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[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 55 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Imagine being the first human to Rick Roll another species.

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[–] nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 1 month ago (3 children)

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 points 1 month ago

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

[–] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago
[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago

Rofl the perfect stfu

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 22 points 1 month ago (3 children)

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 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Well the other posse might give a bad impression

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago

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

[–] brrt@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

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

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[–] MagicShel@programming.dev 18 points 1 month ago

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 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

[–] nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

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[–] Grayox@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] KammicRelief@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

On a gold disc.

[–] EssentialNPC@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] Denjin@lemmings.world 12 points 1 month ago

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

[–] Presi300@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That one fucked up hentai comic... I wanna give them mental distress as a leg up in the war between them and us.

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That one fucked up hentai?

Oh you sweet summer child...

[–] Susaga@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

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

[–] Presi300@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Yes, that one. I know there are others, but you know exactly which is the one I'm referring to.

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[–] thelsim@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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 points 1 month ago

kind of a Rorschach situation

[–] lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 month ago

Any episode of Ancient Aliens.

[–] metaphortune@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Darmok, S5E2 of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

[–] theywilleatthestars@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Star Trek: The Next Generation

[–] Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

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.

[–] aard@kyu.de 5 points 1 month ago

A recording of 4'33".

[–] tourist@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 month ago

all aliens use tar.gz archives sorry

[–] Moghul@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

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)"

[–] CaptainBasculin@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The Anarchist Cookbook.

because it would be funny

[–] Land_Strider@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

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

[–] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

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 ;-)

[–] LordGimp@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

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

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 4 points 1 month ago

A collection of this, this, and this.

[–] Femcowboy@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

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.

[–] Tazerface@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

Anything from Carl Segan.

[–] korny@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

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

[–] FanciestPants@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

The Tropic Thunder DVD commentary

[–] Zier@fedia.io 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)
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[–] leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl 3 points 1 month ago

i wonder how aliens would take sarcasm:

aqua - barbie girl

life in plastic, it's fantastic~

bonus wholesome:

louis armstrong - what a wonderful world

[–] caveman8000@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (4 children)
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[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago

A collection of Nanowar of Steel official videos, with a bonus Gloryhammer - Gloryhammer so they know we're srs bznz

[–] nikaaa@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I guess Paper in itself is a pretty neat invention.

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