>''Good morning your Highness.'' >''Well

>>30113928
I can't tell who's speaking when.

>>30113936
It's all Anon speaking that's why it feels so weird. The picture is Celestia drinking after she hears about what Anon's life is like and being the empathetic mare she is basically breaking down in heartbreak and sorrow after hearing everything her ponies took for granted that he simply didn't have.

>>30113958
>anon tries to cheer her up saying his situation wasnt that bad and that he's fine.
>and he really is, no depression or anything.
>she starts crying harder.

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>>30113993
That's adorable.

bloop

>>30113993
>Tries to lighten the mood by saying at least he didnt to equestria by being murdered.
>She tearfully asks what "being murdered" is, since all she knows about his arrival is that it was an accident.
>Anon thinking it's just a language barrier clarifies it as when someone intentionally kills another person.
>Celestia breaks out the AJ-Daniels.
>Unbeknownst to anon the last accidental death caused by another pony was in the prechaotic era, the only surviving records of any validity indicate a bubbling liquid as dark as shadows and a badly damaged piece of parchment reading "M...t...s."
>Scholars still debate on whether the account is fact or merely a cautionary tale for ancient alchemists.

I really love the greentext of Celestia being really fucking sad over how Anon's life was shit before he came to Equestria. Anyone have any screencaps or pastebin links of shit like this?

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>>30114843
Prompts like this pop up every now and then but I can't remember one that produced a story. Shame.

>>30114843
There's a fic where she and luna are sad about his life IN equestria ("How many friends have you made today"), but i cant think of any about his life on earth.

>>30115114
>How many friends have you made today

not

>How many foals have you made today

pleb

>>30115114
Already read it. Not a huge fan, considering how OOC everyone is and how half the shit that happens is the MC's fault.

ripapeppr

>You look out over the sight that is laid out before you.
>Equestria!
>Home to all sorts of different creatures.
>And now home to a complete stranger.
>Looking ahead you see him staring at the windows that decorate your halls.
>These told the story of Nightmare Moon.
>It still hurt to remember.
>Walking to your newest subject you try to bury the guilt.
"Good morning Anonymous. How was your night in the castle?"
>"It was alright."
>He turned to face you, and you swear he had the eyes of a raccoon.
"Did you not sleep well? Was the bed not to your liking?"
>A maid nearby was preparing to leave.
>"No, no not at all. Actually it was the absolute softest bed in my life."
"Then why the dark eyes?"
>"Just some lack of sleep, that's all."
"Oh well I'm sorry to hear that. Maybe Luna can look into your dreams tonight and let you have some rest."
>Anon's head recoiled a bit at the thought.
>"I don't think that will be necessary. I'm still wrapping my head around how I came here, and all the new things in this world of yours. Once I get over the shock, I believe I should be fine."
"Are you certain? Luna is more then capable of helping you sleep through the night."
>"Yes I'm certain. Magic, new species to meet, being ripped out of my world without my consent. It's all very shocking and overwhelming. Even if it has been about a week since I passed out."

>>30115710
Please, go on.

>>30115710
"Well I can only imagine what that must be like. Yet don't be so distraught. I'm certain that soon enough Twilight will figure out a way to get you back home."
>Well let's hope that it's sooner rather then later. Though maybe this place wouldn't be so bad once I get use to it."
"Well how about we go have some breakfast outside. It's going to be a beautiful morning."

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Gotta say I like where this thread is going

>>30116230
Too bad it's fucking dead.

>>30115710
Moar

>>30115114

Tried to read that one, but the Anon is insufferable as fuck and everyone but maybe Pinkie acts wildly out of character just to give him a reason to be a "neutral" prick.

lump

>>30114009
>be anon, day 12 in equestria
>you have been in a continuous hug for the past few days, the brief times when celestia had to leave your side for business replaced by a royal guard, sans armor.
>there seems to be a line of volunteers after your story about life on earth was passed around.
>maybe the fact you'd signed up for the army struck a nerve, but you'd barely started basic before arriving in equestria
>although uncomfortable at first, this 'hug therapy' was actually pretty nice after you negotiated bathroom rights.
>you really think the ponies are just overreacting though, your life wasnt that bad compared to other people.
>...
>you probably shouldnt mention that in case they decide to invade earth.

