What would society do if The Thing (John Carpenter's) made it to land?

[The Sum of Awe]

Imagine if The Thing made it back to the mainland. We'd be so screwed.

 

[Rival]

We British would put it in a museum.

 

[Viker]

We British would put it in a museum.

Kentuckians would chain it up in our backyard.

 

[Twilight Hue]

Imagine if The Thing made it back to the mainland. We'd be so screwed.

Can't find Bigfoot. The thing finds you!

 

[Brickjectivity]

Imagine if The Thing made it back to the mainland. We'd be so screwed.

USA would buy it then experiment on it and try to use it to create cheap energy, since it obviously can turn anything into energy. We'd feed it garbage and siphon electricity off of it.

 

[The Hammer]

USA would buy it then experiment on it and try to use it to create cheap energy, since it obviously can turn anything into energy. We'd feed it garbage and siphon electricity off of it.

The US would kill it and eat it as a delicacy.

 

[Brickjectivity]

The US would kill it and eat it as a delicacy.

Yes. Probably it would be labeled and sold as a new kind of jerky.

 

[lewisnotmiller]

We British would put it in a museum.

Man, this was timely. I was just last night watching a clip about the British Museum and its acquisition of antiquities.

 

[lewisnotmiller]

Australians would drop it in the middle of the desert, and know it would takes months before it reached a town. Then they'd promptly forget about it, and be totally surprised (months later) when it reached a town.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

The US would kill it and eat it as a delicacy.

But only if it's fried.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

In California we'd hand it a bong, feed it In-n-Out, and then have to figure how to resuscitate such a creature who's choking on smog.

 

[Twilight Hue]

Kentuckians would chain it up in our backyard.

That's a right fine huntin dog ya got there!

 

[Twilight Hue]

Yes. Probably it would be labeled and sold as a new kind of jerky.

I'd try it!

I mean look at Spewy. He was delicious!

 

[Stevicus]

Imagine if The Thing made it back to the mainland. We'd be so screwed.

I'd probably react like Wilford Brimley in the movie:

 

[Wirey]

Put a pantsuit on it and let it run for office?

 

[Quagmire]

Call Kurt Russel.

 

[Stevicus]

If The Thing made it to the mainland, then one of us would be a Thing by now.

 

[lewisnotmiller]

Put a pantsuit on it and let it run for office?

He's probably not pro 'drain the swamp' though...

 

[Stevicus]

Here's a question for sci-fi fans: If The Thing took over all of Earth, and then the Borg came to Earth, would the Borg assimilate the Thing, or would the Thing assimilate the Borg?

 

[Viker]

I'd probably react like Wilford Brimley in the movie:

Hostility fueled by oatmeal and diabetes.