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Buzzzz: Hivemind Speculation Thread
« on: July 08, 2022, 07:32:35 pm »

The Planetary Hivemind is but one! Discuss what takes your fancy!

« Last Edit: July 08, 2022, 09:50:27 pm by Scoops Novel »
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Re: Buzzzz: Hivemind Speculation Thread
« Reply #1 on: July 09, 2022, 01:00:30 am »

You will be assimilated!
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Re: Buzzzz: Hivemind Speculation Thread
« Reply #2 on: July 09, 2022, 05:56:23 am »

Choose your hivemind

Digital
Pros:
-Beep boop
-Welcome to the noosphere
-Shitposting at the speed of light
-Drones look so shiny

Cons
-Not rust proof
-Hackerman is still on the loose
-Have to choose between vulnerable central mindserver or decentralised blockbrain

Hormonal
Pros
-Actually works
-Hive mind comes with actual hives to live in
-Queen is dummy thicc

Cons
-You are a honeypot replete
-You are not allowed to change jobs
-Should have picked termite you noob

Fungal
Pros
-Most inclusive hive mind

Cons
-The fungus doesn't assimilate minds. It assimilates bodies. You are a prisoner trapped in your own flesh whilst the fungus brain marches you around

Psionic

Pros
-You get cool glowing eyes

Cons
-No one told you glowing eyes come with lens flaring

Forum hivemind
Pros
-We all have the same ideas

Cons
-We all have the same ideas

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Re: Buzzzz: Hivemind Speculation Thread
« Reply #3 on: July 09, 2022, 06:01:48 am »

The only thing humans lack to be eusocial is a specialized caste to produce babies, right? Test-tube baby scientists could be our ant queens, if we so wished.

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Re: Buzzzz: Hivemind Speculation Thread
« Reply #4 on: July 09, 2022, 04:31:53 pm »

It's a TIE!

One more thread, and the Scoops Novel Hivemind will be recognized!

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Re: Buzzzz: Hivemind Speculation Thread
« Reply #5 on: July 10, 2022, 02:41:49 am »

The future is a Novel hivemind, all will be absorbed into the Novelmind!
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