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>>30117816
daww

>>30113928
>roleplaying
Delete this

>>30113928
It's nice to have a good thought provoking prompt like this.
It's a nice change from all the sex prompts that are usually posted.

>>30117844
>luna i'm not sure he needs the two of us.
>sister we have seen his dreams, he needs this.
>the poor dear's nightmares are really that bad?
>he does not appear to have suffered one yet.
>but then why... oh.
>indeed, now please shift your hoof, its poking me.

>>30114559
Ok yeah. I liked this until this bit. Veered way to hard into cuteesteria teritory.

>>30113936
Are you retarded? It's odd at first but by the second line it's obvious that it's all Anon.

>>30118315
>turns out equestria isnt all that different from most 1st world earh cities and towns, crime wise.
>the government and criminal underworld just coddle celestia because they dont want to see her cry.
>discord was roped in to help keep the facade going because he thinks its hilarious.

Bump for overprotective princess.

>the Princess is hugging you
>you're pondering how very lovely her eyes and voice are
>how utterly feminine she looks
>she's really quite pretty, prettier than a quadruped should be, and maybe you shouldn't perceive her that way, but you do
>...uh oh
>...goddamnit boner not now
>...please don't notice, please don't notice, please don't notice
>she's shifting around a bit and that can't be coincidental
>uh oh
>"Well, I know why your species wears clothes now."
"I'm very sorry about this, and it's not under conscious control. I don't mean to--"
>"Hush now. I'm kind of flattered," she says
>then steps around behind you to be the "big spoon," presumably so that Mr. Happy isn't poking her in the chest any more
>it was a day of excruciating awkwardness

>>30119019
>you will never be hugged by celestia and gaze into her eyes while her legs and wings gently wrap around you.

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>>30119019
>>...uh oh
>>...goddamnit boner not now
>>...please don't notice, please don't notice, please don't notice
kek

totally what would happen too

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>>30119415
>>30119019
>Trollestia urges strike her.
>Starts nuzzling the back of your head and humming softly.
>Acts oblivious to your inquiries on what she's doing, this is how she normally hugs a stallion.
>"You're turning red, are you feeling okay? Let me check your pulse."
>She puts her ear against your neck.
>The fact this action rests her head on your shoulder is not lost on you, or your human horn.
>Awkwardness intensifies.

>>30115919
>As both of you start your walk towards the balcony for breakfast, Anon falls behind a bit.
>Looking back you see him staring at the window depicting the scene of you banishing Luna to the moon.
>Your throat tightens a bit.
>"A sad day when one sibling must punish the other."
"Yes, indeed."
>You turn to look a bit farther down to see the depiction of discords first defeat by you and Luna.
>"Almost seems like a story of gods."
"Gods?"
>Turning back to Anon you move beside him as he looks down to you.
>"Yeah, Gods. Beings of great power and, wait you don't have religion here do you."
"Religion? Anon I do believe that we are going to have to sit down and talk about the differences of our worlds over the breakfast that is starting to get cold."
>Turning down the hallway you began to move to the balcony with Anon following behind.

>>30117849
You're a fucking ugly bitch. I wanna stab you to death, then play around with your blood

>>30119827
Well, that escalated quickly.

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>>30117859
Thanks senpai, I do try.

>>30117849
>>30119827
Beware the beasts who guard this thread. A love starved Anon is capable of anything.

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>>30119871
>A love starved Anon is capable of anything.
so every anon is what youre saying

>>30117816
>ponies here how truly bad life on Earth can be
>the princesses order all unicorns well versed in magic to work tirelessly on tearing time and space a new asshole to get to earth
>Equestria tells all the other races about how shit Earth is
>they all agree to help, even the griffins since even they're doing better than most humans
>the entire planet invades
>hugs all around for all the crushed souls
>world peace achieved thanks to the new fluffy overlords

>>30119896
>ponies here how truly bad life on Earth can be
>here

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>>30117816

>>30119896
>snackbars try to introduce ponies to the religion of peace
>discord forcibly invites them all to a giant game of dnd after finding out they're willing to kill themselves just to be with 40 virgins.

