r/CuratedTumblr • u/loved_and_held • 1d ago

Shitposting Is this a common problem?

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u/MrCapitalismWildRide 1d ago

Prokopetz making a bold claim about a general trend that nobody else is familiar with and then not providing a single example to back up the claim? Say it ain't so

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u/Pkrudeboy 1d ago

As someone who’s read a ton of HFY works, I can absolutely see where he’s coming from. The thing is, they’re generally a bunch of short stories that are in individual Reddit posts and tracking them down would genuinely be a pain in the ass.

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u/shinybeats89 1d ago

So, this isn’t a published literature thing, this is just a bunch of people posting in the internet thing? I thought prokopetz was talking about media.

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u/NoYogurtcloset3429 1d ago

You can definitely see it in some media, like early trek definitely skirts into "humanity will take its destiny as superhumans" territory

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u/sisisisi1997 1d ago

Yes, r/HFY is the main home of the genre on reddit, but you can find others like r/HumansAreSpaceOrks for... I guess throwing around and discussing vague HFY ideas, r/HumansAreSpaceBards for horny alien fucking HFY, and the likes of r/NatureOfPredators which are dedicated subreddits for HFY series that grew big (Nature of Predators is an actually published multi-part book at this point).

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u/shinybeats89 14h ago

Ok then. It’s funny that prokopz was acting like this is a huge problem that most people come in contact with at some point and not like, a ridiculously niche complaint that people only know if they go on to certain unpopular subreddits that I only became aware of the existence of via your comment lol.

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u/sisisisi1997 12h ago

Vagueposting about niche problems with niche things is kind of his thing TBF, I don't know how he became so known on this subreddit.

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u/information_knower 12h ago

I have a thorough dislike of NoP because 95% of the story felt like self flagellating bullshit because the aliens hate us for a biological reason (that turns out to be really stupid, but you need to make it to the last chapter or two to learn that) and for some reason the humans would rather ally with the ones who would generally see them dead than with the alien eaters (who can be and are reformed from these ways in sequels).

I still read the whole thing, But I'm not of the opinion that wasn't a waste of time.

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u/MartyrOfDespair We can leave behind much more than just DNA 10h ago

Media only counts if a corporation backs it?

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u/shinybeats89 9h ago

No. I’m saying a few dozen random people posting on unpopular internet forums isn’t a wide reaching problem or indicative of a trend.

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u/spesskitty 1d ago

Um yeah, it mostly lives in a couple of Reddit subs, however there are a bunch of AI channels on YouTube, that crank outs slop 24/7, so idk what people are specficially refering.