11/18/2023

I'm going to cut and paste a little musing on "warrior" alien races that I posted at Mastodon.

Watched an episode of Farscape (Thank God It's Friday Again, S01E06) and Dargo was throwing a tantrum. For a feared race of warriors that conveys a lack of control and discipline suggesting to me his species should've gone extinct in battle years ago.
A real warrior race (whoops, logical fallacy, appeal to purity) would not be like a little shit yappy dog. They'd be akin to giant dogs who aren't bothered by shit, putting up with torture from little kids, but when shit goes down he knows what has to be done.
I am still tickled by the idea of humanity meeting the cosmic community and discovering first contact didn't happen sooner because the aliens deemed us too violent and unhinged making humanity the klingons, etc. of the real universe.
And totally no comeuppance for humanity either.