What would an alien anthropologist make of us?

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What would an alien anthropologist make of us?

Post by Pappa » Wed Sep 22, 2010 4:19 pm

I'm making the bold assumption it wouldn't regard us as just one more of the native fauna more suitable for the attention of the fellow alien zoologist.
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Re: What would an alien anthropologist make of us?

Post by Clinton Huxley » Wed Sep 22, 2010 4:23 pm

They would probably think we were alright and then one of the aliens would log onto here for an afternoon and they'd change their minds and decide to kill us all.
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Post by lsdetroit » Wed Sep 22, 2010 4:24 pm

when the aliens do come, everything we once thought was cool will then make us ashamed.
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Re: What would an alien anthropologist make of us?

Post by Clinton Huxley » Wed Sep 22, 2010 4:30 pm

Maybe we could trick these alien anthropologists into thinking we were a bunch of carefree, peaceful pastoralists who solved all problems with the aid of copious sex. Worked with Margaret Mead, allegedly.
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Re: What would an alien anthropologist make of us?

Post by Pappa » Wed Sep 22, 2010 4:31 pm

lsdetroit wrote:when the aliens do come, everything we once thought was cool will then make us ashamed.
:hehe: So true. :hilarious:
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Post by Azathoth » Wed Sep 22, 2010 4:40 pm

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Re: What would an alien anthropologist make of us?

Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Wed Sep 22, 2010 5:03 pm

Why would aliens that have never seen humans before have anthropologists? :dono:
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Re: What would an alien anthropologist make of us?

Post by normal » Wed Sep 22, 2010 6:37 pm

Xamonas Chegwé wrote:Why would aliens that have never seen humans before have anthropologists? :dono:
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Re: What would an alien anthropologist make of us?

Post by Rum » Wed Sep 22, 2010 6:56 pm

They would go:

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Re: What would an alien anthropologist make of us?

Post by Berthold » Wed Sep 22, 2010 7:05 pm

Xamonas Chegwé wrote:Why would aliens that have never seen humans before have anthropologists? :dono:
Their term for them might translate into something unflattering, such as "speaker-to-animals". ;)
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