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  • (ReacTor) Five Works About Surviving Helpful or Indifferent Aliens

    From James Nicoll@21:1/5 to All on Fri Nov 15 15:19:53 2024
    Five Works About Surviving Helpful or Indifferent Aliens

    Even interactions with non-hostile aliens can be perilous for humans...

    https://reactormag.com/five-works-about-surviving-helpful-or-indifferent-aliens/
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  • From Christian Weisgerber@21:1/5 to Lynn McGuire on Fri Nov 15 23:20:17 2024
    On 2024-11-15, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

    Even interactions with non-hostile aliens can be perilous for humans...

    The old V tv show was a great example of this.

    What? No! The aliens in _V_ came in order to exploit humans,
    although they pretended otherwise.

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1307824/

    That's a remake.

    Here's the original 1983 miniseries:
    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085106/

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  • From Dimensional Traveler@21:1/5 to Christian Weisgerber on Fri Nov 15 17:55:32 2024
    On 11/15/2024 3:20 PM, Christian Weisgerber wrote:
    On 2024-11-15, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

    Even interactions with non-hostile aliens can be perilous for humans...

    The old V tv show was a great example of this.

    What? No! The aliens in _V_ came in order to exploit humans,
    although they pretended otherwise.

    For some values of "exploit" that include "eat".

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1307824/

    That's a remake.

    Here's the original 1983 miniseries:
    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085106/



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  • From Bobbie Sellers@21:1/5 to Lynn McGuire on Fri Nov 15 22:00:45 2024
    On 11/15/24 19:05, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    On 11/15/2024 5:20 PM, Christian Weisgerber wrote:
    On 2024-11-15, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

    Even interactions with non-hostile aliens can be perilous for humans... >>>
    The old V tv show was a great example of this.

    What?  No!  The aliens in _V_ came in order to exploit humans,
    although they pretended otherwise.

         https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1307824/

    That's a remake.

    Here's the original 1983 miniseries:
    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085106/

    The Porciniods of "To Serve Man" came to mind.

    bliss
    But the lizards pretended to be humans and offered to help us out.
    Supposedly non-hostiles.

    Lynn


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  • From The Horny Goat@21:1/5 to lynnmcguire5@gmail.com on Mon Nov 18 02:02:15 2024
    On Fri, 15 Nov 2024 21:05:34 -0600, Lynn McGuire
    <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

    What? No! The aliens in _V_ came in order to exploit humans,
    although they pretended otherwise.

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1307824/

    That's a remake.

    Here's the original 1983 miniseries:
    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085106/

    But the lizards pretended to be humans and offered to help us out.
    Supposedly non-hostiles.

    And here I thought the show (the later one) was for me to work hard (successfully) hiding from my wife how much I was becoming a fan
    (which is a polite way of saying "ogling") Morena Baccarin.... and
    Father Time has been very kind to her these last 15 years...

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  • From The Horny Goat@21:1/5 to lynnmcguire5@gmail.com on Sat Nov 23 14:33:56 2024
    On Mon, 18 Nov 2024 14:58:30 -0600, Lynn McGuire
    <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

    And here I thought the show (the later one) was for me to work hard
    (successfully) hiding from my wife how much I was becoming a fan
    (which is a polite way of saying "ogling") Morena Baccarin.... and
    Father Time has been very kind to her these last 15 years...

    Just watched her in "Deadpool and Wolverine" last Saturday on Disney+.

    Is she aging well?

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  • From Dimensional Traveler@21:1/5 to Lynn McGuire on Sat Nov 23 21:01:03 2024
    On 11/23/2024 4:41 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    On 11/23/2024 4:33 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:
    On Mon, 18 Nov 2024 14:58:30 -0600, Lynn McGuire
    <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

    And here I thought the show (the later one) was for me to work hard
    (successfully) hiding from my wife how much I was becoming a fan
    (which is a polite way of saying "ogling") Morena Baccarin.... and
    Father Time has been very kind to her these last 15 years...

    Just watched her in "Deadpool and Wolverine" last Saturday on Disney+.

    Is she aging well?

    Yes.  Of course, she could have been video shopped in the movie as she
    was not in much of it.

    Pick your parents wisely for good genes.

    And breed outside your ethnic grouping.

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  • From Christian Weisgerber@21:1/5 to Lynn McGuire on Sun Nov 24 14:27:23 2024
    On 2024-11-24, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

    Pick your parents wisely for good genes.

    Yep. Here are the three best tips for longevity:
    * Be a woman.
    * Have long-lived parents.
    * Be born by a young mother (20..25, IIRC).

    If you just follow these easy tips, you will have the statistically
    best chances of a long life!

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