I think I can assume from here that there aren't any aliens, because they would NOT be touching this for a cheap distraction if there was anything of note to see.
Life of any kind on other worlds would upend lots of religious doctrine which insists that this place is special and that life was specifically put here for us.
But then again that assumes that these religions are logically consistent, so it probably wouldn’t matter.
Information being classified doesn't mean much, people classify all kinds of dumb shit to the point that training had to be implemented to prevent OVER-classification
That would be a humongous world-changing announcement in a sane timeline. Half the people in our stupid culture wouldn't even register it as a blip though.
In situations like this I like to think of the history students a thousand years from now, assuming the earth is still habitable, etc.
"So humanity's first public recognition of extraterrestrial life only happened when it did to distract from the fact that the Big Country at the time had reelected the planet's worst person AGAIN and they needed to delay justice until they died for... let me double check the text... they needed to delay getting in trouble for being at the top of a global human trafficking and rape operation?
And I am supposed to believe these people had running water, airplanes, internet, and space programs? They lied about every other damn thing!"
The only way I'm gonna believe is if greys land in DC, enter the White House, and drag Trump away for intergalactic trial because he also molested one of their minors.
What annoys me is that all he basically said was that he believes in the Drake Equation. Not that we have encountered aliens or have definite proof of their existence; just that with how big the universe is and how much diverse life exists on this one rock, there's no way there isn't life elsewhere on other rocks somewhere.
the ufo thing is just a grift, they aren't going to say anything about ufos even if they win the midterms.
trump thinks your stupid, just like in 2024 when he said he knows what the ufos are and then stopped talking about it once he won the election.
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shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works · 83 pts · 187d
MissJinx@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 187d
At this point a real alien could come down the sky and people wouldn't give a fuck. Hard to care about aliens when you are homeless and starving
ebolapie@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 186d
MissJinx@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 185d
exactly lol
tetris11@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 186d
four eel
DoubleDongle@lemmy.world · 44 pts · 187d
I think I can assume from here that there aren't any aliens, because they would NOT be touching this for a cheap distraction if there was anything of note to see.
Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 23 pts · 187d
Oh i don't doubt its aliens, just.... microbial. Literally nothing major to speak of, single celled organisms.
Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 16 pts · 187d
That's still infinitely more extraterrestrial life than we have proof of today
ageedizzle@piefed.ca · 8 pts · 187d
baggachipz@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 187d
Life of any kind on other worlds would upend lots of religious doctrine which insists that this place is special and that life was specifically put here for us.
But then again that assumes that these religions are logically consistent, so it probably wouldn’t matter.
ageedizzle@piefed.ca · 3 pts · 187d
Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 187d
Information being classified doesn't mean much, people classify all kinds of dumb shit to the point that training had to be implemented to prevent OVER-classification
ageedizzle@piefed.ca · 1 pts · 187d
Zink@programming.dev · 5 pts · 187d
That would be a humongous world-changing announcement in a sane timeline. Half the people in our stupid culture wouldn't even register it as a blip though.
In situations like this I like to think of the history students a thousand years from now, assuming the earth is still habitable, etc.
"So humanity's first public recognition of extraterrestrial life only happened when it did to distract from the fact that the Big Country at the time had reelected the planet's worst person AGAIN and they needed to delay justice until they died for... let me double check the text... they needed to delay getting in trouble for being at the top of a global human trafficking and rape operation?
And I am supposed to believe these people had running water, airplanes, internet, and space programs? They lied about every other damn thing!"
sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 187d
FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 187d
Yeah this is devastating news for UFO enthusiasts. Even the craziest alien conspiracist probably understands when Trump is wriggling like an eel
kautau@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 187d
https://www.youtube.com/live/nCP3LZoxABs
Tetragrade@leminal.space · 1 pts · 185d
How do you explain this then?
https://youtu.be/TD_YqcgfgSI
notsure@fedia.io · 24 pts · 187d
You know what? I want to believe. But if it comes out of this adminstration, I won't. It's the perfect cover.
capt_wolf@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 187d
The only way I'm gonna believe is if greys land in DC, enter the White House, and drag Trump away for intergalactic trial because he also molested one of their minors.
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 187d
Wasn’t there some press conference under Bush where they walked out an alien, which was just some guy in a costume?
notsure@fedia.io · 2 pts · 187d
...too late, i win...
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 187d
the owls are not what they seem (it's totally owls)
notsure@fedia.io · 4 pts · 187d
...it's totally owls...
umbrella@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 187d
borQue@lemmy.zip · 16 pts · 187d
idiot country. A few years ago I needed many more words to describe it. These days this suffices
boeman@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 187d
We (the US) really are a shithole country.
emeralddawn45@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 15 pts · 187d
There are no sex offenders in space, because in space, noone can hear you scream.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 187d
How could my client have "blown Bubba" in a vacuum, your honor?
Hupf@feddit.org · 1 pts · 186d
hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 15 pts · 187d
Government of what? Which government?
sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz · 15 pts · 187d
Sorry. The topically stupid one
hydroptic@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 186d
hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 186d
How many non-stupid governments exist at the moment?
sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 186d
There's a few. But I see what you mean.
w3ird_sloth@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 187d
Gov, Inc.
atopi@piefed.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 187d
The Government™
mEEGal@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 187d
Hmmm... 🤔
Your banana republic regime then ?
thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 187d
"The government"
the one IANA regards as THE "government"
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 14 pts · 187d
What annoys me is that all he basically said was that he believes in the Drake Equation. Not that we have encountered aliens or have definite proof of their existence; just that with how big the universe is and how much diverse life exists on this one rock, there's no way there isn't life elsewhere on other rocks somewhere.
explodicle@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 187d
But we don't know all the variables for the Drake equation! It's still possible that we're alone in the observable universe.
OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 185d
people in the future learning our history
"So this trump guy just trolled everyone for 2 terms and no one did anything? Lame."
Sundiata@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 186d
the ufo thing is just a grift, they aren't going to say anything about ufos even if they win the midterms. trump thinks your stupid, just like in 2024 when he said he knows what the ufos are and then stopped talking about it once he won the election.
graycloud@leminal.space · 6 pts · 185d
If aliens landed, I would still have to pay bills. What difference does it make, at the end of the day?
Alenalda@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 185d
We truly live in the stupidest timeline https://youtu.be/nCP3LZoxABs
QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 186d
Anyone have the original
sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz · 13 pts · 186d
The guys with the impossible meat? This?
QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 186d
I meant just the x-files wojak lol
sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 185d
My b 😅
Rooster326@programming.dev · 2 pts · 186d
Literally just use paint to draw a white square over the ghost/alien thing.
scottrepreneur@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 186d
Don't ask for the sauce, if you don't want the sauce 🙈
Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 186d
Be a lot better if workers were more serious about organizing and striking
Hikermick@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 186d
WMD: weapon of mass distraction
brownsugga@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 187d