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100 Things we learned from "Arrival."

posted 8 years ago by cableaddict
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Well, SOMEBODY had to do it.

1: In a distant galaxy, the most intelligent beings live in a liquid environment, yet they are able to fabricate things out of metal & other hard materials.

2: Those intelligent beings look very much like the Earth's squid, and amazingly they will create dark ink just like Earth's squid, even though they don't share a common ancestor.

3: Those intelligent beings, despite being emersed in liquid, can somehow create stable, complex designs with their ink, and those designs don't even move around, although the liquid certainly does!

4: The female human, once she is immersed in their liquid world, (without drowning, no less) will somehow be able to make the same exact inky circles, even though her ancestors are neither squid nor Heptapods.

5: ?

[–] Swtcopycat 8 years ago

It's not liquid but gravity combined with different atmosphere

[–] !!!deleted!!! (62046923) 8 years ago

Its not liquid

[–] felix-fds 8 years ago

5. You should live in a house in a remote area with no neighbors, so that military helicopter can easily land in you backyard.
(Imagine how difficult it would be if you lived in an apartment block in a city)

6. Even when in apocalypse everyone else doesn't come to work, but you YOU should still come to your office. Why? Just because.

7. When in a new job, you meet a new colleague of opposite sex (considering you're straight), and both of you are single, please, decide to have a baby.

[–] Ahstaroth 8 years ago

8. Always tell someone how long a walk it would be right before driving them there in a truck.

[–] niklasholz-79080 8 years ago

9. Their understanding of time is pretty unoriginal.

[–] misstrouble55 8 years ago

10 you should always take a canary with you on trips, just in case! :)

[–] RCeditor 8 years ago

10. When encountering aliens, introduce yourself by your given name, then assign names to the aliens.

[–] JameGumbisSilent 8 years ago

11. cableaddict is an idiot who didn't understand what she was watching.

it rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again

[–] fuzi11 8 years ago

12. Writing in circles lets your mind witness your entire life.

[–] Saucy_Jacky 8 years ago

Look up the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.

Catch me when you can, Mishter Lusk.

[–] znapper 8 years ago

13: Crack team of elite special forces-soldiers always try to bomb alien ships, along with the most critical scientists inside, after a healthy dose of media blabber.

14. Always respond to "What do they look like", with "wait and see", it really helps during an alien invasion.

15. Study hard and be a book-worm and a language-nerd, this may enable you to save the world one day.