c/asklemmy · by nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2y

You're given the chance to send one singular piece of media to aliens. what do you pick to make the best impression?

or to make the worst impression ig

Any media in any format, sequels not included.

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slazer2au@lemmy.world · 57 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Imagine being the first human to Rick Roll another species.

lars@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 2y

My neighbor’s dog rolls his eyes at you

nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 29 pts · 2y (3 replies)

my good answer is the wikipedia page for human

by evil answer is the wikipedia page for the dark forest hypothesis

Stern@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y

More evil answer: The page on Junko Furuta. Them aliens packing up and leaving after reading that fucked up shit.

grrgyle@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 2y

Rofl the perfect stfu

muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y

Perfect

ouRKaoS@lemmy.today · 24 pts · 2y (5 replies)

We've kinda done this already:

The Golden Record from the Voyager missions.

My personal pick, however, is the SCP database.

Peppycito@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 2y (2 replies)

SCP

The Sane Clone Posse?

owenfromcanada@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

Well the other posse might give a bad impression

grrgyle@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 2y

Whoop whoop, let's keep this on an even keel!

brrt@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y

That is a collection of pieces of media though, op asked about a single piece.

logos@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y

Send more Chuck Berry.

MagicShel@programming.dev · 18 pts · 2y

Backdoor Sluts Vol. 7

"Mlorp, how do these beings even manage to procreate? This one is using the incorrect orifice, and this one removed his genital proboscis moments before copulation was complete!"

"Let's leave them alone, Floop. They will extinct themselves shortly."

shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee · 15 pts · 2y (3 replies)

I would send them a song letting them know I'd never gonna give them up.

nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 2y (1 reply)

"aw what a nine gesture, we shall relay this to the galactic federation on all channels"

shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y

The way you say that makes me wonder what their fediverse must be like.

superminerJG@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

And that you'd never let them down.

Grayox@lemmy.ml · 15 pts · 2y (1 reply)

The music video of Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley

KammicRelief@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y

On a gold disc.

EssentialNPC@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I send Independence Day and to tell them it is a documentary. Now they know not to fuck with us.

Denjin@lemmings.world · 12 pts · 2y

Rather they know not to fuck with us while running Mac OS 7.5

Presi300@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y (6 replies)

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ouRKaoS@lemmy.today · 17 pts · 2y (4 replies)

That one fucked up hentai?

Oh you sweet summer child...

Susaga@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y

And yet, I know the one they meant...

Presi300@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y (2 replies)

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RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

President of the United States and a blender?

Black616Angel@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 2y

Well I don't. Do you mean Metamorphosis or The Enigma Of Amigara Fault or another one I didn't think of or know?

(recommendations welcome)

PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 2y

Buddy, you're gonna have to clarify. It's a broad field.

thelsim@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 2y (1 reply)

A badly trained LLM.
Let them ask whatever they want of it without any way of verifying if what it says is correct.

nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 2y

kind of a Rorschach situation

lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 2y

Any episode of Ancient Aliens.

theywilleatthestars@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y

Star Trek: The Next Generation

metaphortune@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y

Darmok, S5E2 of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Mango@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y (2 replies)

I wanna send them a copy of FF8!

If you're familiar with it, you'll get what kind of impression it might give.

tanisnikana@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

“You mean to tell me this species’ moon is just full of monsters, and it ejaculates them onto the planet in regular intervals? And they don’t really do anything about it?”

Mango@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

Yep! Wait until you can see what my sword does.

Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y

I think one of those nice Attenborough documentaries. Wasn't there one that showcased the Earth? Seems like a nice gesture to put that forward.

tourist@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

zip bomb

nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 13 pts · 2y

all aliens use tar.gz archives sorry

aard@kyu.de · 5 pts · 2y

A recording of 4'33".

Moghul@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

Smarter people have already figured this out. I'd send them a copy of the golden record we put on Voyager. It contains the kinds of things that could convey "this is where we are, this is what we look like, we've figured out about this much of this universe so far, and we make stuff that isn't utilitarian (art)"

Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc · 4 pts · 2y

A collection of this, this, and this.

CaptainBasculin@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

The Anarchist Cookbook.

because it would be funny

Land_Strider@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

IED and molotov touting naked aliens is a new mental image for me.

LordGimp@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 2y

Idiocracy packaged as an accurate history of the most powerful species on the planet.

NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

A 3.5 inch diskette full of some random stuff.

I still got lots of them somewhere in some box, so I won't miss it.

I don't miss the Aliens either ;-)

caveman8000@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y (4 replies)

Drinking from cups

nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 2y

BreadOven@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Drinking out of cups? With the seahorse, seashell party?

caveman8000@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Not me. No way! Not my chair, not my problem.

BreadOven@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

That's what I say.

Zier@fedia.io · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

The Gummy Bear song in German with this feel good tune attached

silverdraco@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

I’m sharing this with everyone! This is great.

FanciestPants@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

The Tropic Thunder DVD commentary

BreadOven@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

Maybe Avatar: the last Airbender (animated series, obviously). Wholesome (overall), and maybe they'll think we all have powers.

Femcowboy@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y

I'm sending them heavy metal. (Da movie) I don't think it would be the best or worst impression, but it would be so worth it to see how aliens react to that shit.

leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl · 3 pts · 2y

i wonder how aliens would take sarcasm:

aqua - barbie girl