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We're watching the show and on episode three at the moment and we got a lot of discussion about the whole thing.

One of the discussions we had was ..... What would you do?

My wife and I were in agreement ... if it were either of us, we would just ask for a big fancy mansion in some warm part of the world with access to a highway system. We ride motorcycles so we would order a garage with about a dozen motorcycles and ask to be placed in the Italian south near the ocean. We'd have a chef make us food all day and be served by three or four servants. We'd deal with the alien whatever that took over and ask them to leave us alone and not bother trying to assimilate us. We'd ask that if they don't bother us, we will never bother them.

Then we'd spend every day just riding the Italian countryside ... there would be no traffic! Then if we got bored of that, we'd ask for short holidays to another part of the world for a week or two. Otherwise, we'd spend our days watching every movie and TV show we ever wanted to see and ride every day and arrive home to the best food in the world.

I keep saying 'we' ... but we both agreed ... if it was just me, I'd do the same ... and if it was just my wife, she'd do the same as well.

If we can't do much about anything, might as well enjoy what is left.

So for everyone else reading this ....

What would you do?

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[–] evlogiy@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I’d definitely be asking a lot of questions. Have aliens visited our planet in the past? What are the most recent scientific breakthroughs? What is your ultimate goal? Why are you unable to lie? Why are you so naïve? How do you communicate? Do you still allow human bodies to reproduce? If yes, by what principle or criteria do you select mates? Why are you helping me instead of trying to imprison or kill me?

And then there are the questions they probably couldn’t—or wouldn’t—answer, but I’d still want to ask: The virus only affects humans, so was it designed specifically for us? The signal comes from a source 600 light-years away. That means someone must have visited Earth at least 1,200 years ago, collected genetic material, flown back, and then sent the signal. Why? Why not just release the virus while they were here? Why even create a virus at all? Were there other attempts to subdue humanity? Are there other alien races? Do aliens live among us?

And finally… why does she have to be so goddamn fuckable?

[–] buffing_lecturer@leminal.space 2 points 3 weeks ago

Did the virus affect the rat in the beginning? Was it playing dead?