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Funny first contact satire

Meeting another civilization gives people a chance to explain their own habits and reveal how strange they sound. First contact satire uses that encounter to question the assumptions a society treats as obvious, finding comedy in the effort to represent ourselves.

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Choose by what the encounter asks you to reconsider. Diplomacy and ordinary social behavior offer different targets. The profiles describe the visitors and comic focus, helping you judge whether unfamiliar minds or familiar institutions are the main attraction.

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