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Kodos 02-13-2012 12:42 PM

What would aliens think of us?
 
If aliens were watching us, what do you think they would find strangest about us? Religion? Sports? Music? Art?

QuikSand 02-13-2012 12:44 PM

all these weird creatures who lock up their spirits, drill holes in themselves and live for their secrets

JPhillips 02-13-2012 12:46 PM

All the good life switched from carbon to silicon eons ago.

cartman 02-13-2012 12:47 PM

I don't know, Kodos. Why don't you and Kang tell us?

Coffee Warlord 02-13-2012 12:52 PM

Tough question, and really impossible to answer.

It really boils down to what kind of life we're talking about. We really have no way to know how sentient life could evolve elsewhere, and what kind of reasoning/thought processes they would use. Theoretically, an alien race could be so, well, alien, that neither side could hope to understand any facet of each others' reasoning process. Which would in turn make trying to understand social interactions, etc, next to impossible.

And on a silly note...I think Kodos has been inhaling too much Martian redweed again.

JPhillips 02-13-2012 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Coffee Warlord (Post 2608462)
Tough question, and really impossible to answer.

It really boils down to what kind of life we're talking about. We really have no way to know how sentient life could evolve elsewhere, and what kind of reasoning/thought processes they would use. Theoretically, an alien race could be so, well, alien, that neither side could hope to understand any facet of each others' reasoning process. Which would in turn make trying to understand social interactions, etc, next to impossible.

And on a silly note...I think Kodos has been inhaling too much Martian redweed again.


Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra

Coffee Warlord 02-13-2012 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by JPhillips (Post 2608466)
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra


Temba, his arms open!

JediKooter 02-13-2012 12:57 PM

They probably get hungry.

LastWhiteSoxFanStanding 02-13-2012 12:58 PM

I asked the Mexican down the street. He likes our fast food and easy women.

JPhillips 02-13-2012 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Coffee Warlord (Post 2608469)
Temba, his arms open!


Shaka, when the walls fell.

Kodos 02-13-2012 12:59 PM

Geeks.

NorvTurnerOverdrive 02-13-2012 01:03 PM

we'll make great pets

Kodos 02-13-2012 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by cartman (Post 2608455)
I don't know, Kodos. Why don't you and Kang tell us?


I think you taste great; Kang wishes you were less filling.

MIJB#19 02-13-2012 01:15 PM

World peace and the lack thereof.

Kodos 02-13-2012 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by JPhillips (Post 2608473)
Shaka, when the walls fell.


Welker, when the ball dropped.

cartman 02-13-2012 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Kodos (Post 2608482)
I think you taste great; Kang wishes you were less filling.


As long as you don't try to shove a 40 foot satellite dish up my ass.

molson 02-13-2012 01:23 PM

All I know for sure is that they'd think Kathy Griffin was hot.

booradley 02-13-2012 04:08 PM

They'd love me. I don't think they'd like you very much.

JediKooter 02-13-2012 04:10 PM

Wait...Kathy Griffin ISN'T hot?

JonInMiddleGA 02-13-2012 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Coffee Warlord (Post 2608462)
Tough question, and really impossible to answer.


This.

Depends upon what the aliens consider "normal" in order to figure out what they'd think was strange.

spleen1015 02-13-2012 04:49 PM

"Obama? Really?

Fire when ready."

bulletsponge 02-13-2012 05:06 PM

"years of anal probing have proved, their shit stinks!"

JediKooter 02-13-2012 05:07 PM

Cartman gets an anal probe.

cartman 02-13-2012 05:09 PM

Dammit.


Grover 02-13-2012 05:12 PM

I find it impossible to believe that we're the only sentient beings in the entirety of the universe. That being said, I think any other beings are so many light years away that we'll never make contact with them. And if they're red-shifted enough, they may already be dead.

It depends on what kind of beings they are. If they're naturalists, they think we're abhorrent the way we destroy our own environment. If they're warmongers they'll probably have a modicum of appreciation for our own war devices before promptly wiping us out with their super planet death rays.

NorvTurnerOverdrive 02-13-2012 05:19 PM

i think we have a pretty narrow view of what intelligent life is or could be.

Grover 02-13-2012 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by NorvTurnerOverdrive (Post 2608653)
i think we have a pretty narrow view of what intelligent life is or could be.


I think there's intelligent life in the polar ice caps of Mars, or deep within Europa's crust, but it's not something we could make direct contact with or something that would have an outward opinion of what we are as a species.

VPI97 02-13-2012 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by QuikSand (Post 2608452)
all these weird creatures who lock up their spirits, drill holes in themselves and live for their secrets


:)

lungs 02-13-2012 06:41 PM

They'd wonder why we have teh gayz

Grover 02-13-2012 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by lungs (Post 2608728)
They'd wonder why we have teh gayz


ah, so Rick Santorum is an alien.

JediKooter 02-13-2012 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Grover (Post 2608730)
ah, so Rick Santorum is an alien.


Rick Santorum is how the aliens pronounce 'birth control'.

Marc Vaughan 02-13-2012 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Grover (Post 2608649)
I find it impossible to believe that we're the only sentient beings in the entirety of the universe.


This is my belief - mathematical probability says that we have company out there somewhere ...

kcchief19 02-13-2012 07:04 PM

I think they would wonder why we didn't take care of the pyramids, statues and other stuff they built for us.

They also may require someone to explain the plot of Inception.

Autumn 02-13-2012 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by kcchief19 (Post 2608735)
I think they would wonder why we didn't take care of the pyramids, statues and other stuff they built for us.


+lol

JediKooter 02-13-2012 07:09 PM

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Well, we know where they are going to land.

molson 02-13-2012 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by JediKooter (Post 2608620)
Wait...Kathy Griffin ISN'T hot?


That's....a bit suspicious.

Tell me, JediKooter, what do you think of us humans?

JediKooter 02-13-2012 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by molson (Post 2608741)
That's....a bit suspicious.

Tell me, JediKooter, what do you think of us humans?


With a little cheese, they are good with just about anything.

NorvTurnerOverdrive 02-13-2012 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Grover (Post 2608682)
I think there's intelligent life in the polar ice caps of Mars, or deep within Europa's crust, but it's not something we could make direct contact with or something that would have an outward opinion of what we are as a species.

well, what i was getting at was that humanoids in flying saucers doesn't seem likely to me. if you're able to store info on the atomic or subatomic levels intelligent life could potentially be everywhere. afa what does it think of us, idk... it probably thinks we're an interesting calamity but no more important than a fart in space.

DanGarion 02-13-2012 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Grover (Post 2608682)
I think there's intelligent life in the polar ice caps of Mars, or deep within Europa's crust, but it's not something we could make direct contact with or something that would have an outward opinion of what we are as a species.


I think your concept of intelligent life and just plain old life are mixed up.

EagleFan 02-13-2012 10:09 PM

I think the first thing they would ask is why the hell Andy Ried can't manage the clock.

cartman 02-13-2012 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by EagleFan (Post 2608839)
I think the first thing they would ask is why the hell Andy Ried can't manage the clock.


Then they would ask about the whole "i before e, except after C" and wonder when R comes into play. :D

sterlingice 02-18-2012 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by JediKooter (Post 2608733)
Rick Santorum is how the aliens pronounce 'birth control'.


I guess it's better than what Google says his last name means

SI

stevew 02-19-2012 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by NorvTurnerOverdrive (Post 2608478)
we'll make great pets


This is the correct answer.


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