Seriously, I doubt it would even take that long. We get used to shit so quickly, and the news cycles have to keep feeding us new things, the only way we’d keep talking about the aliens if they kept doing new and interesting things. I’d be willing to bet a year later there would be some people who straight up forgot about it. “Oh yeah, aliens! Are they gonna, like, visit at some point or just keep exchanging calls with the Whitehouse?”

  • DandomRude@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 hours ago

    It depends, I would say. If the aliens ask unpleasant questions, they would probably be talked about and reported on continuously. Like:

    Alien Ambassador: “Why are you destroying your habitat with your eyes open? We don’t understand. Your scientists have proven beyond doubt that you will become extinct if you don’t fundamentally change your ways. Why don’t you care at all?”

    Continuous headlines:

    “Aliens want to ban humanity from traveling”

    “Space fascists want to raise gas prices”

    “Go home job-stealing aliens: How outer world wokeness is destroying {any given country}”

    …