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Fictional alien time travellers can’t be black, insist morons (newsthump.com)

submitted 5 months ago by Nero@sopuli.xyz to c/theonion@midwest.social

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[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I would hope they aren't black, because I really dont want races to exist any more in the future. Intermix until it is all an ambiguous milk in coffee color.

[–] apotheotic 4 points 5 months ago

For humans, sure, but for a mysterious alien species who are humanoid in appearance but differ significantly in terms of their biology, it may still be accurate that their skin pigment tends to be less homogenous across individuals.