I'd love to see a part 2. Imagine Craeolite researchers rediscovering the "negative" side effects of sleep'; Nightmares, Repressed Memories, or worst of all Sleep Paralysis. I'd love to see how they'd react to such new experiences and learn how we humans deal with it.
And a deeper historical discovery about WHY their ancestors installed those machines that forced them to stay awake. My guess is a period under the thumb of some authoritarian regime.
NGL, the horror factor of a technology you don't remember making or installing and forgetting that a basic biological function ever existed is definitely worth a follow up episode
Imagine when they encounter those, like me, who have no memory of their dreams other than knowing that they do dream. When I wake up, my dream cache essentially does an Etch A Sketch shake before I can even think about trying to catalog them.
Most people forget their dreams around 2 minutes after waking up. The trick is to keep a notepad next to your bed to write them down when you awake :) Once your body gets into the habit of remembering dreams, you'll dream far more often (Or more specifically - You'll remember that you've dreamt)
@Reelix, believe me, I've tried this multiple times. I unfortunately sleep the sleep of the dead and as such, by the time I reach coherence, all that I have left is the knowledge that I had a dream and whether it was good or bad. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Love this story and concept. No hyper overpowered species on either side. Realistic Concept. Aliens who haven’t experienced sleep because of their ultra advanced technology WOULD be confused about basic human behavior and functioning. Hopefully we’ll get more of these
3 AM, stirring awake... staring at the window, something stares back! "What stares back at 3AM?" 3AM, lying still in my bed, dreams galore I'm not awake Just some of the lyrics from a song, hope you liked them.
I think that the smartest one in the whole story was the diner owner Tom. He identified a future need and capitalized on it very quickly. It wouldn't surprise me if he secured an exclusive contract to supply the entire Craeolite Civilization with Pillows! 😂
I just don't imagine a first contact scenario to go this smoothly, especially with humans acting as if this was just another Tuesday and without everyone nearby - at the very least - gawking constantly, taking lots of pics with smartphones and asking to take something called "selfies" with them. It helps that a sheriff accompanies them. But some people should be hiding inside, reacting in fear or calling authorities. I think it'd make a lot more sense if first contact had already been made, say, at least a few years or a decade earlier.
It seems that the introspective approach is to be more effective at solving and resolving problems between people who have vastly different experiences.
@@UncleCharlie2.0 I agree. Both are good observations. Even so - even in a tiny town - it just does not seem natural that none of the humans stared at them or in their excitement to whip out their iPhone to snap a pic... they drop it and crack the screen. Humans are, by nature, curious and habitual gossips. If they're brave/brazen enough, they'd stop to ask aliens questions, like... their take on the meaning of life or what color the sky is on their homeworld. That, and they'd post it on social media or brag to their social circle.
That is the most casual first contract I've ever heard of. - Hay there earth man, did you notice that everyone is dead! - Dead? Naw they're sleeping. - Sleeping? What is this nonsense you speak of earth man. - Wait, you don't sleep??? This is low keep the funniest first contact sicario. 🤣🤣🤣
I liked this story. And I don't see first contact going this smoothly to be unrealistic. All it takes is one human acting like it's no big deal, especially an authority figure. And if the aliens are polite enough most people will just shrug it off and go about their day.
A minor rewrite could place the first contact a few years ago but it was brief. After that it was very offical contacts. As such the sheriff and the other townspeople would know about the aliens and seen them on the TV and the Internet. This however would be the first casual meeting with ordinary humans. The whole story I also see as our own quest to eliminate sleep. Those eight hours can soo easily shrink down to six or even four. That is not healthy.
The whole sleep aspect of the story is great,but i would lie if my mind didn't constantly scream how people don't act this casual about meeting an alien in person or how there is no way politicians wouldn't try to gain huge benefits from a galactic empire in desperate and immediate need for help
People seem to forget there's people in the amazon jungle rarely seen by civilised people 😅 a place could exist that has humans that'd see aliens as just "different people"
I feel bad for poor Tom, the diner owner. He is fronting all this coffee and food for the aliens. They're going eat him out of business. I'm sure they provided him with something in exchange for the hospitality. This story makes me want to find a nice town like this to live in. I am so tired of the way people are in this country. In RL, those poor aliens would have been rounded up and disappeared.
