• WoodScientist@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Yeah. This is really the most terrifying version of aliens. Not ones that want to take over the world in a grand dramatic fashion. Instead, I find truly indifferent aliens to be far more terrifying of a concept. We are literally animals to them. Or, more they view us as we view other animals.

    Imagine being abducted by aliens. Instead of showing you the universe or trying to communicate with you, they don’t even bother. They just proceed to vivisect you. They dissect you alive, without any anesthetic. They only give you a paralytic to keep your from screaming or resisting. They’re doing the equivalent of wild animal research and they’re simply indifferent to your suffering. You are not a person to them. Your pain means nothing. Your family will never know what happened to you, and the aliens don’t even bother trying to justify their actions to you. They make no attempt at communication. They slowly take you apart piece by piece, silently going about their work. You’ll never know who they are, where they’re from, or why they’re doing this. They do not owe you an explanation. To them you are no different than a plant.