Another slow news day on Mars
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The Mars rover has found a rock shaped like Australia.
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Why would they run that when Curiosity has discovered evidence of aliens on Mars?
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"Bob, are you sure we should run with the 'rock that looks like Australia' article? I mean, after the 'rock that looks kind of like Miley Cyrus' flap from last year, do you think we might be dumbing down our science articles too much? You know, trivializing important work by trying to find some tie-in with social media or pop culture to keep the meth-addled attentions of Millenials for just a few minutes?"
"Now dangit, Gene, you saw the Seth MacFarlane remake of Cosmos; this is exactly the time for facile, vacuous coverage of scientific topics! It's an election year, and there are lots of left-wing Twitter feeds crying out for a photo of a rock shaped like Australia to put next to that goddamn picture of the polar bear drowning to solidify the optics of 'pro-science'."
"If you say so, Bob. I'll get back to writing that "Are GMOs threatening Uranus?" article..."
"Excelsior, Gene! Excelsior!"
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@mikeTheLiar said:
Why would they run that when Curiosity has discovered evidence of aliens on Mars?
Are the aliens shaped like anything interesting? The Golden Gate Bridge? Former Yankees slugger Mickey Mantle? A rock shaped like a much bigger rock?
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@bstorer said:
@mikeTheLiar said:
Why would they run that when Curiosity has discovered evidence of aliens on Mars?
Are the aliens shaped like anything interesting? The Golden Gate Bridge? Former Yankees slugger Mickey Mantle? A rock shaped like a much bigger rock?People laughed, but Weekly World News had the future pegged twenty years ago.
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