in the far future, we have colonized the entire galaxy. we still rely on twitter^tm for social media. all tweets are 140 characters. all languages have mutated to accommodate this. entire essays can be read in a tweet.
@TipsyTentacle Tweets are the most efficient form of intragalactic communication, because they're so short they can be transmitted faster. #BadSciFi
@ink_slinger @TipsyTentacle You have to think out your shit posts carefully because it may take dozens or hundred of years for anybody to receive them.
@BadWrongFun @TipsyTentacle All shitposts must be timeless.
@BadWrongFun @ink_slinger @TipsyTentacle
someone hypersleeps to another planet. all his memes are current on new planet because it has just taken so long to get to the other one.
@BadWrongFun @ink_slinger @TipsyTentacle
is it sick that I'd LOVE to see a scifi story
we get an OBVIOUS first contact message, like blindingly clearly a structured signal
we spend years, decades even, finding a way to understand it
turns out it's a poop joke
like a REALLY obvious one, like one of the Earth leaders with poop smeared on his forehead or something or his face replaced by the turd emoji
and humanity, as a whole, goes
"...huh."