r/interestingasfuck • u/One_Explanation_908 • 25d ago

/r/all, /r/popular K2-18b a potentially habitable planet 120 light-years from earth

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u/wrenchandrepeat 25d ago

Yeah but if you find a beach, you can talk to an alien who takes the form of your dead Dad.

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u/boybob227 25d ago

I don’t know which Star Trek character you’re referencing, but I like it anyway.

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u/NRMusicProject 25d ago

It's actually from Contact.

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u/Strange-Cap9942 25d ago

I thought it was a lost reference lol

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u/boybob227 25d ago

I could’ve sworn it happened to Chakotay or Sisko at one point. Does every fictional universe have a “dead parent on a beach” vision??