# Aliens offer you a chance for liftime luxury for every human in exchange for sterilisation. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 1, 2015, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aliens-offer-you-a-chance-for-liftime-luxury-for-every-human-in-exchange-for-sterilisation/729617 "2015-09-01T15:53:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aliens-offer-you-a-chance-for-liftime-luxury-for-every-human-in-exchange-for-sterilisation/729617/41 "2015-09-02T19:29:28Z")
What happened to good old fashioned aliens that would come here and steal our resources and our women and kill anyone who got in their way? ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aliens-offer-you-a-chance-for-liftime-luxury-for-every-human-in-exchange-for-sterilisation/729617/42 "2015-09-02T19:33:46Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > What happened to good old fashioned aliens that would come here and steal our resources and our women and kill anyone who got in their way? We’re those aliens, in 3000 years. That’s why those baby killing bastards are trying to get in a first strike. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aliens-offer-you-a-chance-for-liftime-luxury-for-every-human-in-exchange-for-sterilisation/729617/43 "2015-09-02T20:51:12Z")
I voted yes. Although I don’t like kids, and wouldn’t care if I never saw another child. ---
**Author:** ![Stoneburg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Stoneburg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoneburg)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aliens-offer-you-a-chance-for-liftime-luxury-for-every-human-in-exchange-for-sterilisation/729617/44 "2015-09-02T21:40:27Z")
Sounds like a good deal to me! The only negative effect is that humans are gone from the re-incarnation game. So what, I’ll just come back as something else next time, and now that it’s been confirmed there are more intelligent species out there… Got nothing to lose! I also wouldn’t mind telling everyone that I made the decision. I’d be like “Yeah well, I guess they went to me because I’m the smarts one. Now who’s down for some serious fucking without any risk of getting pregnant? Anyone want to fuck the #1 alien negotiator in the world?!” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Reluctant\_A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@Reluctant\_A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reluctant_A)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aliens-offer-you-a-chance-for-liftime-luxury-for-every-human-in-exchange-for-sterilisation/729617/45 "2015-09-02T22:04:06Z")
> [@Stoneburg](#): > > I also wouldn’t mind telling everyone that I made the decision. I’d be like “Yeah well, I guess they went to me because I’m the smarts one. Now who’s down for some serious fucking without any risk of getting pregnant? Anyone want to fuck the #1 alien negotiator in the world?!” On the other hand, announcing publicly that you were the one who made the deciding vote on whether to have the human race rendered extinct could also end _way_ differently for you. You might want to have WITSEC on speed dial, just in case… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aliens-offer-you-a-chance-for-liftime-luxury-for-every-human-in-exchange-for-sterilisation/729617/46 "2015-09-02T22:05:42Z")
I voted No just like about 80% of you at this time. However, doesn’t this tell us that humanity’s real mission should be to find an alternate planet to live on, even an artificial one? Otherwise, there’s a great deal of randomness in the universe and on earth that could wipe us out long before the next 150 years. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aliens-offer-you-a-chance-for-liftime-luxury-for-every-human-in-exchange-for-sterilisation/729617/47 "2015-09-02T22:09:40Z")
> [@Reluctant\_A](#): > > On the other hand, announcing publicly that you were the one who made the deciding vote on whether to have the human race rendered extinct could also end _way_ differently for you. The inevitable Pit thread should be an interesting read. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aliens-offer-you-a-chance-for-liftime-luxury-for-every-human-in-exchange-for-sterilisation/729617/48 "2015-09-02T22:22:20Z")
> [@Mr\_Shine](#): > > If they leave, they tell you that quickly Earth’s energy reserves will run out, causing widespread famine and misery, and it’ll probably be about 200-300 years before humanity reaches the technical solution, which they’re not abnout to share. Big mistake by the Aliens here: they make it clear there is a solution, and merely predict (IOW, hope) humans can’t promptly find it. But we’re a tolerably clever species and may well be able to fashion a future outside their prediction. It’s at least worth a try. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aliens-offer-you-a-chance-for-liftime-luxury-for-every-human-in-exchange-for-sterilisation/729617/49 "2015-09-02T23:12:10Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > _Stargate_ > I’d vote no. Dooming humanity just for my own pleasure would be the ultimate act of selfishness. Dooming Humanity would BE my pleasure. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aliens-offer-you-a-chance-for-liftime-luxury-for-every-human-in-exchange-for-sterilisation/729617/50 "2015-09-03T00:25:48Z")
Ideally I’d go all Leonidas on them are murder the delegation. You want to exterminate humanity? Fuck you buddy. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aliens-offer-you-a-chance-for-liftime-luxury-for-every-human-in-exchange-for-sterilisation/729617/51 "2015-09-03T12:23:35Z")
> [@Mr\_Shine](#): > > Nice pacifism there, **Dribble** Nice username reading ability there, **Mr Shine**. And a great big whoosh if you thought I was posting that as myself, rather than a certain desert mouse. ---
**Author:** ![Gothic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Gothic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gothic)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aliens-offer-you-a-chance-for-liftime-luxury-for-every-human-in-exchange-for-sterilisation/729617/52 "2015-09-03T12:41:33Z")
The thread reminds me of the Enterprise episode, In the Mirror Darkly. Say yes, shoot them and take their tech. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aliens-offer-you-a-chance-for-liftime-luxury-for-every-human-in-exchange-for-sterilisation/729617/53 "2015-09-03T12:48:21Z")
I voted no. Just not an option. Now, when I read the thread title, I wasn’t sure if everyone had to be sterilized as a group or if it was a matter of individual choice. As an individual choice, I’m already sterile as an age and wonky uterus thing. So I’d personally be willing to think about it. I probably wouldn’t volunteer to go first, but I’d think about it. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aliens-offer-you-a-chance-for-liftime-luxury-for-every-human-in-exchange-for-sterilisation/729617/54 "2015-09-03T18:18:39Z")
I think its time to end the human experiment. It was a nice run, but there’s no need for us to exist if the alternative is happiness for everyone [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aliens-offer-you-a-chance-for-liftime-luxury-for-every-human-in-exchange-for-sterilisation/729617.md?page=2)