Oh, that explains... gestures broadly
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Why do they got skulls? Are they, like, the baddies?
They had a based designer, but yeah.
Part of the point is that the Emperor is also not perfect. He got too full of himself which led to his deification against his will. He was also literally an imperialist and an authoritarian.
As I interpret the lore his intentions were largely noble but his hubris and refusal to acknowledge the existence of the Chaos gods led to the disillusionment of many of his kids/generals, thus leading to the Horus Heresy and the shitty state of the 41st millennium.
Quoting THE GOD EMPEROR OF MANKIND:
"Guys im not a god, just a man"
I'll go and see whos knocking on my door now.
Though joking aside, yeah that was the issue. He was just human. Powerful one, but still a human.
And a genocidal fascist.
It's not subtle.
Bow to the dark ones and be set free kinda deal
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I looked into it, and it’s our whole galaxy that’s maybe in a void. There’s plenty of space inside our galaxy to not give a shit about what’s not here.
We got put in time-out.
Galactic Quarantine.
Saw a video about this. Apparently galactic voids are pretty hard to enter for reasons that elude my 6am brain. Something to do with gravity.
In astronomy, Galaxy clusters are just areas where the density of galaxies is above average and voids are areas where the density is below average. Galaxies attract each other, so the material for Galaxy clusters has to come from somewhere, and that somewhere is voids.
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I think it's to do with the combined gravity of the "strings" of galaxies, stars, etc. being far stronger than nearly nothing.
It's basically the same reason why it's so hard to leave Earth. You can't just jump. Or fly in an aeroplane. You need a rocket with enough fuel. Otherwise you will fall back down again.
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It's a good thing the rate of catastrophic collisions with neighboring bodies is at its lowest in a void. At this point we may as well assume our lack of neighbors was beneficial to our being here in the first place
Not to mention good weather in the neighborhood, no gamma ray bursts nesrby or supernova or whatnot
We're in space jail because we don't play nice with others.
Also because we horny
Also because earth is a deathworld
"They're made of cheesits."
"Cheesits?"
"Cheesits. Those orange fuzzy things that crunch. One of their world leaders even looks like one."
"But how do they communicate?"
"They rub their cheesit bodies together to make non-commital sounds like 'I cant even' "
"That's too weird. Let's quarantine this place and get the hell out of here."
"Agreed. At least they cant harm us out here."
David Blaine teleports behind them both with a pack of cards.
it actually might be the reason we're around, because in more "populated" areas, unfortunate cosmic events are more frequent too
on purpose heh. wouldnt be polite to drop us into polite galactic society as barbaric as we are
Yeah it's like a couple hours into the party there's that one guy who has a lot of distance around him because he's already cornered everyone individually to ramble at them about his dumb hobby
Yeah, I figure once (signs of) life showed up in the atmosphere, galactic civilization probably started isolation/quarantine procedures until we can show we are actually social, civil, and communal instead of violent, competitive, and individualistic.
Fermi paradox solved: We're out in the boonies and no self respecting intelligent lifeform would be wasting their time wandering around here
It goes the other way too. Paradox solved: We're in an island of stability, and life doesn't get the chance to develop in denser, more chaotic regions.
Unless there is spice here which the Empire needs. Earth's bio-organic molecules may very well be unique in the entire cosmos.
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So that's why God is ignoring us. Earth rolled into his couch cushions and got lost.
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It also might be the answer to the fermi paradox
yea.... large time scales, quiet neighbourhood, goldilocks zone, fuckton of water and jupiter as warden. If I were life I'd defo develop there
We chillin
One thing's for sure, I'm going to sit at home and criticize every well-intentioned solution made in good faith that I see posted on the internet while I plant my eyes on a screen all day doing nothing substantial to help solve the problem or support the ones who might be able to make a difference.
When your whole solar system is a backwoods shithole that doesn't even have a space applebee's.
But there’s an AI drive-thru.
And Pizza the Hutt
Not again!
Interesting story but not even remotely "BREAKING!" I read about this a year or two ago. Apparently the solar system is in a fairly star-sparse region of space.
And "trapped" is an interesting way to frame it. I was under the impression that its a boon for life - less astronomical neighbors means less stuff to interrupt its development.
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Holy crap! trump is really screwing up, on a galactic scale. /s
So what they‘re saying is that nothing around the world should have me worried?
Aka quarantine.
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