I can only imagine how much of a nose-dive our interest in ETI would take if our first message were the extraterrestrial equivalent of "Zootrin-Ohs are teh best!!LOLZ!!1ONE"

Then again, at least we'd know we share common ground.

(tongue firmly in-cheek)

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"Call me old-fashioned, but I think fire is magic. And it scares me a lot."

--The State