• WtfEvenIsExistence ✓
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    10 months ago

    I go to an island

    I plant a flag

    I declare a new nation

    I join the UN

    Oh no, there’s been an alien attack

    I “convince” world leaders to cede their sovereignty to the UN to unify and defeat the aliens

    I “convince” the UN General Assembly to elect me as Secretary-General, since I have the most information on the alien attack and would be a great leader

    I become Secretary-General in a totally legit election, totally no bribery or anything.

    A battle breaks out against the aliens

    We are winning

    “Execute Order 666”

    (I totally did not falsify the alien threat 😉)

    • SpicyPeaSoup
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      2210 months ago

      The UN wouldn’t do dick to stop the aliens. They’d probably try to engage in talks while every major city gets orbitally bombarded to dust.

      NATO, on the other hand…fetch me my manhole cover.

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            There’s no time for democracy when we need unity. Elections are postponed until further notice. I’ll be the Secretary-General until we can safely hold new elections.

            (Trust me bro 😉)

        • hedidwot
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          310 months ago

          I don’t know WTF your on about… But you’ve convinced me. Have my vote.

        • unalivejoy
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          -110 months ago

          Alien attacks seems out of scope for the U.N. It’s for resolving conflicts between members, and the aliens are probably not members. Downvote if I’m wrong.

      • Zoidsberg
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        610 months ago

        UN repeatedly trying to FaceTime the aliens while they are glassing the planet

        Call one more time, they’ll pick up

        • WtfEvenIsExistence ✓
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          210 months ago

          Realistically, that’s probably the best hope.

          An alien race that can travel interstellar isn’t gonna have any difficulties just nuking us all.

          • SpicyPeaSoup
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            210 months ago

            I can count the amount of times diplomacy has saved a FTL civilisation from me in Stellaris on one Congolese hand (Belgian occupation times).