>>30119903
Thats how bad it is anon, that guy cant even type english.

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>>30119913
desu I'd be willing to give that up for sweet augs and cybernetics senpai.

Who would give a shit about being alone when you're half machine.

>>30119972
>implying crippling loneliness and fear of rejection can't coexist with cybernetic implants
>implying it wouldn't be entirely possible to hate your life even more when half of you is dead, unliving metal prosthetics, however many pretty blinky lights they may have on them
>implying this wouldn't drive even prior normies insane
>implying science fiction writers weren't writing about "cyberpsychosis," a mental illness affecting those with electronic "augmentation," 30+ years ago
>implying we couldn't fuck up a two car funeral

>>30119972
How monstrously uncouth your mind must be to produce such colourless and vapid thoughts.

>>30119824
I've always felt that in a story like this, where a concept simply doesn't exist in a culture, the ignorant one, when confronted with a word they are not used to (assuming they're speaking the same language), should respond with trying to decipher the word instead of just saying "what does that mean?", the character would first decipher the words root, which in this case is the Latin "religare" to bind, and trying to figure out its meaning from this and it's context, and having the appropriate reaction, and then asking what it means.
Granted, this only works with certain characters but in this case I think it's appropriate.

>>30120183
Amusing. Or if a concept does exist, but they'd use a different word for it, because the one we use is species-specific?

>the tall white one everyone called "Princess" glared at you through the bars of the cage
>the cage that you were in, not her, perhaps unfortunately
>the talkative little purple one piped up
>"But we don't know that he's dangerous. He hasn't done anything that we know of."
>Princess's voice was stern
>"Possibly so, but we can't hippomorphize him. We can't make any assumptions yet."
>you turned the strange word over in your head
>sort of like "anthropomorphize," but--ah, yes, "hippos" was the classical Greek root word meaning "horse," wasn't it?
>you smirk. oh, is THAT how it's going to be?

See what I did there?

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>>30120247
>>30120183

>>30120247
Yes, yes I did indeed see what you did there. We really need more stuff like this on the board, it would make it so much more fun.

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>>30120073
>not wanting to be human 2.0

>>30119991
>implying
Being able to see things unseen as with your human eyes, being able to process information orders of magnitude faster than you could, being inhumanly strong, even one of these things would be wonderfully liberating.

Not including the potential AI which could exist at such a point, you could have constant discussion and debate with such a creation through whatever neural link or connection exists.

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>>30120345
>Implying power would make you happy.
Say you got your wish, then what?

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>>30120390
Then I'd probably be part of the military, living my life as a career soldier/pilot/captain because civilians probably wouldn't have access to such augmentations.

Then I'd be too busy living life at that point to worry about such trivial things such as 'loneliness'.

>>30120411
>>30120345
>>30120379
These Anons incalculable ignorance of the human condition is depressing

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>>30120437
Okay.

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>>30120437
Better start adapting senpai, time is running out and the future cannot be stopped.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Pc4HhhW0Xo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTGthmNmrK4

>>30120073
what are you a fag?

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>>30120411
>Implying you need sci-fi technology to do just that.
>Implying if you only had all these gadgets everything would be okay.
>Implying doing no more and no less than what you're told is living the life.

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>You want to replace your body parts?
>Even your brain?
>But you're great just as you are.
>Would it even be you afterwards?

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>>30120534
You aren't me, fag, and you aren't a psychologist either. I've been dreaming about the tech that's just emerging now since I was a kid and no amount of armchair psychoanalyzing is going to change my opinion on the matter.

>>30120493
Are you cognisant?

>>30120564
And once more you have missed the point entirely

>>30120579
What even is your point? That I'm some worthless depressed lump? Because if so your point is way off the mark, senpai.

