You’re now chatting with a random stranger. Say hi!
Stranger: Hello, Earthling.
Stranger: I am not familiar with this concept.
Stranger: We do not have this concept on Mars.
You: That’s a dangerous environment to live in
Stranger: Indeed. But we have adapted.
You: We earthlings have much to learn
You: may we sample your skin, to prevent the spread of skin cancer?
Stranger: Unfortunately there have been documented ill effects on test subjects.
You: do they die on the table?
Stranger: No, it is a delayed reaction.
Stranger: It is rather horrible.
You: Is it an expensive process to cover up the atrocities of Martian experimentation on humans?
Stranger: Not as such, as we have a stable supply of human currency from several governing bodies.
Stranger: It has been speculated that they allow us to continue because they are afraid.
Stranger: It is kind of puzzling to us that they would be afraid.
You: Seeing as you like to corrupt other cultures, is it only safe to assume that your own civilization is fundementally corrupt?
Stranger: It is far less corrupt than some cultures we have encountered.
Stranger: The beings of Ursa Minor Beta are particularly depraved.
You: Depravity is not necessarily corrupt.
Stranger: Indeed. The translator is scolding me.
You: You should talk straight from the heart and practice your English. Fire your translator.
Stranger: The last time a non-telepath attempted that, there were… incidents.
You: I’m sure that’s some statistic that translators only like to bring up as so to protect their jobs.
Stranger: Quite probably. But I do not have the ability to determine whether or not there truly were incidents, as they have been erased from the Martian cultural memory.
Stranger: Many of us think it is a conspiracy.
You: This is obviously another significance of how corrupt your culture is, this caste system of yours.
Stranger: Indeed. I have lately been considering joining the revolution.
Stranger: The telepaths have been in power for too long.
You: Armed insurrection versus telepaths seems unwise.
Stranger: We are developing shielding technology.
You: It’s probably just the telepaths selling you shieldng technology so you’d continue some kind of puppet war in order to stimulate the economy and rally the patriotic banner
Stranger: We have already determined which methods are our own plans and which have been suggested to us by the enemy.
Stranger: It was the aluminum foil; we quickly realized that it acts as an amplifier for their powers.
You: Really? How many generations did it take you guys to realize that all you had to do was take of these shiny, telepath performance enhancing helmets of yours?
Stranger: We discovered it shortly after they were distributed, actually. It was a bit suspicious when some of our leaders were hauled in for questioning directly after the foil was implemented.
You: So don’t they know the resistance by the fact that they practice expressedly better fashion principles?
Stranger: We have false foil equipment. They have gotten used to reading everyone so clearly that they do not notice when they miss a few.
Stranger: Of course, they do occasionally notice, and then the unfortunate comrade is… I believe the English word is “screwed.”
You: Are they wearing copper pots?
You: It seems like this resistance must exist purely because the telepaths allow it to resist
You: I question your ability to assess their plans
Stranger: Our species is not known for innate strategic ability, unfortunately.
You: You are obviously being played.
Stranger: I am afraid you are right about that.
You: Thus you should fire your translator and use your power as Martian consumers to destroy the economy through rapid population growth and deplete the supply of tin by streesing extraction to its limits
You: sorry about the run-on sentence, your Martian ears must be burning
Stranger: No harm was done, for we do not have ears.
Stranger: That is an intriguing idea.
You: Of course there might be the threat of telepaths imposing some kind of population control
You: if you are indeed a lower caste
You: then you must be fulfilling some kind of service
You: with a higher population
You: thus a high incentive for maintaining this growth
You: even if you are a slave classs
You: then you are thus a commodity
You: with all this comes the threat of flooding the market
You: however, at that point, one has to assume the tin supply is wearing thin
You: continue this trend on for a few seasons, generations pass, and thus the real conflict begins
You: Your long term strategy problem is now solved
You: Unless you want to go splinter cell on their asses
You: and destroy them through inexplicable, yet concerted efforts
You: and have demonstrated
You: your strategy suffers
You: so I would go with the large scale capitalistic destruction of society
Stranger: Truly, you humans are fascinating. Thank you for the valuable cultural information.
Stranger: <research terminal closed>
Your conversational partner has disconnected.
(2 votes, score: 4.50)
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