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Why Earth Sucks Compared to the Planet Hestia

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YOU KNOW the exoplanet business is serious when it has a name like Hestia and not something like XEA-45517B-I8NP
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Super earth you say? Sweet liberty
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SUPER EARTH NEEDS YOU HELLDIVER
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This planet sounds like absolute hell but the premise is for life in general, not humans. It just so happens that the circumstances required for the optimal allowance of biomass also makes it less desirable to this particular species of large mammal.
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Ah yes the perfect planet. Everyday is 35C with 90% humidity, it has 5 million types of mosquitoes + giant insects and I need to take a boat ride whenever I need to go to the grocery store
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@G.D.Acosta From YouTube ↗ 22 Jun 2026 3100
“Perfect world” and it’s a sweltering endless rainforest hellscape with extreme life density. There would be so much competition you’d have to carve out your niche in blood every minute of the day.

That’s actually a really neat idea for a science fiction story
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"A fully tropical world with no ice."

I'm out, fam.
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prompt: “Why earth sucks”
actual answer: Humanity.
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@Hi45h From YouTube ↗ 22 Jun 2026 22000
Somewhere in the universe, aliens are now watching a video about a "mini hestia", a weird rocky planet with 1 moon, where everything around it is sterile for thousands of light years, yet it harbors life
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@dootman1999 From YouTube ↗ 22 Jun 2026 2500
It's all fun and games on Hestia until a primate-like species discovers how to throw and sharpen rocks
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"This planet is way better"
Proceeds to invent the ultimate nightmare planet that's purely fictional.
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All im hearing is that earth walked so hestia could… walk
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@KimmJN From YouTube ↗ 22 Jun 2026 6700
Imagine how well a Walmart and data center would fit in the middle of all this
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pros: everywhere is tropical
cons: everywhere is tropical
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Hestia sounds like a festering swamp hell full of swarms if mega insects
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Hestia sounds very much like a humid insect infested nightmare
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@BigHuh123 From YouTube ↗ 22 Jun 2026 22000
Calling Earth a mid planet is something I'm taking far more personally than I thought I would
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@SaturnOfMine From YouTube ↗ 22 Jun 2026 5500
meanwhile in Hestia: 'Why hestia sucks compared to Earth'
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giving my earth planet dysmorphia
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@kurzgesagt From YouTube ↗ 22 Jun 2026 965
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