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>>30120564
You should not assume that you cannot be convinced. If you are right then you are right, but if you are not then it is you and not me who decides that. Believing that nothing can change your mind will hurt you at worst and change nothing at best.

>>30120644
Yes, the anonymous poster on 4chan is going to change my mind.

It's time to stop. We'll see when the time comes in twenty some years.

>>30120622
The point is that no gadget, much like money, can never give you true happiness.

>>30120671
Then what is true happiness? A career? A woman? Please, 'true happiness' varies from person to person. You cannot definite it as a singular thing.

>>30120684
That's my point exactly though...

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>>30120668
I don't personally care about changing your mind. I generally wish well for all who post here, that is why I suggested you to be more open minded.

>>30120700
A pretty bad way of explaining it then. Who's to say someone augmenting themselves to become something more than human won't make them truly happy?

>>30120562
I actually wonder how they'd react to a human showing up with artificial limbs or pieces of machinery and cybernetics embedded into their bodies.

Would they react with disgust? Shock? Curiosity? All of the above?

>>30119896
>ponies decide human suffering is the result of being human
>making people happy can only be achieved by making them ponies
>conversion bureau intensifies

>>30120757
CEASE

>>30120747
I think at first they'd think it was some kind of armor over a flesh-and-blood limb. When they figured it out, their reaction woulld mostly be a combination of

1. eww, this guy comes from a world where loss of limbs is so common that there's a standardized out-of-the-box cybernetic replacement limb industry

2. nice tech. not as nice as magically regrowing the limb, but nice

3. Purplesmart will completely geek out about it. She will want to know how it works and how it's powered and will not be satisfied until she's taught herself electronics and is working on the nerve-tissue-to-computer-interface problem.

>>30120570
of the fact that your a fuckin homo? yes my dude

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>>30120747
>>30120822
There's an old poem about this sort of thing but i cant remember what it's called or how it goes exactly, only that it's meaning stuck with me.
Something like
>We are born without tooth or claw, so we dug up the earth and fashioned them from Iron.
It's basically about how we have practically zero physical advantages compared to other predatory animals (Our endurance being the exception, but that's honestly more suited to a prey animal than a hunter, we just made it work because fuck nature), so we made tools to compensate.
Cybernetic enchancements / replacements are just the next logical extension of that mentality.
We dont have magic, but we have generations of human after human after human that learned how to bang rocks together, found bigger and bigger rocks until eventually a man stepped onto our moon and was able to look down at his home from a place no human before him had ever stood.

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>>30120989
Is man as a part of nature even capable of going against it? If we level a forest and use its resouces to our advantage is that not natural?

>>30120183
>>30120247
>>30120311
Well I do apologize for not thinking that word play is much fun. Also I don't really think to hard on what people say rather on the context of the conversation itself rather then any specific word.

>>30119824
"So he not only blinded the cyclops, but had him shouting that 'nothing' wrong him."
>"That's how the story goes."
>Anon grabs the last of the grapes, slowly plucking them into his mouth.
"You're certain that this, 'Odysseus', wasn't magical in anyway?"
>"Yes I'm certain. Haven't I already proven that my people have no magic whatsoever residing in us."
"I just can't fathom it. All through out Equestria, magic is within every creature. Even the Everfree forest has magic within it. Uncontrolled magic, but magic none the less."
>"Well once again I'm not from your world, but since we're on the subject of magic, how does it work?"
>Taking a sip from your tea you begin to fall back on your years teaching twilight.
"Magic works the same as moving your head, or eating a meal. One doesn't start out knowing how to use it. Foals are young and growing their magic is wild and unpredictable, since they have no real control over it yet. Over time Earth pony bodies naturally make a connection with the earth's magic. Allowing them to nurture plants, strengthen roots, and allow food to grow much faster then any other race. Pegasus bodies..."
>Anon held his hand up, moving it back and forth.
>"Woah, woah, woah. I'm not asking about how they use it, though put a pin in that class for later. What I'm trying to ask is how do you access the magic? Is it something your bodies naturally make, or is it something that exist like energy, flowing through everything here."
>You ponder his question for a moment.
>What was he asking for?
>Accessing magic was a simple thing once one learned to control it.
>Our bodies make magic? That seemed odd.
>Energy?

