This would legitimately be the greatest prank anyone could ever possibly pull. It wouldn't even have to be 8 billion, just enough for everyone they could possibly interact with for a few days after landing. And they'd all have to really commit to the bit. I think this is the one thing that can truly unify us as a species.

[–] TotallynotJessica 34 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It'd be even easier to do because astronauts usually have health checkups and quarantine after returning home. Most people would just need to wear hazmat suits.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, but would the apes do these checkups or would the astronauts try to find out what the fuck happened?

[–] kautau 19 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Clearly it would be apes in hazmat suits

Edit: but they’d have to play off that they were the first humans sent to space, and apes had been there for a long time