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Did aliens settle in Kentucky? I missed that story.

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[–] sundray@lemmus.org 52 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Kentucky is almost entirely occupied by Kobolds now. Some one brought a pair home from the Realms, and you know how that goes. They're cute as pups, but before you know it they're raiding your villages and occupying your ancient tombs.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Gnome hasn't been good for years. I'll post from Cinnamon or XFCE.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In Japan, kobolds are Demi-human dogs!

[–] XOXOX@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not aliens, bourbon barrels. Bourbon barrels outnumber people in this part of the world.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Especially in the "dry" counties

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you have to ask this, you've never been to Kentucky

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've been, but everyone looked essentially hominid to me. Maybe on the weird end of the hominid scale, but...

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

This is true, but Patrick from sponge Bob looked vaguely hominid too, and likely is smarter than most humans in Kentucky (see what I did there Donald? Patrick is smarter than you, and we both know it).

Donald is one of my cousins from Kentucky that is absolutely hominid looking, but is so far from being human that even aliens can't imitate him successfully. We're reasonably certain that he is some kind of hybrid life form based on a rock and a mange ridden monkey. There is some debate as to him having a ricke for a brain, or if his head is just empty, but it's certain that he smells like a monkey.

[–] Schmoo@slrpnk.net 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm from Kentucky and I feel pretty alien most of the time. Would not be surprised to find out my ancestors came here in a flying saucer instead of a covered wagon.

Hello fellow human. Enjoying our normal human settlements?

[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Human settlement, for normal everyday humans.

[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I mean... It does have humans, right?

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You've never been to Kentucky, have you? "Subhuman" is a generous description of an appalling number of them.

[–] Knuk@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

That kind of language has landed humanity in really bad places before. I get it's a joke but it's not one we should make in my opinion.

[–] GhostTheToast@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Live here. Very accurate at times

[–] omega_x3@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Clermont known for Jim Bean and.....a human settlement apparently.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was trying to figure out where it was because I heard about this place, which sounded pretty cool, especially the art stuff. But it's kind of far for me for a day trip (over 3.5 hours), so I probably won't be going any time soon.

https://bernheim.org/

[–] Ageroth@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I used to live about an hour away, bernheim is actually one of the nicer forests that I've hiked around they have lots of beautiful trails and wooded areas

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

I want to go, but we would have to find someone to take care of our dogs since it wouldn't be a day trip, so it will require some planning.

[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

But then why does Wikidata call it a human settlement?

[–] el_abuelo@programming.dev 9 points 1 year ago

Sir if you could just look right here

Real answer is it probably derives from USGS language

Populated Place

Place or area with clustered or scattered buildings and a permanent human population (city, settlement, town, village).

"did aliens settle in Kentucky?" This would explain a lot.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

That's where the irl Murfree Brood is, they're technically human so Google is just calling it as it sees it

In contrast to West Virginia, a dwarven region known for laying mountains low.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago
[–] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sounds like aliens settled everywhere else to me—that’s the last human settlement

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The last humans are trapped in Kentucky? They might as well surrender.