>>30121143
>but had him shouting that 'nothing' wrong him
wat

>>30121117

Intelligence is a product of natural processes and as such it's clear than any product of intelligence is by definition natural.

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>>30121117
>>30121161
Arguably the correct term is Sapience.
A dog can be intelligent, but it probably wouldn't be able to hold a conversation with any amount of nuance, even if you trained it to understand a language.

>>30121160
Dude said his name was Nothing and wronged a Cyclops.

>>30121160
That was ment to be 'wronged'
Nothing wronged him
The story of Odysseus

>>30121316
>That was ment to be 'wronged'
oh okay
that makes more sense

>>30121143
>Well I do apologize for not thinking that word play is much fun. Also I don't really think to hard on what people say rather on the context of the conversation itself rather then any specific word.

It's not just the wordplay. It's the implications. When the ponies use their equivalent of the word "anthropomorphize," that carries with it a lot of implications, bad ones: "he's not like us" "he doesn't think the way we do" "he's some kind of dangerous monster or beast and we have to treat him as a threat" "his mind is alien and incomprehensible" etc.

>Humans are generally curious and restless if left to their own devices.
>Usually full of energy and sometimes have the darndest ideas.
>They're not naturally good at anything but most still try to find their purpose in life.
>They're considerably more fragile than most, but can recover from pretty much anything that isnt fatal.
>Everything they are good at is something they've had to work hard for.
>On top of all that they have no innate abilities like a connection to the land, flight or magic.

I just realised the human race are basically Foals to celestia and now i want a story where she adopts the entire planet and is basically a dictator but also the best mom ever.
I understand the momlestia fags better now at least.

>>30121358
Ah, now I see what you mean.
Also I was thinking of adding that to the story, but from a different character other then celestia. It just doesn't seem to fit her character to judge any creature too harshly.

>>30121740
>>They're not naturally good at anything but most still try to find their purpose in life.
human ingenuity and creativity has no rival

>>30121756
>>30121740

The vast, vast majority of people on Earth will accomplish nothing of any significance in their entire life and will be utterly unremarkable in every way. They will be completely forgotten within one generation after their death.

Humanity's true special talent is mediocrity.

>>30122054

Even the most mundane of accomplishments can still be regarded as a near miracle compared to what an animal would have achieved in the same time frame though

>>30122224
Unless you live in Africa

>>30122838
>Africa
>humans

pick one

>>30122838
>compared to what an animal would have achieved

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>>30117816
>Be Luna
>Chillin' in throne room
>Doors fly open
>>"... and have Shining Armor brought to Canterlot at once-"
>Celestia looks pissed
>"and prepare for general mobilization."
>OH FUCK WHAT
>"Wait! You can't!"
>Anon is right behind her
>"Princess, stop!"
"Tia, what's going on?! I thought we had a treaty with the-"
>"This isn't about that."
>She turns to an aid
>"Go to the archives and get the emergency recruitment plan for expeditionary forces."
>The aid pony rushes off
>Anon grabs Celestia's tail
>She stops
>"Princess, you don't understand-"
>"NO, ANONYMOUS!"
>Haven't heard her use the RCV in... like, forever!
>"It is you who do not understand. Your people are gripped by evil. They are uneducated and starving, living in poverty, filth, disease-"
>That can't be true
>"Not everywhere! There-"
>"UNACCEPTABLE! For thousands of years not a single pony in my kingdom has ever wanted for food, water, healthcare, or purpose. The thought of a land where this is not true..."
>Celestia shuts her eyes and grits her teeth
>Tears stream down her face
"Sister, what is going on?"
>"Luna, the Humans are divided. They... make war with each other-"
>Shocked
>"and they have for their entire history."
"That... that is impossible."
>"The Humans are split into countless factions. They all war in turn. Their world is in perpetual conflict."
>You feel your heart breaking
"I... they must be stopped!"
>"Not you too!"
"One does not let a child come to harm. Anon, if your people-"
>"No, listen! We're really good at war. Like, REALLY good at it. We have bombs that can destroy entire cities in the blink of an eye! Thousands of them that-"
>Celestia stomps her hoof
>"You look upon our world and see peace."
>You join your sister
"But you do not banish war by being excellent at peace. You do so by being excellent at war."
>"If your people cannot help but war, let their hungry starve, their sick die..."
>You place your hoof on Celestia's shoulder
>"Then we must save them from themselves."

