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Comatose Sphagetti

(836 posts) Sat Jan 12, 2013, 08:54 PM Jan 2013

So, intelligent, non-hostile aliens land on earth... [View all]

They're taken to an elementary school for a tour and shown a globe of the earth one would find in many classrooms.

"What are these lines on the land masses?" they ask.

"Oh, those... those are lines denoting separate countries."

"Why are there separate countries?" they ask, puzzled.

"Because there are many religious and ideological differences between humans, and in many instances the lines were drawn as a necessity to separate those who disagree so they won't kill each other."

Stunned, they respond; "You're species has been on this planet for 200,000 years and you STILL have boundaries between each other? WTF!!!???"

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So, intelligent, non-hostile aliens land on earth... [View all] Comatose Sphagetti Jan 2013 OP

"A primitive and paranoid culture!" LongTomH Jan 2013 #1

+1 freshwest Jan 2013 #2

And there is a actual alien in the scene! whistler162 Jan 2013 #10

Yes...and I see two Jewish guys out for a walk... PCIntern Jan 2013 #25

Too much LDS. Nt awoke_in_2003 Jan 2013 #29

Did you mean Mormons or did you mean LSD? siligut Jan 2013 #32

In that movie... awoke_in_2003 Jan 2013 #33

That's funny siligut Jan 2013 #34

Truthfully.. awoke_in_2003 Jan 2013 #36

What I know about Mormons . . . siligut Jan 2013 #37

it must be nice to live in your world... n/t a geek named Bob Jan 2013 #3

I think the gun strapped to the teachers waist might be a bit harder to explain Fumesucker Jan 2013 #4

More likely indifferent rather than non-hostile. Kalidurga Jan 2013 #5

Actually, the idea that aliens would not themselves SheilaT Jan 2013 #6

Some of what you say would be pretty easy to figure out, for us muriel_volestrangler Jan 2013 #14

If they are so different that they see in a different spectrum, SheilaT Jan 2013 #35

The frequencies used for the spectrum don't really matter muriel_volestrangler Jan 2013 #39

that's the Howard Campbell meme hfojvt Jan 2013 #50

More like 3 million years Warpy Jan 2013 #7

Why do you assume such aliens wouldn't have political boundaries? jeff47 Jan 2013 #8

Because the US and the Russians have collaborated in Space exploration already. JoePhilly Jan 2013 #21

Not really - you're going to quickly stop getting resources from the planet jeff47 Jan 2013 #46

James P Hogan did it better. whistler162 Jan 2013 #9

Best to run kaboom15 Jan 2013 #11

Hypothetical alien threads make for the best cliched misanthropy. (nt) Posteritatis Jan 2013 #12

It's actually the complete opposite of misanthropy Turborama Jan 2013 #16

Nah. Standard "we all suck (except possibly me), the aliens in my head say so" thread. (nt) Posteritatis Jan 2013 #17

Nah. The thread arose from a philanthropic viewpoint. Standard pessimistic response. Comatose Sphagetti Jan 2013 #31

That's silly TlalocW Jan 2013 #13

What if... loose wheel Jan 2013 #15

If they arrive HERE first, the free market would dictate, no??? JoePhilly Jan 2013 #24

They talk to all the animals and agree to kill the humans to save the other species Coyotl Jan 2013 #18

That is probably the most thoughtful and introspective response anyone could have to the OP Taitertots Jan 2013 #20

They 'could' be metallovores, extremophiles, or obligate cannibals for all we know. Posteritatis Jan 2013 #23

"Sermonize"...Are you really going to defend humanities treatment of the living being on earth? Taitertots Jan 2013 #28

I'm really going to say calling "kill the humans" "thoughtful and introspective" was absurd muriel_volestrangler Jan 2013 #40

It was thoughtful and introspective... Taitertots Jan 2013 #45

Your position rests on the assumption that your independent observers are nicer than us. sibelian Jan 2013 #47

Any "Doctor Who" fans remember "Frontier in Space"? Nye Bevan Jan 2013 #19

Weren't the Vulcans and the Romulans originally from zbdent Jan 2013 #22

More likely response: napoleon_in_rags Jan 2013 #26

If the janitors don't open fire first and end your discussion prematurely SirRevolutionary Jan 2013 #27

What a naive bunch of aliens - are they edible? petronius Jan 2013 #30

Or maybe they'd be thinking the same thing about us! nt Buns_of_Fire Jan 2013 #44

Depends on whether they have a cookbook entitled "How to Serve Mankind". RC Jan 2013 #53

no, the fundies would get to them.... Rosco T. Jan 2013 #38

National borders and nationalism are necessary .... Scuba Jan 2013 #41

If they were intelligent, they'd have enough sense not to land. hobbit709 Jan 2013 #42

If for no other reason than our competing microbes would kill both of us off. RC Jan 2013 #54

I have come to the conclusion that. aandegoons Jan 2013 #43

"someone finds a way to set the atmosphere on fire" sibelian Jan 2013 #48

It could be done with enough energy. aandegoons Jan 2013 #55

If such a thing actually happened RomneyLies Jan 2013 #49

Why would you assume intelligent aliens would be space explorers? NoOneMan Jan 2013 #51

I am almost certain they would be pretty impressed with our ZombieHorde Jan 2013 #52