primitive" species they are all around us. 2/2
Someshithead241
But thats the thing. They aren't primative, they are just different.
camn333
Then there's District 9: we're the primitive species with a total lack of empathy, and entirely unable to treat others with respect.
camn333
Yet because the aliens are such a kind and nice species, we just push them around, and fight over how best to denigrate them.
pandro
A lot of "green men" stories back in early SF were jibes at our racism.
avidatheist
It's not because the species was nice, it was because they didn't have the power to defend themselves.
Lewynsa
Then write something new. I would be the first to read it! ^_^ Even if it is short and sweet, or not sweet. Maybe something about our
Someshithead241
I am. I have. That's why I dislike this stuff.
Lewynsa
As said, I would love to read it. Is it posted anywhere?
Lewynsa
society showing an alien race how to swim? Or taking their ships under what for the first time? Or the fun in competition?
pandro
There is a whole genre. It's called "science fiction." ;-)
cptcr
What a crock of shit. I used to like this story, but after this last year it seems more likely half the humans would join the Brosc and
atomicsockmonkey
Remember that when serious shit goes down, stupid people die a lot.
pandro
I've read a story where an Earth representative was sent to investigate the higher incidence of deaths in asteroid mining projects. The 1/
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guy in charge explained that they WANT the stupid or careless people to winnow themselves out on solo missions, so that in a group mission 2
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their mistakes wouldn't kill everyone on board. Being in space doesn't allow mistakes kind of thing. 3/3
MoopsyLD
I went in reading assuming with your thinking but within 100 years we advanced so much so by this time i would believe this story
JonatasAM
Hello fellow orc. Stay away from my tribe and hut.
SauronsLeftNut
Oh Mellow out. Its a feel good story. Chill.
zeathain
Or a large country would be the one sterilizing planets. Or corporations
tyrus111419925
See the mouseover text for this comic https://xkcd.com/556/ And consider the numbers of humans mentiioned in the story.
DukeDarkwood
My personal favorite xkcd of all time.
tyrus111419925
I like to think that if we get our shit together enough to become a spacefaring species, being the violent weirdos that suprise people fits
pandro
yeah r/HFY has quite a few of those. And a hearty portion of SF. "How could this species develop space flight while still be willing 1/
pandro
to have wars, possibly nuclear war?" Or one of my poignant favorites, when a human explained genocide, an appalled alien said softly, 2/
pandro
"why would you need a word for that?" 3/3
cptcr
the humans in charge would cry, piss, and moan over every scrap they didn't get or given to some other species.
RickySpanishhhhh
I hate the division as much as anyone, but that whole, “The enemy of my enemy is my friend,” thing has a big effect on human nature.
cmsport2
Nah, man. To humanities detriment, we mastered us vs them mentalities. An alien them would unify the vast majority us.
zFUBARz
*cough* Americans, not humans *cough*
BlindGardener
Please, whatever your country is has historically done the exact same.
zFUBARz
He literally said over this last year, Can you think of a country that exemplifies that behaviour more in the last year?
BlindGardener
Brazil, Venezuela...
cptcr
Israel, China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, India, or you know more than half the worlds population.