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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWhen space aliens invade, will they be "members of this community" when they post here?
Just askin'.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,151 posts)If you only knew.
You think people like me are human?
rzemanfl
(29,585 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,151 posts)Highmaster: Therefore, you will... NARFTLE THE GARTHOK!
Stuart G
(38,458 posts)not going to invade, but they already visited. They took a look at the "humans" and got as far away as they could..light years away. Why? they listened in to the leader of one of the leading countries,,, a Mr. Trump, and they decided to get out of that nut house planet...ASAP..and As far away AP...
fleabiscuit
(4,542 posts)Glorfindel
(9,747 posts)Otherwise, no. There are plenty of other places for "conservative" space aliens to post (see "free republic" for a good example; no human being has made a post at that website for the past six or seven years).
hunter
(38,353 posts)That kind of conservative goes backwards from science to bible thumping superstition to insentience.
Evolution works both ways.
Glorfindel
(9,747 posts)The people I was thinking of are de-evolved human beings on their way to becoming slime mold. I retract my previous statement and thank you for your correction.
Irish_Dem
(48,097 posts)Though for the life of me, I cannot figure out why we came here.
TexasProgresive
(12,165 posts)rzemanfl
(29,585 posts)HopeAgain
(4,407 posts)NNadir
(33,587 posts)rzemanfl
(29,585 posts)Maybe they could do a "Mars Attacks" on the orange one.
roamer65
(36,748 posts)I expect any contact with an alien race to go the same for us.
Laffy Kat
(16,394 posts)The world's smartest man, Dr. Stephen Hawking:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/sep/23/stephen-hawking-warns-against-seeking-out-aliens-in-new-film
Swedish Alicia
(32 posts)When hostile spacemen invade I will go to the American media and tell a story of how the spacemen grabbed my butt at the science fiction fair. Then the spacemen will offer an apology, become embarrassed and then leave the planet.
.... Edit...
Or they will campaign for political office.