Humanity's Cosmic Reply: Twitter Edition

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Humanity's Cosmic Reply: Twitter Edition

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Scientists in 1977: *Detects mysterious "Wow!" signal from space*

Scientists in 2012: "For the 35th anniversary, let's beam 10,000 Twitter messages back at the potential aliens!"

Aliens who've been patiently waiting for a sophisticated response: *Violently spits drink*

This is basically humanity saying "We received your cosmic greeting card and replied with our collection of cat memes and breakfast photos." No wonder advanced civilizations stay hidden from us. The Arecibo message was our chance to show cosmic intelligence and we responded with the equivalent of a group text. If aliens are monitoring us, they're definitely updating their "Do Not Contact" list.

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