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Michele 
What if the universe is set up just like the Fediverse, but we don’t know about the existence of any other life because our Earth instance was preemptively blocked for hateful conduct.
Hugh Ferguson@Michele Naw....the earth is just too much of a schlepp, being located in the unfashionable backwaters of the western end of our spiral galaxy 😆
Evelyn Gorfram
joat@Michele it's more of a latency problem... we're still connected but we only get updates every 100,000 years
James 🦉 #FBPE 
@Michele At least we escaped Musk's Mars Freedom Colony 😳
skyfishgoowhoa...
Gary@Michele Hmm, I figure that was the Vulcan's solution for dealing with earth.
Valheru@Michele You know that's roughly how the 11th dimension works, right?
Jeena@Michele It is probably something like that but instead of being blocked for hateful conduct we're just to far away to get the information to other planets with life on, even at the speed of light.
The universe is very big.
Tane Piper ⁂
They're Made Out of Meat
Murad@tanepiper @Michele 🤭 Hahaha. That's it.
Jona Joachim
Latchkeycodes@Michele @AlexTheAutisticArtist this feels true….
FFDB@Michele Like the United Federation Of Planets? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Federation_of_Planets
Esme Ciredutemps@Michele eeewww. Humans
PaulM@Michele
it’s one of the theories offered to explain Fermi’s Paradox. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox
it’s one of the theories offered to explain Fermi’s Paradox. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox
Allan Paterson 🐟#FBPE #FBPPR
Shino Me@Michele
So, ferdiverse = universe? I wouldn't blame any others instance aka the rest of the universe für blocking us.
But maybe it's kinda roman game for them.
I bet the human beings will bust their planet till...
Naw, I bet the earth will bust itself to protect the universe till
Can s.o. please bring the lions in? It's kinda boring watching this species do the same stupid things für centuries again and again
Now, let them be. We need bad practice examples...
Chris Kendall@Michele @Fifthcolumnblue Had exactly the same thought 😭
Chris
Mx. Alba 
@Michele we're the GAB of the universe. Makes sense.
GoldenGirlsRu
Rolf Blijleven 🔻
Mel
Amanda Stoel@Michele this sortof happens in Robert Sheckley's Dimension of Miracles. Earth is banned from the rest of the universe because: "In short, Earth is a diseased place. I believe it is being phased out of the Galactic Master Plan on the basis of chronic cosmic incompatibility. The place will then be rehabilitated and turned into a refuge for daffodils." 😂 😂
@Michele #SouthPark supports this theory.
Liz Middleton@Michele Yep, that was a bit deep!
againstcriminalsincongressia
Jeff Jachens@Michele if the other universe instances were smart they would have cut us off many centuries ago.
🏳️⚧️Jillian@Michele can we appeal that decision
івась тарасик@Michele …or, the instance admin has self-defederated to save us from evil shitposters outside?
@tivasyk Which begs the question… who is the Earth’s instance admin? 🤔
Incognito ergo sum ⚔️@Michele I mean they sent to the space bunch of naked people on the golden plate, so I can't judge anyone who unfederated earth
@brennschluss Forgot about that. Maybe we actually got blocked for no content warning lol.
SakuRainbow@Michele Have you read C.S. Lewis’ Space Trilogy? That’s basically his theory, that the other planets had to cut off connections with Earth due to… well, you can guess.
@SakuRainbow I don’t think I read anything of his except the Chronicles of Narnia, but that’s interesting - I’ll have to check them out!
@Michele The titles are Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous Strength. Honestly with that last one you’d think he was living in 2019 or so.
Eli Rivera 🍉@Michele wait, you might be on to something 
Music is the Answer
Jason 
@Michele I’m hoping we just haven’t figured out the protocol yet, but we will soon. 🖖🤞
PaulOutBox@Michele I'm getting a Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy vibe...
Demolition of Earth for the new highway was available at the local Gov office.
Not our fault you didn't evolve fast enough to visit there and see the notice. 😂
Demolition of Earth for the new highway was available at the local Gov office.
Not our fault you didn't evolve fast enough to visit there and see the notice. 😂
@PaulOutBox I love love love Hitchhiker’s Guide. Watching the destruction of Twitter from Mastodon is The Restaurant at the End of the Universe.
@Michele I still have my account over there and I'm waiting for my content Down Load. After I get that I won't be going there for at least 14 days. See the smoldering wreckage... 😀
@Michele I like that!
Rachel Greenham@Michele every sentient species in the galaxy has a racial memory of the horrors of the Krikket Wars. Only one had the appalling bad taste to turn it into a game. For being this offensive they were isolated and left to believe they were alone in the universe. (Douglas Adams. One of the later Hitch Hikers books, can’t remember which. Above is recollection, not quote.)
ᗩηη【ツ】@Michele I think this is how the Federation works, in Star Trek. Hm, Federation, Fediverse
Frank Gilroy> because our Earth instance was preemptively blocked for hateful conduct
Or for other reasons
https://www.mit.edu/people/dpolicar/writing/prose/text/thinkingMeat.html
@joel_hanes omg I can’t stop laughing at “they talk by flapping their meat at each other.” 😂
@Lee_in_Iowa@joel_hanes @Michele The MIT link is a must-read for the hilarity and even the potential “truth” hidden in it!
dragfyre@Michele Adam and Eve were just the first admins
@Michele so now I really want a “quote post” option so I can say: read this post then read the replies!
Jay Justice🏳🌈🇯🇲♿@Michele that is exactly what happened. Lmao
@Michele As Hobbes said to Calvin, 'The surest sign that there is intelligent life out there is that it hasn't bothered trying to contact us'.
@Michele Brilliant!
Amers@Michele the comment on this including made out of meat short film 😂
They're Made Out of Meat
IsWacky@Michele this is the basis of a few stories from the Golden Age of scifi. The premise was usually,
Alien 1: "look, a new species to join our glorious galactic confederation."
Alien 2: "ah, yes, humans are very intelligent and they talk about peace and love all the time, let's go invite them!"
Alien 1: "there, see how great they are. Here is the invitation, just make sure they all sign... Wait a minute..."
BIG BOOM
Alien 2: "They use atomic fission for harm! Put a fence around Sol."
Alien 1: "look, a new species to join our glorious galactic confederation."
Alien 2: "ah, yes, humans are very intelligent and they talk about peace and love all the time, let's go invite them!"
Alien 1: "there, see how great they are. Here is the invitation, just make sure they all sign... Wait a minute..."
BIG BOOM
Alien 2: "They use atomic fission for harm! Put a fence around Sol."
Gabrielle Gueron@gabigueron @Michele seems an insightful take from an insightful guy
Horst Albermann 🇪🇺🇩🇪Damn dinosaurs ... 🦖
Don Melton@h_albermann @Michele And yet, we all want one. Albeit a _small_ specimen. 😀