Assuming communications travelled at light-speed, yes, “insane” is a word.
You could hold a conversation over a dozen generations.
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tristynalxander@mander.xyz 1 month ago[deleted]
bl4ckp1xx13@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago notabot@piefed.social 1 month ago
It gets interesting if one, or both, sides invent a stasis system, so you don’t have one multi-generational, but probably multi subject, conversation, but each “generation” having a conversation like that, and going in to stasis while waiting for a response. People would have to find a way to communicate between generations as well as with the aliens.
someguy3@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Like the alien watching Friends.
vrek@programming.dev 1 month ago
If your thinking of the reference I think you are it was ally mcbeal which they referred to as “single female lawyer”…
someguy3@lemmy.world 1 month ago
vrek@programming.dev 1 month ago
Same show but I think different episode
teslekova@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
They also watched Friends, but as we all know, it sucks, because Ross, the largest Friend, does not simply eat the other Friends.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 month ago
For a hot second I thought you were talking about my buddy M who literally learned English from watching Friends
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Imagine waiting for alien porn to download over the distance of several light years
Good thing I saved all those 50 Free Hours disks.
Illogicalbit@lemmy.world 1 month ago
On first pass, did not read that last word correctly.