Hey, Twitterverse, way to impress our future alien overlords

https://twitter.com/#!/LonMcGregor/status/199514947301023744

Think tweeting to mere earthlings is a little too limiting? On September 21, the Tweets in Space project will beam your tweets to GJ667Cc, an earth-like exoplanet 20 light years away.

Previously, only elite institutions and select individuals with access to expensive equipment could communicate beyond Earth’s orbit. Now, everyday folks need only add the hashtag #tweetsinspace to their short texts, and their words will be relayed to GJ667Cc at the speed of light. Our soon-to-be alien friends will instantly receive scores of unmediated thoughts and responses about politics, philosophy, pop culture, dinner, dancing cats and everything in between.

Sadly, this is what our planet has to offer:

https://twitter.com/#!/snideysimon1919/status/199531149972865024

https://twitter.com/#!/lingswaransingh/status/199526188765552641

https://twitter.com/#!/StephenRMoulton/status/199491520062177281

https://twitter.com/#!/Ahwellnevermind/status/199485595775549441

https://twitter.com/#!/sambarnet/status/199475027647795201

https://twitter.com/#!/Dal_y/status/199445868141752320

https://twitter.com/#!/ChrisButzen/status/197704522590724098

Oh, the shame! Let’s hope there’s no intelligent life out there. And if there is, let’s hope they can’t translate these tweets.

https://twitter.com/#!/Qrtzmn/status/197878931750273024

Indeed.