Why did we send this? Were we trying to scare the aliens away?

(context: this is one of the images sent on Voyager)

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MeatPilot@sh.itjust.works · 49 pts · 98d (2 replies)

The person on the far right drinking like hedonism bot out of a wine decanter, might cause more confusion.

Feathercrown@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 98d

Probably it's supposed to demonstrate that it's a liquid

_stranger_@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 98d

I think it's supposed to be a type of / demonstration of a porrón

https://www.atlasobscura.com/foods/porron

jballs@sh.itjust.works · 47 pts · 98d (4 replies)

Damn, those Earthlings are freaks

wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · 8 pts · 98d

They have strange mating rituals. And they seem to be voyeuristic.

Duranie@leminal.space · 7 pts · 98d (2 replies)

I'm torn between the guy in the middle eating a sandwich from multiple sides being a psychopath, or is he eating the sandwich into a shape like a butterfly like a child?

jballs@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 98d (1 reply)

Haha I imagine there was actually a lot of thought into these photos to show what was happening without having additional context. Like that dude is showing a bite that has been taken already, while showing what he's doing.

Feathercrown@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 98d

Exactly what I was thinking. Those NASA guys must be pretty smart

gigastasio@sh.itjust.works · 19 pts · 98d (1 reply)

Aliens come to earth expecting to find us all drinking by pouring liquid from a stylish vessel hoisted over our heads. Instead they see us timidly sipping from a straw jammed into a Capri Sun.

“Man wtf is this shit. Blow it up.”

MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 95d

I think they wanted to find a way to show the liquid.

FloatingAlong@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 98d

This better not awaken something in them . . .

anugeshtu@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 97d (2 replies)

So they don't expect too much when they encounter us?

MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 95d (1 reply)

Well, what do we have to surprise them anyway?

anugeshtu@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 94d

Trump! 😂

Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 98d

Where's the shawarma?

FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 97d

In Star Trek: Enterprise, they encounter a species that is highly offended by eating in public. It's like sending them pictures of pooping or masturbation

wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io · 10 pts · 98d

Don’t yuck someone else’s yum.

fedikitty@piefed.social · 6 pts · 97d

The drinking image is diabolical.

renzhexiangjiao@piefed.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 98d (1 reply)

sucking should be there too

Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 98d

I'll bet sandwich bro is doing some sucking.

ekZepp@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 97d

Alien researcher watching ths picture on £D77Xd : " ...sigh" [zip open sound]

Soulphite@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 98d

Hey, they could have replaced all those with other humans body parts.. that'd really leave them scratching their noggin.

Edit: in a sexual way or a Dahmer way (well I guess that one went both ways...)