• InevitableSwing [none/use name]OP
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      15 days ago

      “Hello, and welcome to Proxima Centauri b! I hope our auto-language processors are working well and you can underst—”

      “I am a Space Force-LAPD-LASD-National-Guard-Combined-Operation AI Drone. Do not interfere as I determine if you are hostile.”

      “You have traveled 4.25 light years to threaten us?”

      “I come in peace. But I’m pleading with you, with tears in my eyes: If you fuck with me, I’ll kill you all.”

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      I based the “come in peace” bit from an actual thing Mad Dog Mattis said to Iraqi leaders following the invasion.

      9 unforgettable quotes by James Mattis

      3. ‘I come in peace. I didn’t bring artillery. But I’m pleading with you, with tears in my eyes: If you fuck with me, I’ll kill you all.’