Commenting this; Someone else mentioned writing quality had dropped off a cliff, and I agree. We had a society that NEVER slept, had NO safeguards for workplace sleep accidents, had NO adaptations or designs for sleep; and you're telling me that the moment mass unconciousness post-solar flare wasn't an IMMEDIATE AND CATACLYSMIC DISASTER? Imagine piloting a mega-shipliner that weighs in the teratonnes meant to transport heavy cargo, ores, etc, then imagine falling asleep at the wheel while flying towards a planet. You don't just become a meteor. You become the same sort of disaster that made the dinosaurs go bye bye.
Also I do believe these stories are picked from posts by various authors... So the quality will be all over the place; the idea here, is very interesting...
Didn't they already do this idea? Alien researcher on human spaceship freaking out when everyone goes to sleep? Wakes up the captain before getting an explanation, then spent weeks studying it, made a whole to-do about how the only time alien minds shut down to that degree was when they died, same chain of stories as the one about a prison break starting with an 80s sing-along, and the one about a human coming into a medical station with a tool jammed into his eye and freaking out the doctors while telling them humans can heal from moderate injuries.
@@susanhagins6515yeah that older one gave me a lot of inspiraton to my Lancer campain (Lancer is ttrpg like dnd. But with mechs like in titan fall 2. Incredible game, but without much noise) there is in canon one alien species and its from No Room For a Wallflower so making additions for my own games is much much easier with HFY. I just LOVE competition between sleep and death fom perspective of Krill.
On the contrary, Many stories are variants on a theme and how various types of people handle new or unusual situations... Many thousands of stories fall into those variants just like there are entire subgenres to describe a theme or commonality.... Sci-fi, Cowboy westerns, horror, wargames, romance, comedy, etc., etc... Hearing one story inevitably brings up ideas about what would happen if things were done differently and exploring those implications... the comment section alone brings this up in the commonly perceived notions of panic or exploitation.... these are societal ills that we understand will happen among the weak minded or greedy and yet there are many who would be fairly laid back and fascinated by that happening... imagine if house cats started communicating with us? would we freak out? Some would, some would just nod and say "I told you so"...
I can actually believe Some small Town USA would act exactly this way, remember "Kitty History" lol seriously, what would you do if you were the Sheriff? js
I love how I'm these stories humans are so thoroughly unbothered by meeting an alien for the first time in human history 😂 in reality they'd probably be subdued and shipped off to area 51 or something like that 😅
I think the conclusion is a perfect summary of how we, the audience, are gifted with stories of such sophistication that we can listen to and if you choose to read along. Stories born from and carried by well rested minds
Alittle bit of plot hole in this story I can see a planetary field but unless there was similar devices on their ships anyone leaving the home planet would be outside the effects of the field
HOW DO THESE PEOPLE HAVE ZERO REACTION TO MEETING ALIENS?? Something is up with the recent stories on this channel man. Writing quality has dropped off a cliff.
Marked dislike. Your images don't match the story. Especially images of aliens with two eyes but story speaks of four eyes. And, the words don't match the text. Try better next time. But, I doubt it your other videos have similar divergences.
I'd love to see a part 2. Imagine Craeolite researchers rediscovering the "negative" side effects of sleep'; Nightmares, Repressed Memories, or worst of all Sleep Paralysis. I'd love to see how they'd react to such new experiences and learn how we humans deal with it.
And a deeper historical discovery about WHY their ancestors installed those machines that forced them to stay awake. My guess is a period under the thumb of some authoritarian regime.
Yeah that's actually a great part 2 😂😂
Don’t forget the infamous 5 more minutes that lead to over sleeping
There's also Sleep Apnea and various treatments for that. Imagine a Craeolite version of a CPAP mask...
