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[–] Una@europe.pub 50 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (5 children)

Wouldn't it make more sense to bring them to a scientist, or at least if they as "bring me to your leader" say "you are looking at one, pal"

[–] recentSlinky@lemmy.ca 23 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yes, and it would be one of the scientists working in the extraterrestrial center of the UN. That's not what it's called, i forgot and I'm too lazy to look it up.

My guess though is that it would probably be the best authority to talk to aliens.

[–] breg@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 9 months ago (1 children)

United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)

[–] copd@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What the fuck do they get paid to do all day? Must be one hell of a jolly

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 4 points 9 months ago

Address dumb alien conspiracy theories on the internet mostly

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Scientists aren't usually leaders, and me saying that I'm a leader would be an obvious lie, and I'm not going to outright lie at someone who came here with a spaceship from lightyears away.

[–] Una@europe.pub 2 points 9 months ago

Nah, I'm gonna lie and I'm gonna make perfect steak out of their meat 🤤🤤

[–] architectonas@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Which kind of scientist would you send?

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Maybe an astrobiologist, linguist, and anthropologist?

Edit: probably some physicists as well, someone who can help build up a common mutual understanding from universal physical constants and so on

[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Ah, you mean Rick Sanchez, and his grandson Morty!

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Oh right, I meant seperate scientists. I missed that the original word wasn't plural lmao

Realistically you would have a whole team though

[–] Best_Jeanist@discuss.online 2 points 9 months ago

Daniel Jackson and Sam Carter will do

[–] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 2 points 9 months ago

Xenogoopologist to study the aliens' goop.

[–] tuff_wizard@aussie.zone 2 points 9 months ago

Psychology researcher?

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Wouldn’t it make more sense to bring them to a scientist

Have you seen the state Jordan B. Peterson is in right now? He's absolutely not ready for space aliens. Dude's too invested in four day harmonous time cubes and Women as arch-typical Australian dragons.

[–] Una@europe.pub 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

So you are saying i should make alien barbecue?

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

On Soviet Space Station, Alien BBQ You.

[–] Karl@literature.cafe 2 points 9 months ago

If I was visiting an alien world, there's no way I'm visiting the scientists. What are the chances the first thing they do won't be ripping open my stomach?

[–] Fizz 37 points 9 months ago (1 children)

America would scoop that alien up and have him locked in a 5 hr Joe rorgan podcast within an hour of setting foot om earth.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Rogan hits blunt "A buddy of mine saw you naked in the shower during a DMT trip"

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Jamie(?), pull that up

[–] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 28 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Tell them to run. They're safer out there than here.

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 30 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If they made it all the way here they’d definitely kick our asses by themselves and they’d definitely know that we are, as a group, a planetary trailer-park. Alien who let us pull one over on them would have to be astronomically(heh) stupid.

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 20 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I mean, yes but also - think about the sheer marvels of mechanical, electrical, and software engineering carefully packed into an average modern car... and now think about your average driver

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

(Your point being the alien drivers. Just in case anyone needed that.)

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I was thinking about how to say just that, but unless the aliens were at “tourist” level with interstellar travel I doubt they’d be doing first contact with such little planning.

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

There's a funny 90s film I saw once on TV about some US midwestern family driving through space in their car, but have to make a pit stop (crash landing?) on Earth. They're immediately seized by the US government who grill and torture the dad on how their vehicle works, and the dad's like "well there's a clutch... and you got the gas pedal..."

I really wish I could find that film again, it had stoner comedy vibes


Edit: It might be Mom and Dad Save the World (1992) though I can't find the scene where they ask the dad how the car / space ship works

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Alien: thank wha... 😬 umm we'll come back later.

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 7 points 9 months ago

"DOG, I said thank dog!...if you are leaving then, please, take me with you. PLEASE. It's such a fucking shit show here.
I...I will let you probe me. Please don't leave me here!"

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago
[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

"We shall not waste our time with thy 'woke libs,' earthlings. We shall speak to the one who did his own research."