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>>30123302
Hot damn, I barely kept that under the character limit, and it wasn't going to be long enough for two parts.

I tell ya, some days it's tough being a writefag. lol, jk.Not about the limit though, that shit was tight.

>>30120989
>Our endurance being the exception, but that's honestly more suited to a prey animal than a hunter,
There's two parts to that.

1) Persistence hunting. Which is a motherfucking bitch of a way to hunt. You literally jog after a gazzell until it's too exhausted to run any more. Pre-stone age tactic.

2) Mobility. Moving around let us deal with droughts, follow herds, and get the fuck away from angry neighbors.

(I like big butts and I cannot lie)

But that quote is right on the mark. There's a damn good argument that our weirdly ill-equiped place in the ecological niche forced us to develop intelligence as a substitute. Dinosaurs were around a LOT longer than we, but we're not digging up cyberlimbed T-rexes most likely because they simply never had the need to develop it.

>Cybernetic enchancements / replacements are just the next logical extension of that mentality.

We're already there dude. Phones. We carry around a super-computer exterior brain on our hip at all times. The fact that it's ~1-2 feet away rather than 1-2cm inside us doesn't make much difference.

>>30121117
>Is man as a part of nature even capable of going against it?
Oh hell yeah. We're evolved to deal with a very specific envionmental and social environment and we've stepped SO FAR outside of that safety zone that it's ridiculous. If we DIDN'T go against nature, we'd be banging at 13 years old and knocking up all the teenagers.

>If we level a forest and use its resouces to our advantage is that not natural?
Eh, there's some philosophical shenanigians there. Humans are a product of nature, and all our instincts are natural, but the definition of "unnatural" is "man-made". It's not as special as people used to treat it, but that's the definition.

>>30121161
> it's clear than any product of intelligence is by definition natural.

You're a product of your mom. Are you your mom?

>>30123302
nice.


>"But you do not banish war by being excellent at peace. You do so by being excellent at war."
Oh damn!

>>30123348
It's true though. The only reason we haven't had another full scale war is because it would be too costly and we are too in bed economically with each other.

>>30123415
The economic argument is a fallacy. It was thought prior to WW1 that war was impossible because the powers were too interdependent on world trade.

The real reason is nukes. War hasn't been confined to battlefields for about a hundred years. War can come to the home front, and nukes make that threat existential. The great powers will fight lesser countries until the cows come home. But other great powers that have nukes? Better just fund third world countries to fight their troops while they find others to fight ours.

>>30123415
It's a mad MAD world.

>>30123302
that would literally be a war of attrition and i doubt poners have the numbers humans do to keep up

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>>30123441

This started as a cozy feels thread. Now it's been turned into an HFY thread.

Why though?

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>>30123805
For someone who has never before met a sentient without magic, attempting to understand human nature and philosophy is the next logical step. This discussion would make perfect sense in a green. Someone should put it in a green.

>>30123455
Honestly it all comes down to whether we have any sort of counter against magic.
If we do, the war would be costly o both sides.
If we dont, we get curb stomped, all the technology in the world cant do shit when a unicorn can just grab it out of your hands.
Plus if celestia enlists discord its pretty much game over either way.

>>30123441
Reminds me of that short green where Anon scared the hell out of Sun and Moon Butts by saying that the only thing that now keep us in like is the MAD.

>>30124079
It is pretty horrifying when you think about it, the equivilant for ponies is that we're living with a giant sword over our heads constantly, and the only reason it hasnt fallen on us is that OUR swords would hit everyone else.