NGL, the horror factor of a technology you don't remember making or installing and forgetting that a basic biological function ever existed is definitely worth a follow up episode
There's a lot of stories to make with such setup, it got some neat potentials for some good stuff!
I agree
Imagine when they encounter those, like me, who have no memory of their dreams other than knowing that they do dream. When I wake up, my dream cache essentially does an Etch A Sketch shake before I can even think about trying to catalog them.
The vast majority of the time I don't remember them either.
Most people forget their dreams around 2 minutes after waking up. The trick is to keep a notepad next to your bed to write them down when you awake :)
Once your body gets into the habit of remembering dreams, you'll dream far more often (Or more specifically - You'll remember that you've dreamt)
bros factory settings are "delete cookies on close"
@Reelix, believe me, I've tried this multiple times. I unfortunately sleep the sleep of the dead and as such, by the time I reach coherence, all that I have left is the knowledge that I had a dream and whether it was good or bad. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
It also helps if you get in to the habit of lucid dreaming. They are harder to forget
Love this story and concept. No hyper overpowered species on either side. Realistic Concept.
Aliens who haven’t experienced sleep because of their ultra advanced technology WOULD be confused about basic human behavior and functioning.
Hopefully we’ll get more of these
1:52 So guys, i guess that feeling of being watched from your window at 3 or 4 am has some merit it seams 😂
well im awake at 230 rn so they'd have to deal with me
@c7iC thanks snuggle buddy 😋
@c7iC stay warm
I don't sleep til 4 or 5am anyways. But I always thought that feeling of being watched was a wendigo or ghost
3 AM, stirring awake...
staring at the window,
something stares back!
"What stares back at 3AM?"
3AM, lying still
in my bed, dreams galore
I'm not awake
Just some of the lyrics from a song,
hope you liked them.
Imagine a trade deal with the Craeolites for human sleep products. Talk about jumping into the Galactic market in a major way.
I think that the smartest one in the whole story was the diner owner Tom. He identified a future need and capitalized on it very quickly. It wouldn't surprise me if he secured an exclusive contract to supply the entire Craeolite Civilization with Pillows! 😂
And think about the market for coffee, tea, and "midnight snack" diners on the Craeolite Homeworld AND colonies. Tom can become a Billionaire!
I just don't imagine a first contact scenario to go this smoothly, especially with humans acting as if this was just another Tuesday and without everyone nearby - at the very least - gawking constantly, taking lots of pics with smartphones and asking to take something called "selfies" with them. It helps that a sheriff accompanies them. But some people should be hiding inside, reacting in fear or calling authorities. I think it'd make a lot more sense if first contact had already been made, say, at least a few years or a decade earlier.
Yeah fr
It seems that the introspective approach is to be more effective at solving and resolving problems between people who have vastly different experiences.
A person is smart, people are stupid. A small town would be better at handling the situation than a city.
@ZombiePumps yeah, just gotta *EASE EM'* into humanity
@@UncleCharlie2.0 I agree. Both are good observations. Even so - even in a tiny town - it just does not seem natural that none of the humans stared at them or in their excitement to whip out their iPhone to snap a pic... they drop it and crack the screen. Humans are, by nature, curious and habitual gossips. If they're brave/brazen enough, they'd stop to ask aliens questions, like... their take on the meaning of life or what color the sky is on their homeworld. That, and they'd post it on social media or brag to their social circle.
This is fascinating. Like watching an actual researcher got the rare chance to study Rain World creatures.
This was a good one. And with the calming mucis in the bagground, I am ready for bed my self.
A whole species that runs on electrometh and does not drink coffee???
Surprisingly chill for a first contact
Always with the best stories. And always read well. Love you good folks.
Thanks for listening!
That is the most casual first contract I've ever heard of.
- Hay there earth man, did you notice that everyone is dead!
- Dead? Naw they're sleeping.
