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[–] [email protected] 44 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's weird... I feel like any civilisation worth joining the galactic federation would have no issues finding volunteers to save their civilisation anyway (though maybe not 14 minutes...)

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Time is a question of logistics not proclivity, 14 min is not a long ask for 100,000 with a wide enough net. Heck you could probably fill it in the US alone in that time period.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

As an individual, when you’re presented with the choice of giving up yourself for the rest of mankind, don’t you think 10 minutes (minus the time it takes to receive the call) is a bit tight to think about it?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

You underestimate the number of us who would fuck off the earth and leave our current boring lonely miserable unfulfilling lives in a second.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

the isekai protagonist caste

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

... To have HOT ALIEN SEX!!!

I feel like that qualifier makes the decision easier for some. That and the low number of volunteers required would definitely trigger FOMO and people would sign up more quickly.