• Rhaedas@fedia.io
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    17 days ago

    They had fair warning. No way they didn’t pick up signals on the way here and still chose to land.

    • Milk_Sheikh@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      This is my headcannon for why we’ll never have first contact. Because in a theoretical infinite universe, aliens 100% exist in some form, but they’re absolutely mortified by the signals we pump out into our nearspace from TV, radio, internet, etc

      The most curious aliens might take a peek or come down for scans, but actually getting out of the UAP is like jumping the fence at the Cincinnati Zoo.

      • redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        16 days ago

        So the aliens that do come down are researchers or stupid kids?.. Wow, that checks out. Explains a lot of crashes. Joy riding alien teenagers, daredevils and a handful who break down here.

        Now I find myself wondering if aliens have an equivalent to a Nissan Altima.

      • Spaniard@lemmy.world
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        16 days ago

        We are the Riggs (Lethal Weapon) of the universe. No one wants to get close to us, we are unpredictable.

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    16 days ago

    I like this version more:

    The implication that the interstellar traveler would be on a planet without knowing what a shitshow it is already is kind of insulting to them.

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    17 days ago

    “Ive watched you guys enough to literally learn how to speak an alien language. Do you really think I don’t know about all the problems you have on your planet?”

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      16 days ago

      If they are so advanced, they perfected the AGI. At this point you can’t differentiate a robot and will think them as silicon (maybe they use something else?) based lifeforms.

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    16 days ago

    Well, I always found it funny that people portrayed aliens even though they had never seen them, it looks pathetic.