Thats the thing about the MAD doctrine, if you cant determine WHERE the attack came from, you target everyone.

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>>30119913

>>30113928
Are there any stories along the lines of this?

I just wanna read SOMETHING along the lines of sad involving celestial. I've been off the ride since mid season 5 but I'm craving some sunny fics, and this thread piqued my interests.

>>30123348
Yes, I'm approximately half my mom

>>30123887
Fund it

>>30123302
>>"No, listen! We're really good at war. Like, REALLY good at it. We have bombs that can destroy entire cities in the blink of an eye! Thousands of them that-"


>U.S. soldiers kill unarmed civilian
>Vietnam War
>My Lai Massacre
>U.S nuke japan

>>30124439
USA USA USA USA USA USA

>>30124108
>Thats the thing about the MAD doctrine, if you cant determine WHERE the attack came from, you target everyone.

Well, not EVERYONE everyone, I assume there's a list of likely suspects.

>1964
>nuclear-tipped missiles fired at US, taking out Washington, Boston, NYC, a number of other East Coast cities
>retaliation is not long in coming
>but it's against Russia and China
>not France, not Nigeria, not Iceland, not Thailand, not India

>>30124840
By 'everyone' i meant everyone with a nuclear arsenal.
Because although remote, the possibility exists of firing a nuke and making it look like another country did it or simply making it impossible to know for certain.
Having a "I'll target everyone if i dont know who did it." policy serves as a safeguard against that sort of trickery.

Isreal has something similar, but it's more of a general "If we're close to or about to die we have nukes targeted on all your population centers" policy.

>>30124936
Still not "everyone." I find it implausible that if nuclear attacks were made on the US, the US would attack France and the UK rather than Russia and China. France and the UK have nuclear arsenals of their own, and have for many decades, but when I try to think of circumstances under which they would launch them at the US, I come up empty. Maybe someone else here is more imaginative than I am.

>Israel has something similar

You've been reading agitprop from Seymour Hersh, who claimed he was quoting Menachem Begin when he said Israeli nuclear deterrence policy was based on being "like a rabid dog, too dangerous to approach." Which is fucking stupid, because rabid dogs get hunted down and killed--they're too dangerous to let live. He claimed the Israelis have a plan to target Western European cities in the event of a nuclear attack by Iran, which would be retarded. The most credible estimates, to me, of Israel's nuclear arsenal is that it's on par with that of France or Britain--approximately 200 warheads, total, 80-90% of them low-yield tactical nukes for battlefield use. They don't HAVE enough of the big city-busters to lob warheads indiscriminately at London and Paris and Rome, not when they would be (presumably) retaliating against an attack from Iran or a nuclear-armed Syria or Libya, both of which had rather extensive and well-funded nuclear weapons programs until Saddam Hussein got made an example of. They've got enough to hit the big and medium-sized cities in Iran and send their economy back to the Stone Age, with a handful left over to make sure of Mecca and Medina too (because, wouldn't you?). They are a regional power, not a nuclear superpower. When you have thousands of city-busters instead of a handful then maybe you can start thinking about low-probability, low-priority stuff, but again, why would France attack the US?

>>30124439
I hate American.

>>30126569
We hate you too.

>>30126607
Why does americans say 'we' when they should 'I'?

>>30126888
>implying the first person plural isn't entirely appropriate
>implying anyone likes uppity foreigners
>implying implications

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>>30127017
>When you feel the need to say something but have nothing to say.
>Non americans are foreigners wherever they are.
If I didn't know where you're from I'd guess it now.

>>30127133
>implying I'm not expressing my contempt perfectly well

It's hardly my fault if you don't understand English. Crawl back into your hole, foreign wog.

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>>30127192
Over so soon? I wanted to argue, didn't think we'd exhaust arguments this quickly and resort to hollow insults.

>>30127339
Stay mad, wog. It's not as though you were worth the effort.