- Sleeping? What is this nonsense you speak of earth man.
- Wait, you don't sleep???
This is low keep the funniest first contact sicario. 🤣🤣🤣
I'm amazed how people didn't bat an eye seeing aliens.
Probably just thought it was a city person
Probably after first contact.
Probably just assumed it was someone in an advanced cosplay outfit.
I assumed it was after first contact and the start of diplomatic relations.
For the Narrator, for the Author, for the Algorithm
I liked this story. And I don't see first contact going this smoothly to be unrealistic. All it takes is one human acting like it's no big deal, especially an authority figure. And if the aliens are polite enough most people will just shrug it off and go about their day.
A minor rewrite could place the first contact a few years ago but it was brief. After that it was very offical contacts. As such the sheriff and the other townspeople would know about the aliens and seen them on the TV and the Internet. This however would be the first casual meeting with ordinary humans.
The whole story I also see as our own quest to eliminate sleep. Those eight hours can soo easily shrink down to six or even four. That is not healthy.
On convergent evolution: "You also have crustaceans!" 🦀🤣🦀
The whole sleep aspect of the story is great,but i would lie if my mind didn't constantly scream how people don't act this casual about meeting an alien in person or how there is no way politicians wouldn't try to gain huge benefits from a galactic empire in desperate and immediate need for help
People seem to forget there's people in the amazon jungle rarely seen by civilised people 😅 a place could exist that has humans that'd see aliens as just "different people"
The hidden tribes of said Amazon Jungle are also very civilized...
I've had about 4.5 hours in 3 days. Funny this is what comes up. 😂
Awesome story!
Refreshing that there's no conflict in this one.
Oh, and coffee, tea and pillow exports will be going though the roof!
Excellent material excellently delivered!
any one have a link for the background music. its relaxing and oddly makes me want to sleep
I feel bad for poor Tom, the diner owner. He is fronting all this coffee and food for the aliens. They're going eat him out of business. I'm sure they provided him with something in exchange for the hospitality. This story makes me want to find a nice town like this to live in. I am so tired of the way people are in this country. In RL, those poor aliens would have been rounded up and disappeared.
Commenting this;
Someone else mentioned writing quality had dropped off a cliff, and I agree.
We had a society that NEVER slept, had NO safeguards for workplace sleep accidents, had NO adaptations or designs for sleep; and you're telling me that the moment mass unconciousness post-solar flare wasn't an IMMEDIATE AND CATACLYSMIC DISASTER?
Imagine piloting a mega-shipliner that weighs in the teratonnes meant to transport heavy cargo, ores, etc, then imagine falling asleep at the wheel while flying towards a planet. You don't just become a meteor.
You become the same sort of disaster that made the dinosaurs go bye bye.
A FTL civilization like that would have most things automated in case of failure for other reasons.
Also I do believe these stories are picked from posts by various authors... So the quality will be all over the place; the idea here, is very interesting...
What a unique perspective. I love it. Please more 🙂
This is a really chill story and I love it.
This is one of your best. Thank you.
Glad you think so!
I think this is one of my fave stories. What a great concept.
Good with fantastic narrator! Thanks 👍
Who's paying for all the coffee😂
His Theorain almost sounds like Patrick Stewart. "Engage"
The irony of me watching this and still not being able to sleep... and before anyone asks, yes, I'm crazy, and yes, I have insomnia...
good aliens trying to help ^^
Listening to this story trying to sleep is ironic and amusing!
Good story! Thanks.
Anyone else concerned that Dan Matthew’s is suddenly a local sheriff and not the main guy of Highway Patrol who looked just like Broderick Crawford?
"Man, my sleep paralysis demon looks WEIRD tonight."
Didn't they already do this idea? Alien researcher on human spaceship freaking out when everyone goes to sleep? Wakes up the captain before getting an explanation, then spent weeks studying it, made a whole to-do about how the only time alien minds shut down to that degree was when they died, same chain of stories as the one about a prison break starting with an 80s sing-along, and the one about a human coming into a medical station with a tool jammed into his eye and freaking out the doctors while telling them humans can heal from moderate injuries.
