First contact failed because aliens couldn't prove they weren't robots. A reCAPTCHA sent them back to the stars. Cloudflare has blocked every other attempts.

Ibrahim Diallo

A short humorous piece imagining aliens making first contact with Earth, only to be defeated by a reCAPTCHA on a government website and blocked by Cloudflare on subsequent attempts. A satirical jab at how bot-prevention mechanisms create friction for any non-human visitor.

When the Aliens Finally Came to Visit

<p>Humanity survives first contact because the aliens can’t agree whether half a traffic light counts.</p>


<p>That is a hilarious satire/thought experiment…nice one!</p>