>>30124058
>Honestly it all comes down to whether we have any sort of counter against magic.
Bullets. Bullets tend to be a pretty good counter to things.

If not bullets, then bigger bullets.

>>30126888
The 'royal we' goes back to England. It's been part of the English language before there was a USA.

>>30113928
>Celestia will never make you pancakes for breakfadt based on what you ate yesterday.

shid

>>30121740
>>They're considerably more fragile than most, but can recover from pretty much anything that isn't fatal.
>mad scientist Anon trying to turn magic into tangible energy with purple smart
>gets blown across the room by magic hiccup
>Twilight runs over to him worried he's dead
>the Anon just sits up, adjusts himself and starts cackling at the fact he nearly died
>Twilight is eternally freaked out by humans

>>30130937
>>the Anon just sits up, adjusts himself and starts cackling at the fact he nearly died
kek
thats a pretty standard reaction among most people as well

>>30130945
We are all a little bit crazy.

>>30130947
Which leads me to believe Equestria would be rather boring for a human once the novelty wore off.

>>30127434
>bullets as a counter for magic
>when shielding and telekinetic spells are basic magic
nah if bullets is all we have then we're pretty much fucked

>>30130956
>Anon gets to Equestria
>Gets bored quickly
>Goes thrill seeking
>It's not what the ponies expect
>Every day it's something new to almost kill himself with
>The ponies desperately try to stop him but only end up putting him in even more dangerous situations
>Anon has never been more giddy in his life

>>30130956
Hah, not even close!
Imagine all shenanigans those ponies may drag you into.
Imagine ones you drag them into!
It would only get boring if you let it be!

>>30130961
>shielding
>basic

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>>30130956
Option 1: Possibilty of some weird artifact that lets you learn magic.

Option 2: Document Equestrian life from the perspective of a complete outsider.

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>>30130975
Adrenaline junky in Equestria when.

>>30130998
>Option 1: Possibilty of some weird artifact that lets you learn magic.
sounds pretty gary stu deus ex machina tier famalam

>Option 2: Document Equestrian life from the perspective of a complete outsider.
sounds kinda boring famalam

>>30131090
You end up in whole wide new magical world.
Packing a bag, buying a map and wandering from place to place experiencing it all would be pretty neat.
Write a journal along the way and publish it when you see all there is to see or get tired and want to stay in one place and rise a family, get rich and enjoy the life as alien who wrote a bestseller and gone native.

>>30131139
>day one: entered everfree forest, eaten by manticore
>rest of journal is empty

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>>30127506

It's called the "Majestic Plural".

>>30131163
Yeah no shit, why not go into an active volcano while you're at it

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>>30131090
Option 2 is literally just watching cute horses doing cute things and writing about it, if you find that boring then why are you even here.
And thats just a long term project, disregarding the things you'd do on a day to day basis like any sort of job, a hobby, making sure you have enough to eat, staying in shape, etc.

>>30131163
>Going into the everfree alone and straying off the path when you have no physical advantages over the creatures in it.
Really nigga?

>>30126607
If you want to take this discussion seriously then i can advice you to answer my question first. After that you could answer your question yourself. You guys always argue like "oh finally we repulse their attack so we won the war" . However Vietnam war is not object-captured warfare dumbass. It is a war of attrition where both sides try to inflict damage on each other as much as possible and who hold longer would win. I have to tell you again to look at the fucking fact: American and allies casualty in total was even higher than NVA and Vietcong combined. There is no fucking myth like "US outkilled enemy 15 to 1, US army was crushing the enemy etc"that is what your propaganda is always barking.

>>30131180
>see all there is to see
>leave out the entire everfree
hmm

>>30131191
"Hey i want to explore the everfree, do you want to come with?"
Rainbow dash, Twilight, even the goddamn CMC's would be more useful than going in there alone.

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>>30127434
>Bullets. Bullets tend to be a pretty good counter to things.

Some ponies think they are more magical than me. Maybe, maybe. I've yet to meet one that is more magical than BOOLIT.

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>>30131367
>Not BOOLET
Heavy is spy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59739LrJfYE