For more on why yelling “We are here! We are here! We are here!” is a bad idea unless someone is about to boil our personal dust speck in oil, there’s this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAUJYP8tnRE
Aliens would have to be within 48 Light-years of Earth to have received this 1974 first message (There are about 130 stars that are that close). They would have to be within about 24 Light-years to have received and returned a message to Earth.
What maroons thought it a good idea to attract attention of powerful dangerous aliens? Obviously any aliens who be capable enough to intercept and decipher the message would be powerful enough to invades and destroys us easily, unless they decided to do worse things to us in their labs. To “encourage peaceful encounters”? Oh please! What creature on this planet is peaceful and you expect creatures from another planet to be any better? Me want to know who be these delusional wiseguys who want to send more detailed information into space.
If the aliens try to contact Aracebo they are going are going to be out of luck because Aracebo went off line on 12/1/20 when the radio telescope collapsed.
Major coincidence: I am reading my Sunday comics late today, and there is an episode of “Bob’s Burgers” on while I do so: the episode is about how one of the characters had a school science experiment to contact the aliens… and that another wanted to prevent it for just this situation in “Brewster Rockit”… ;-)
Ida No over 2 years ago
Alien 1: “Hi Earthlings. I am Uber, and this is my partner, Yeets. We will let you guess why we’re here.”
StephenRice over 2 years ago
For more on why yelling “We are here! We are here! We are here!” is a bad idea unless someone is about to boil our personal dust speck in oil, there’s this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAUJYP8tnRE
Doug K over 2 years ago
Aliens would have to be within 48 Light-years of Earth to have received this 1974 first message (There are about 130 stars that are that close). They would have to be within about 24 Light-years to have received and returned a message to Earth.
Bilan over 2 years ago
How did the three-eyed aliens get the updated menu when it’s not supposed to be sent for another two years?
Radish the wordsmith over 2 years ago
Those guys don’t tip.
The Reader Premium Member over 2 years ago
To serve man…
Imagine over 2 years ago
We now have delivery for that take out. Provided by delivery specialists such as Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson.
Eric Klein over 2 years ago
To Serve Man
preacherman Premium Member over 2 years ago
In ‘74 I was I was fantastic. Now, years later, I’m still fantastic, just not in the same way.
Steve Dallas over 2 years ago
We’re all thinking of the twilight zone right now, aren’t we?
YippiKiAyMofo over 2 years ago
We come for the 21 piece bucket meal.
Gent over 2 years ago
What maroons thought it a good idea to attract attention of powerful dangerous aliens? Obviously any aliens who be capable enough to intercept and decipher the message would be powerful enough to invades and destroys us easily, unless they decided to do worse things to us in their labs. To “encourage peaceful encounters”? Oh please! What creature on this planet is peaceful and you expect creatures from another planet to be any better? Me want to know who be these delusional wiseguys who want to send more detailed information into space.
oakie817 over 2 years ago
who thought this was good idea?
Buckeye67 over 2 years ago
If the aliens try to contact Aracebo they are going are going to be out of luck because Aracebo went off line on 12/1/20 when the radio telescope collapsed.
kaffekup over 2 years ago
Well, that message probably won’t come from Arecibo again, it collapsed late last year.
Not the Smartest Man On the Planet -- Maybe Close Premium Member over 2 years ago
This gag has been done. A lot.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 2 years ago
We are very generous. Most of us know someone we might place on your menu.
CATCH OF THE DAY
sheilag over 2 years ago
Major coincidence: I am reading my Sunday comics late today, and there is an episode of “Bob’s Burgers” on while I do so: the episode is about how one of the characters had a school science experiment to contact the aliens… and that another wanted to prevent it for just this situation in “Brewster Rockit”… ;-)