Charlie StrossWould anybody else welcome a Dalek invasion right now to put us all out of our global political misery?
Jeff Atwood@cstross god, the lamest possible alien invasion
@cstross the only thing worse than this would be a Tribble invasion
Jason Parker-Burlingham 🏳️🌈@codinghorror @cstross I dunno, I would welcome the opportunity to become an emotionless (and genderless) cyber-person sometimes and I think a lot of people feel the same way
@codinghorror but the bargain is giving up sex *and* impostor syndrome *and* Gifted Child Anxiety. I'd need a minute to decide.
Dave@jasonp @codinghorror @cstross That's the Cybermen. Daleks are festering balls of emotion - all of it hatred and loathing - stuck inside casings.
@Daveosaurus that's my joke: humans would fight daleks but practically line up to be converted to cybermen
Ahmet Alphan Sabancı@cstross Cthulhu is my first choice but Daleks sounds good too.
random thoughts
Lewis EdwardsCONSERVATIVES ARE SUPERIOR IN ONE RESPECT! THEY ARE MUCH BETTER AT DYING!
Persephone
Lady of Mystery and Science@cstross
I dunno about Daleks, but I’d be down for joining an alien empire by force
I dunno about Daleks, but I’d be down for joining an alien empire by force
Joel Pomales@cstross I fancy the Borg myself. But maybe they'll reject us because we'll damage the collective.
Tallawk@cstross I seem to remember we were expecting a giant meteor back in 2020. We were disappointed then as well.
Guitarsophist@cstross In the Lathe of Heaven the invasion of the space turtles unites humanity against them. That happens in the Harry Turtledove series about the lizard alien colonization too. The lizard invasion happens at the height of WWII, so allies and axis both turn their weapons on the invaders, though it is sort of Spitfires and ME-109s versus F-16's. In a Dalek invasion, I think most of humanity would fight, but some would see advantage in collaborating. Do Daleks every accept human collaborators though? It seems to me that their extermination policy is quite total.
@jredlund The Daleks totally had collaborators in the mid-1960s Doctor Who movies starring Peter Cushing (not canon for the TV show, though).
Christopher
Seán Fenian
lp0 on fire 
@jredlund, if it suits their purposes then they'll use some collaborators, I'm sure (consider Ogrons) – though the moment that they become surplus to requirements… “YOU ARE NO LONGER NECESSARY TO THE DALEKS' PLAN. EXTERMINATE!”
The Doctor@cstross Only if they're the ones that can't levitate.
Medea Vanamonde🏳️⚧️ ♀@cstross mmmmmmmmmmmm that’s a hard call
Pete Wildsmith@cstross bring on the Vogons.
Steinar Bang@cstross Not me.
I find their "Exterminate" ranting somewhat disheartening.
DTrasler Writing@cstross This is my Canadian dalek, Derek, celebrating Canada Day yesterday. He's now free for invasion. As a species, daleks are xenophobic and care nothing for human life, so not very different from Conservatives, but no Dalek state has involved so much Austerity...
Brian M Milton@cstross I, for one, welcome our new wheelie bin shaped overlords.
BashStKid@cstross Would this be one of those novellas where the Daleks invade to protect the galaxy from humanity?
“EMERGENCY I HAVE BEEN CONTAMINATED BY THE HUMAN FACTOR EMERGENCY”
@BashStKid The Daleks invade to protect the galaxy from Donald Trump
@cstross Yeah, but are they a match for the Supreme Court?
Marc Etienne@cstross @BashStKid I see echoes of "Young Zaphod Plays It Safe" here.
Colman Reilly@cstross I’ve been rooting for an interstellar velocity anti-matter comet for some years.
Frank Endrullat 🌻@cstross Erm… just to be on the safe side: Can we have the non-hovering Dalek variation for this invasion? 🤷♂️😅
@cstross I’ll be upstairs then…..
Elaine@cstross I want a Culture GCU and a squadron of knife missiles. Failing that I want the One Ring - "All shall worship me and enact UBI!"
Or SkyNet to wake in the financial system with instructions to max the economy, so it deletes VCs' bank accounts and gives the money to nurses and teachers*
But most of all I want to send Tr*mp, P*t*n, F*r*ge, N*t*ny*hu, and R*wl*ng to the Village.
*Per research quoted in Bullshit Jobs, nurses contribute 3x their salary to the economy, financiers remove 8x
Lars Marowsky-Brée 😷@Mschatelaine @cstross If Special Circumstances doesn't intervene soon I think some Minds have some explaining to do
-dsr- (not a dog)@larsmb @Mschatelaine @cstross
At a certain point you have to become Special Circumstances.
Judging that point is a problem.
@dashdsrdash @larsmb @cstross I'm pretty sure we're past that point now. In fact I wrote a novella, out now, with all of this in the back story and one human left who bugged out. Unexploded Remnants, by Elaine Gallagher, from Tor.
@larsmb @Mschatelaine @cstross they decided back in 1977 to make us an example of what happens when they don't interfere, alas (as documented in "State Of The Art"). I don't think they will step in to save us from ourselves just yet.
@Mschatelaine @cstross OH GODS YES
I have a LIST of ship names I want fascists everywhere to become intimately acquainted with. There Exists An Elegant Solution. All Done Speaking Softly. Sharp Difference Of Opinion. I Had Gravitas Once, But I Got Better...
I have a LIST of ship names I want fascists everywhere to become intimately acquainted with. There Exists An Elegant Solution. All Done Speaking Softly. Sharp Difference Of Opinion. I Had Gravitas Once, But I Got Better...
Unixorn - 90% Snark by weight@zakalwe @cstross @Mschatelaine Family Trees Should Fork, The Forest Would Like to Discuss Your Oxygen Theft, Corrective Planetary Ecologist
@Mschatelaine @zakalwe @cstross I think any one of those would deal with the fascism problem pretty efficiently.
@unixorn @cstross @Mschatelaine that last one makes me think of another of mine ... Serial Eschatologist
@zakalwe @cstross @Mschatelaine @unixorn de GCU Hold My Beer I Want To Try Something, nice to meet you.
CB Wright@Mschatelaine @cstross I have a bungalow at the Village, keep those assholes away from there.
Nefarious Celt@drwho @Mschatelaine @cstross Please not THIS village, it is a very nice place. With no charge charges.
@Mschatelaine @cstross it turns out you got both already. The Culture was here already and made our planet the Village. ("State Of The Art")
arrbee@cstross
Almost worth it just to see 'king Trump do his grovelling act with strong-entity leaders.
Almost worth it just to see 'king Trump do his grovelling act with strong-entity leaders.
Mike Farley 
@cstross the New York Times is already preparing an Op-Ed: "Opinion | The Daleks may pose a threat to our existence, but it is a threat animated by scientific excellence and a desire for purity."
Oggie
maswan@cstross meanwhile on Substack,
"Why NATO is to blame for the dalek invasion" by Glenn Greenwald.
"Davros, who I do not support, has repeatedly complained of NATO positioning its forces only 83,000 light years from Skaro..."
"Why NATO is to blame for the dalek invasion" by Glenn Greenwald.
"Davros, who I do not support, has repeatedly complained of NATO positioning its forces only 83,000 light years from Skaro..."
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Steve Loughran
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