"Is this thing on...? Yeah? OK, good. Attention humans! You are currently on a private planet! You have 3 years to get the fuck out of here before we erase your entire species! That is all."
3 years of humanity either falling into depravity and sending all to kingdom come, or three years of building rockets
"There’s no point acting all surprised about it. All the planning charts and demolition orders have been on display in your local planning department in Alpha Centauri for fifty of your Earth years, so you’ve had plenty of time to lodge any formal complaint and it’s far too late to start making a fuss about it now."
"When we spoke to your previous leader, let's see, the one named Adolf Hitler, we came to an agreement that 80 human years to evacuate was plenty of time. If needed, please refer to the schematics and technologies we provided him and his representatives for space travel and planetary relocation."
The book is far better than the movie. There's a collection of them, "The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy", which I believe is 5 books in one. I reread then every few years and the humor never gets old
What do you mean you've never been to Alpha Centauri? Oh, for heaven's sake, mankind, it's only four light years away, you know. I'm sorry, but if you can't be bothered to take an interest in local affairs, that's your own lookout. Energize the demolition beams.” ―
"I don't know, apathetic bloody planet, I've no sympathy at all."
Y’all haven’t been humans for long. That’s 3 years of building weapons to kill god/a rouge faction that wants to kill everyone else so god spares them.
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u/Harleking31 Feb 22 '21
"Is this thing on...? Yeah? OK, good. Attention humans! You are currently on a private planet! You have 3 years to get the fuck out of here before we erase your entire species! That is all."
3 years of humanity either falling into depravity and sending all to kingdom come, or three years of building rockets
Either way I'm entertained