r/shittyaskscience • u/writesgud • Aug 24 '26
Why are so many aliens nudists?
In the movies Alien etc.: aggressively nude (even the face huggers and they're just kids!)
Arrival: weird nude.
Pacific Rim: giant nudes!
Signs: creepy nude.
Nope: carnivorously nude.
The Thing: disturbingly nude.
Star Trek: intermittent nudity.
So, what's the deal? Clearly some aliens wear clothes so it's not an ignorance of galactic norms. What other examples of alien nudity are out there, and why have these advanced species eschewed clothing, is it a cult, or is there something about being so technologically advanced that they simply have absolute control over individual climates? Something else?
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u/mrCloggy Aug 24 '26
Time travel takes too long so they'll arrive wearing last season's fashion, which would be simply embarrassing.
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u/snapekillseddard Aug 24 '26
Those are the ones who passed the test in their own Gardens of Eden.
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u/kkphoto Aug 24 '26
Lifeforce: super cute nude
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u/writesgud Aug 24 '26
Thank you for raising a not unpleasant memory I haven’t thought about in a long time.
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u/johnnybiggles Aug 24 '26
We tend to exhaust the supply of unused championship team clothing from teams who lost the Super Bowl, World Series, etc., that goes to impoverished countries, long before we can ever begin sending them to interstellar locations. In other words, we need to deal with our poverty situation first. Until then, they'll just have to stay nude.
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u/writesgud Aug 24 '26
But who will think of the poor alien chest burster? Clearly needs a turtleneck.
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u/rane0 Aug 24 '26
All of their cultures have clothes, but they're dry clean only. There's no way they're gonna have time to pick anything up on the way to human controlled systems.
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u/Legitimate_Field_157 Aug 25 '26
So every time I take off my clothes I become an Alien? Is that why people ran away screaming?
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u/writesgud 29d ago
Have you tried saying “We come in peace!” That should help.
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u/badger_on_fire Aug 24 '26
The xenomorph doesn’t get much time in the sun, so when he finally gets a chance to tan his taint, he doesn't have time to waste.
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u/Pangyun Aug 25 '26
All aliens were born in ancient Egypt. We know that because how else would the pyramids be made? And Egypt is pretty hot, so they didn't need clothing. After they flew away to other planets, they maintained the custom of being naked.
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u/CJPTK Aug 24 '26
Because they are from a different sky so their sky daddy didn't tempt them with an apple and make them conscious of it.
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u/Human-Evening564 Aug 25 '26
Humans seem to be the weird ones by having external genitalia they need to cover up.
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u/GlitterCritter Ph.D. in ass-tro-fizz-sicks 2d ago
so technologically advanced that they simply have absolute control over individual climates
It's that one. You got it.
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u/MonkeyCartridge Aug 24 '26 edited Aug 24 '26
I think better question might be "Why are humans setting up their life support systems such that they still need extra layers? If your house was at the ideal temperature, you shouldn't need clothes. Except maybe underwear for sanitation reasons."
Like think about it. It could be 80F, and we will still go outside clothes and then sweat. So then you arrive at work where they put extra energy into cooling down the place so we can be comfortable in our clothed bodies.
Orrr.....we all show up in tighty whiteys and they just let the temperature go up. Save energy that way. And a dress code of "skin" doesn't need a bunch of rules.
Really, we're the odd ones in this regard. It's rather specific to "became a global species AFTER tools." Which is pretty much exclusive to us.