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If Aliens Are Watching Earth TV, That's What They're Seeing

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  • megamod, on 07/02/2009, -3/+416They're going to lose hope on us as an intelligent species when they see all the reality shows...
  • CireDark, on 07/02/2009, -1/+353But what happens if the ET's aren't ready for the switch to digital? Will there still be rebate coupons available for their DTV Converter boxes?
  • InfinitySnatch, on 07/02/2009, -0/+281Single Female Lawyer
    fighting For Her Clients
    wearing Sexy Mini Skirts
    and Being Self-Reliant

    ...Single Female Lawyer
    having Lots Of Sex...
  • Bic823, on 07/02/2009, -1/+152Where's Omicron Persei VIII?
  • marktastic, on 07/02/2009, -1/+128I came here looking specifically for Futurama references. I am disappointed that I had to scroll so far down.
  • Xaevier, on 07/02/2009, -0/+107I figure we don't have to worry until the Hentai reaches them, at that point the tentacle aliens will have a mass exodus for some booty calls.
  • Foliot, on 07/02/2009, -2/+108Why does Ross, the largest Friend, not simply eat the other five?
  • czarofsd, on 07/02/2009, -0/+91So when are the aliens gonna send us their shows?
  • Bic823, on 07/02/2009, -0/+67It is true what they say: women are from Omicron Persei 7, men are from Omicron Persei 9.
  • MWeather, on 07/02/2009, -0/+66Actually, the first thing they'd see is Hitler at the 1936 Olympics. Anything we sent out prior was too weak.
  • chriswastaken, on 10/27/2009, -0/+66Just wait until they see "Single Female Lawyer" on Omacron Persi 8
  • csandoval, on 07/02/2009, -2/+55Carl Sagan's Version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNAUR7NQCLA
  • Pinkertinkle, on 07/02/2009, -2/+53Didn't some study suggest our little signals degrade into background radiation after so many million miles. Makes intuitive sense to me since it gets exponentially weaker as it goes.
  • stooge4ever, on 07/02/2009, -1/+50I am Lrrr, of the planet Nintendu 64!
  • inactive, on 07/02/2009, -5/+49God I hope they're not watching FOX.
  • palehorse864, on 07/03/2009, -0/+38I'll bet Wolf 359 was a little freaked out around 1997 when ST:TNG showed up with "Best of Both Worlds".
  • XISUPERMANIX, on 07/02/2009, -1/+37Anyone ever notice when coming back from a commercial break, they play the last 10 seconds you saw before the commercial? It's almost like they are saying people who watch this are as dumb as a brick and they are. Even the producers think the viewers are idiots.
  • Jaconius, on 07/02/2009, -0/+34WE ARE FROM FRANCE.
  • termerjur, on 07/02/2009, -0/+34we are one of their shows.

    (if they do exist at all the oldest alien civilizations could possibly be around a million years old or more beyond our current state of progress)
  • hardeep1singh, on 07/03/2009, -0/+34it prints ass
  • magnus3d, on 07/03/2009, -0/+33of course, press print and have a huge ass printer ready.
  • zonisgod, on 07/02/2009, -1/+29Where's the little red dot representing the bombs they're sending back to destroy earth in response?
  • DrCyclops, on 07/03/2009, -0/+26The threat of having our entire race judged by American TV is horrifying enough, but now you want to throw Japanese TV into the mix?

    We'll be annihilated for sure.
  • inactive, on 07/02/2009, -0/+26If you've got Comcast, you can't afford them.
  • Crash1337, on 07/03/2009, -5/+29what no LOST? Sucks to be them
  • Shagmire, on 07/02/2009, -0/+23Formalhaut is in for a nice surprise after they finish with Night Court
  • JDoorjam, on 07/02/2009, -0/+23No, they just pretend they don't understand English so they don't have to stop and give us directions.
  • hepafilter, on 07/02/2009, -0/+23Probably somewhere near the onset of reality TV.
  • pat0neill, on 07/03/2009, -7/+30what is 'ass printer'?
  • Bolinoak, on 07/02/2009, -0/+23One of the most creative, yet sicking responses yet.
  • ShadowFoxxx, on 07/02/2009, -2/+24Those radiowaves move pretty quick out in open space. Reminds me of the movie 'Contact', the opening: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLQF-4uyD4Y

    Space sounds rather noisy...
  • CasinoJack, on 07/02/2009, -0/+20What are you talking about? Sound travels quicker through a vacuum because there's no air to get in the way...DURRR!

    /s because there's bound to be someone who thinks I'm cereal
  • walruspanzer, on 07/02/2009, -1/+21I love when people get voted off the island!!!
  • FKnight, on 07/03/2009, -0/+18Emporer Lrrr from Omicron Persei 8 is going to send a fleet of ships here to find out what happened when the analog signals stop.
  • sildude, on 07/03/2009, -0/+17Farnsworth: "Miss McNeal, I'm afraid I must decline your offer of marriage. For, you see, I'm dying. Cough, then fall over dead."
    Zoidberg: "My God, he's dead."
  • inactive, on 07/02/2009, -0/+17You must not have the History Channel.
  • X0rn, on 07/02/2009, -1/+18no problem..

    The first signal stong enough to reach outer space was the opening speech of the Olympics in 1936 by Hitler.

    So the first thing those aliens will see is some good old German propaganda.
  • TobiasParker, on 07/02/2009, -1/+18Science fail.
  • CivicTV, on 08/14/2009, -0/+16Monkeys aren't donkeys! Quit messing with my head!
  • Tonicks, on 07/03/2009, -0/+16Oh. Okay then.
  • iamdak, on 07/03/2009, -0/+16This is ancient Earth's most foolish program. Why does Ross, the largest friend, not simply eat the other five?
  • iamdak, on 07/03/2009, -0/+16"This is ancient Earth's most foolish program. Why does Ross, the largest friend, not simply eat the other five?"
  • tehpwnerofn00bs, on 07/03/2009, -0/+151000 light years away - doesn't fit on this map.
  • MuffinPatrol, on 07/03/2009, -0/+14Thankfully for our sake. I don't want aliens to make any conclusions based on Judge Judy.
  • saucercrab, on 07/03/2009, -1/+15I think it's simply to recap the last bit for those just tuning in...

    There are several other hints at how dumb the audience is though ;)
  • mpd2plus, on 07/02/2009, -0/+13Not a problem, since the first commercial broadcast was in German.
  • nigradamus, on 07/02/2009, -0/+13pew pew
  • jasdf, on 07/02/2009, -0/+13It is pretty incredible that nearly 70 years later, they still broadcast hours of material on the war every day. It goes to show the scale of the conflict.
  • inactive, on 07/02/2009, -0/+12You can't stop the signal.
  • Muskaburnt, on 07/03/2009, -0/+12yeah that picture doesn't say how the first tv broadcast is hitler. thats the first thing they get hitler screaming
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