I remember that one. The writers begin with a certain idea but approach it in very different ways. Both interesting.
Yeah its this one ruclips.net/video/3VBqWLpVP9M/видео.htmlsi=KUnZbtYEB9sWPuYF
@@susanhagins6515yeah that older one gave me a lot of inspiraton to my Lancer campain (Lancer is ttrpg like dnd. But with mechs like in titan fall 2. Incredible game, but without much noise) there is in canon one alien species and its from No Room For a Wallflower so making additions for my own games is much much easier with HFY. I just LOVE competition between sleep and death fom perspective of Krill.
Yes, the U S.S. Stabby series.
On the contrary, Many stories are variants on a theme and how various types of people handle new or unusual situations... Many thousands of stories fall into those variants just like there are entire subgenres to describe a theme or commonality.... Sci-fi, Cowboy westerns, horror, wargames, romance, comedy, etc., etc... Hearing one story inevitably brings up ideas about what would happen if things were done differently and exploring those implications... the comment section alone brings this up in the commonly perceived notions of panic or exploitation.... these are societal ills that we understand will happen among the weak minded or greedy and yet there are many who would be fairly laid back and fascinated by that happening... imagine if house cats started communicating with us? would we freak out? Some would, some would just nod and say "I told you so"...
Great story 🎉
Kid wakes up, sees alien over them "Are you the tooth fairy?"
a nice story. Is it a stand alone story or is it part of a bigger storyline?
Loving the fact that you are using a real human narration, OR a WELL programmed AI I am tired of AI narration.
Sales of Bed and its related items never this high as this 📈📈📈📈📈 it go over a roof....😂😂😂
Sleep is indeed a mighty superpower most can only... daydream of
28:12 He said the thing!
Seems like this isn't humanity's first first contact, but the first with this species
I think my dog which just started snoring while using my leg as a pillow agrees with the need for sleep
the sheriff seems jaded: an alien in middle of the road, no pb i got this
This is not a first contact, we know them they know us , no one is surprised about the other. Not first contact, neighbors
A great story and not a chen in sight ,
4:14 bull 😂 what about the night people that slept all day and are just now waking up to game online?
This one's a good one.
What color alien emit if they experience (sleep paralysis, die in sleep and unpleasant wake up and special category sleep walking)?
Sleep paralysis (I imagine) would likely be some form of brown lol
He never encountered advisements for mattress stores going out of business for the fifth time?
I can actually believe Some small Town USA would act exactly this way, remember "Kitty History" lol seriously, what would you do if you were the Sheriff? js
I love how I'm these stories humans are so thoroughly unbothered by meeting an alien for the first time in human history 😂 in reality they'd probably be subdued and shipped off to area 51 or something like that 😅
Some of us remember figement of our dreams others have a feeling there dreams are predicting thé futur
Let's not go down this route
I think the conclusion is a perfect summary of how we, the audience, are gifted with stories of such sophistication that we can listen to and if you choose to read along.
Stories born from and carried by well rested minds
You know a lot of tea has caffeine in it, right?
So what, does their technology make it so animals don't sleep either?
INTERESTING!!!! But there are some wrong words used.
Lovely story to sleep not creepy at all 😂
Alittle bit of plot hole in this story I can see a planetary field but unless there was similar devices on their ships anyone leaving the home planet would be outside the effects of the field
Something important burned out on atmospheric entry but no one knew what it was for.
HOW DO THESE PEOPLE HAVE ZERO REACTION TO MEETING ALIENS??
Something is up with the recent stories on this channel man. Writing quality has dropped off a cliff.
Yeah I noticed something was off
Marked dislike. Your images don't match the story. Especially images of aliens with two eyes but story speaks of four eyes. And, the words don't match the text. Try better next time. But, I doubt it your other videos have similar divergences.
Wow, it sounds like checkoff left Starfleet