If you could pick one thing to give an alien race to represent all of humanity, what would it be and why?
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ANSWERS: 59
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A copy of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. If you still want to know why, you need to read it.
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I would give them the concept of family and community. I would then hope that they would use the concept positively and not destructively.
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I would offer them a selection of classical music pieces... the devices that play music are easily operated and transported, and because music is a universal language.
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A child, whom they could raise and study, afterall, what's a better example of anything, that the thing it's self.
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a clock. most of the human race live according to these
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i would give them hospitality and i do agree with music like the person said above
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I'm in a cynical mood. I'd give them the biggest nuclear device I could find. It would represent the violence that has been associated with humanity throughout its entire history, and the added bonus is that we get to blow them up and conquer their home planet, thereby perpetuating the violence by which we have achieved everything else.
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A map of the sites
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money. cause thats what it seems like everybody is obsessed with on this earth. money money money.. thats why everybody works MONEY! thats why theres ebay MONEY! ok ya u get my points so just give him a biggg 100 dollar bill.
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a cigarette
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The internet- that way they could find out all they wanted to know about us.
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A computer, Everything they (and we) need to know about human life is on the computer and the internet
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I would give them 'the finger' because I think that would suitably reflect the state of the world and its people today.
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A MySpace account
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A collection of CDs with every book ever published...the sum of human knowledge (or as close to that as is possible).
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The Bible. God is what started us all. And also, in the Bible, it has a lot of stories, of what we go through, good and bad, and what we do to solve it.
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It seems we've already given them everything that has been broadcast over the airwaves.... What do they think of it...?? hmm....
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the bible
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A television
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The Bible
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A piano. I think it's the culmination of our most meaningful accomplishments.
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A DVD collection of the Three Stooges. Why? once they see the stooges they will be laughing to hard to invade us. (I'd also give them an autographed picture of David Hasselhoff just to scare them).
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My babies......J/K. I think I would give them a barbie Doll.
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Honesty and Understanding.....cue Neighbours theme la la la.
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Actually I would advise them not to ever come to this planet for their own good!!
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I would give them something...then take it back and kill them....I think that sums up humans pretty well.
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Bigmac :) Wait...that's just America...
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The Bible because, It can teach Christianity, which is a main religion, it tells about Jesus Christ, our most important human ever, but it teaches of peoples lives even in a non religious way. There are many stories in the Bible of many people,there was murder, adultry,deception,theft, lies etc. and soforth. Then it also has stories of love, compasions, trust, faith grace,kindness,etc. It shows much of the good and bad sides of humans.
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A SHOVEL They'll need it to dig our/their graves and to dig thru all the BS they encounter.
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Pres. Bush's brain- with the caviat that they study it and never ever emulate it.
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A huge pot of (excrement) with nuggets of precious metals and gems, some scientific and religious texts, a copy of The Illuminatus Trilogy. Humanity is a lot of crap, but there are occasionally things of value in it, as well as signs of intelligence, compassion, and insanity.
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Comedy...cue me falling from a tree!!
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a "handshake" ensure them peace from this, and the rest will come.
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A poster saying: This is humanity!
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Love.
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a milkshake or a xanax.
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A bomb.So we could kill them.
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A kiss--to represent good will.
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I don't know.. A baby. Because it'll show the innocence of humanity before it gets corrupted.
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the hopes & desires that come from seeing your children born.
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An internet-ready computer with the Answerbag homepage preloaded! They will be in awe of our infinite wisdom! (sarcasm)
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One of those stupid bird things that just keeps nodding. Pointless and stupid, a very good representation.
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A copy of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. I would also like to give this to the politicians in America.
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A woman's breast. It provides and maintains early life for us all, and continues to carry meaning and comfort even in old age.
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A gun and George bush.
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monkeys !!!! yeah not a bad idea...
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Rush Limbaugh. And hope they would take him away in their ship :-P
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Beethoven's 9th Symphony, and the lyrics to Ode to Joy translated. Because just when things suck the MOST, humans can pull themselves back up and see the good and beautiful things in life. The things you can't lose for trying.
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President Obama. He represents everything you DO NOT want in a person to run your country.
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A McDonalds happy meal! It shows what people nowdays think is happiness.
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Souflee of politician? : D
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Borat style Mankinis.... just because it would be hilarious seeing the first ever alien species come out of their spaceship wearing Mankinis :D
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The UN. +5
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A comic book about Aliens from a humans point of view. Maybe, they will learn something about themselves from it.
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A manniken with a knife in it's back, with it's hand on the knife.
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On the Origins of species.
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A Mars Rover, because it demonstrates mankind's intelligence, curiosity and technical prowess.
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Photos of Auschwitz, Dachau & Bergen-Belsen, to illustrate precisely how evil and cruel human beings on Planet Earth can be, and why we should be permanently quarantined by the rest of the known Universe, in THEIR best interests. We, as an entire species of sentient beings, are inherently despicable. We can't even get along with EACH OTHER, let alone the rest of Creation. It's no wonder that life forms from other galaxies and planets routinely ignore us. We aren't WORTH befriending, and "they" would be idiots, to give friendship with us, any kind of chance. No, I am NOT joking. Our petty in-fighting with our brothers and sisters on other shores has doomed us to a solitary existence, as far as the inhabitants of other worlds are probably concerned. More than likely, they are shaking their heads in disgust, while they observe us. WE are to blame for all of the bad things that befall us. No one else; just us. And the worst of it is, we will NEVER LEARN from our past errors and atrocities. +5
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2nd Answer: A photo of Elvis and Michael Jackson to show what taking legal and illegal drugs do to the human body. Death.
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