I mean, I've always considered this a really cool idea for a sci-fi/fantasy story. Problem is the people who tell these stories believe they're real.
Replace Annunaki with Goa'uld
Or the Engineers from Prometheus
Well, yeah. But Stargate got all their ideas from these conspiracies.
That's what makes it hilarious, along with Jack
It's no different than any other religion though.
Wait so a super technologically advanced life form that is able to travel through the universe easily doesn't have the knowledge to create technology that can mine for gold on a different planet? That instead they need slaves?
I mean if you are going to go down this crazy route at least make it more plausible!
Humans still use horses, cows, sled dogs, etc., even though we have cars, tractors, and many other machines which can do the same tasks.
Also if this was even remotely true we would never see surface level minerals since they would have all been collected first. Easiest way to debunk the ancient aliens here for our resources stories.
They didn't even have to come to a populated planet if they wanted to get gold out of the solar system. And unlike us humans in the article, they presumably don't have to worry about devaluation.
Yes. What gets me is how people devalue humans. That if our linage doesn't come from aliens then somehow we are not special?
I'd say everything that had to happen for humans to exist is more impressive than "aliens"
Nah, this way it filters out all the people who will not be easily fooled.
Sadly that is the most plausible part, for two reasons.
For one thing, machines need constant maintenance from qualified professionals, or they break down. And, once they’re broken, you have to pay for even more expensive repairs or buy a new one. Slaves, on the other hand, you can abuse almost to the point of death and they will keep functioning; they’re also somewhat self-replicating.
The second reason is why so many people want to bring slavery back: the cruelty is the point. There’s a certain mindset that really loves lording it over people; and even better if those people are so in their power that they physically/legally cannot escape. See also: people who verbally abuse wait staff.
Of course, it’s up to debate whether a truly alien lifeform would be thinking in such a human way, but it’s certainly possible.
(That being said, these people are lunatics. Douglas Adams once said, ‘Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?’ and I think that sums their insane rantings up perfectly.)
Hey, can you prove definitively that the Anunnaki WEREN'T actually little green men from outer space who could tell the future??? Well that proves it then! It MUST be true! Now if you'll excuse me, I'm late for an appointment to be fitted for a pyramid shaped hat to block the governments mind control rays...
Acadian myths?? Acadians were Catholic lol
I'm pretty sure they meant the Akkadians.
Not any less stupid, but these sorts have a real hard-on for ancient Middle Eastern cultures.
Okay... why was gold so "vital to [the Anunnaki's] survival"? Did they eat it? Tooth fillings? Cell phones? Gold plated audio jacks?
Those Anunnakis were audiophiles and couldn't survive without gold plated audio jacks
It's all about the gold plated TOSLINK
It was to restore the atmosphere on their home planet Nibiru supposedly.
Well... that makes about as much sense as the rest of it.
Yes, and I'm the queen of France
Your majesty looks good after losing all that ugly fat above her neck.
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