This is actually a pretty good first post. A peaceful, positive first impression for such a historic and important moment is worth the risk
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Ok honestly speaking, would you approach a landed UFO?
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This is actually a pretty good first post. A peaceful, positive first impression for such a historic and important moment is worth the risk
PeskyToaster
Member
depends if they are grotesque eldritch abominations or hot asari
mattwhite924
Member
Sure, I've got this!
Bah-weep-Graaaaagnah wheep ni ni bong
Bah-weep-Graaaaagnah wheep ni ni bong
GifGafIsTheBestGaf
Member
is it a she? will it turn out like those romantic animes i watch? if yes, i definitely would
if not, i would just take some pics/vids and get the hell away before i find governments agents and they have to silence me or some shady shit like that
if not, i would just take some pics/vids and get the hell away before i find governments agents and they have to silence me or some shady shit like that
Shake Appeal
Member
Yes. I think popular culture depictions of aliens pretty much just show humankind projecting its own violent impulses onto potential extraterrestials.
I have to believe anyone who masters interstellar travel is above petty violence.
I have to believe anyone who masters interstellar travel is above petty violence.
AllIsOneIsNone
Banned
I'd walk toward them with a guitar playing the Close Encounters tune over and over again.
Had the same song playing in my head.
I'd approach the UFO, why not? If they wanted to harm me, running away from an impossibly superior civilization would do me no favors. If they didn't, interacting with those space folks would be an unforgettable experience.
While I'd like to say I'd try to make peaceful and positive contact with them in order to give them a good impression, I doubt it would happen.
A humans response when exposed to something entirely unknown is either fight or flight, and in this scenario I'm going to guess that 99% of the population would run away immediately, no matter how curious they are. It's too hard wired into our functioning to not do.
That being said, if I could actually make contact with them, I'd hope that they don't immediately kill me or give me frenzy.
A humans response when exposed to something entirely unknown is either fight or flight, and in this scenario I'm going to guess that 99% of the population would run away immediately, no matter how curious they are. It's too hard wired into our functioning to not do.
That being said, if I could actually make contact with them, I'd hope that they don't immediately kill me or give me frenzy.
hipbabboom
Huh? What did I say? Did I screw up again? :(
Honestly speaking OP, I wouldn't approach parked exotic car. I'm not trying to get shot by someone claiming I tried to steal it so I sure as hell ain't ready to get shot by a death ray. Call me negative if you must.
Principate
Saint Titanfall
Why do you assume the alien speaks english or any earth language. Hell why do you assume the alien speaks?
ebullientprism
Member
Perhaps the civilizations that were invaded by the Europeans thought so too.
yeah, i would actually have to hold myself back if they were tentacle monsters, dont want to seem too easy after all
how do you flirt with those i wonder
ChemicalCutthroat
Member
I've played too much XCOM to just walk up to a UFO. They could be from Gazorpazorp as far as we know. I wouldn't chance it.
Username1198
Member
Yes. I'd try and jump inside the ship, press every button in hopes that I blast off this planet.
You dress up as a Japanese schoolgirl.
Version 3.0
Member
I have approached a landed UFO. By which I mean, a strange blue and yellow light descended and landed on the lightly wooded mountainside near my house, one night when I was 14. My brother and I were "camping" in the back yard, not yet asleep. I'm 44 now, and still have not experienced anything that would let me reasonably guess what it was. It made no noise, and I'm adamant that it was not most people's first guess: fireworks.
My brother and I went to check it out, but we didn't find anything. I combed the area the next day, too, but didn't see anything out of the ordinary.
So whatever. It amounted to nothing, but I didn't know that going in.
My brother and I went to check it out, but we didn't find anything. I combed the area the next day, too, but didn't see anything out of the ordinary.
So whatever. It amounted to nothing, but I didn't know that going in.
DontBeThatGuy
Member
Approach? Not if I was alone. I'd record everything I'm seeing (from a distance) and that shit wouldn't be a blurry mess.
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xLuP_90sabYHell yeah I would.
V
Vilix
Unconfirmed Member
I think I'd be more concerned about what the government would do to me if they found out I approached a UFO then the UFO itself.
Knuckle Sandwich
Member
No fuck that. I saw Fire In The Sky.
Epsilon-delta
Banned
I'd draw a 3-4-5 triangle and hope that my life doesn't become Fire in the Sky.
PastorOfMuppets
Banned
What if it's some Cthulhu-esque monster looking thing in there?
Chaos2Frozen
Member
"Here lies the dumbass who first touched the Protoss Carrier."
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/falcon-lake-incident-book-anniversary-1.4121639
This guy tried it. And got burned.
This guy tried it. And got burned.
LookAtMeGo
Member
I saw a UFO once (or twice actually). I recall being overcome with fear. So as much as I'd like to think I'd make contact, I'd probaly just shit my pants and cry.
WeirdoStalkerJr
Member
I would imagine that a advanced species capable of FTL. Would be kind and peaceful. So I would approach the UFO offer any aid I could. Maybe ask to take a look at there warp drive. Get a tour around the cosmos? Would be amazing! A game changer for mankind.
Ziltoidia 9
Member
Pull out my phone and post about it on gaf while awaiting giorgio tsoukalos memes.
ResidentDante
Member
Bring out my first low-res digital camera from the 90's, then proceed to shake it while taking pictures. Thus collecting hard evidence that it happened.