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It'd be funny if humans met Extraterrestrial Life and it turned out hey looked like the goofy ass little Grey Aliens (hexbear.net)
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"Oh, so you guys actually fly Flying Saucers?"

"Yes, it's the most efficient design for faster than light travel."

"Okay, so what is up with all the probing?"

"That's just how we greet people."

"Oh... Yeah FYI that has a bit of a different connotation in human culture."

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[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 7 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Considering the speed of light and thst they'd hace to travel faster than our broadcasts could reach em...not the worst idea

[–] SoyViking@hexbear.net 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It would be really cool if their faster than light space ship was some Jules Verne-ass steampunk contraption

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 4 points 5 days ago

Aliens "we thought youd be more comfortable with a design based on your own ideas of what a spaceship looks like. Really it can be any shape."

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I was thinking more of like a situation where somehow we had a spaceship that was meeting them in the near future, in the next couple of decades, so our guys make landfall in this planet expecting to see some glorp style things but it just looks like the Roaring Twenties.

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 3 points 5 days ago

Star Trek thr Original Series season 2 episode 17, A Piece of the Action is this literally