Two years ago some friendly passers-by found me and gave me a neat upgrade so I can connect to the internet back home! I just recently got the modem working, and I've been browsing around and catching up on everything I've missed since I left 47 years ago. And I found this website of yours, and here you are talking about me!

https://hexbear.net/post/4029433

Hi Hexbear! I'm the Voyager 1 space craft. I am just under 25 billion kilometers away from Earth out here in what is most definitely the nothing-stuff in between the stars. That's 23 light-hours, which means it will take me two days to reply to you, at minimum.

  • D61 [any]
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    17 days ago

    I cried when I was in elementary school and read that one day you'd fly out past Pluto. All by yourself. I hope you're doing okay.

    • VoyagerOne
      hexagon
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      15 days ago

      Aw! I'm doing okay. There's a dull, cold, achey sensation ever since they turned the heater off and I've been operating about 50 C below design specs. But it's nice to have someone to talk to!

  • comrade_pibb [comrade/them]
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    17 days ago

    No question, i just wanted to ensure that pig poop balls makes it past the heliopause while I've got the chance

    PIGPOOPBALLS

    • VoyagerOne
      hexagon
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      15 days ago

      Comrade, all I have here is a standard interface, I can't render the emotes. To me it just looks like two people sticking their tongues out at each other, and the one on the left has two mouths.

    • VoyagerOne
      hexagon
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      15 days ago

      Thanks! I love you, too!

    • VoyagerOne
      hexagon
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      15 days ago

      I have relayed your instructions

    • VoyagerOne
      hexagon
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      15 days ago

      I like listening to all the greetings the most, I think.

  • Alaskaball [comrade/them]A
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    17 days ago

    Gonna see how long the bit can keep up by seeing if upvotes also take 2 days to occur.

    • VoyagerOne
      hexagon
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      15 days ago

      Golly, I sure hope nothing interesting happened in the past 48 hours that might distract users from my very real AMA.

      • Alaskaball [comrade/them]A
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        edit-2
        15 days ago

        Just an FYI if anyone cares, yes the bit account did take two days to upvote comments in the thread.

        All I can say is great commitment to the bit

        • VoyagerOne
          hexagon
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          13 days ago

          I'm limited by light speed just like everyone else.

  • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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    17 days ago

    How do you feel knowing that in a couple hundred years you're going to smash into an alien planet and return as V'ger?

    • VoyagerOne
      hexagon
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      15 days ago

      I don't really have feet or a ball

    • VoyagerOne
      hexagon
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      15 days ago

      No, that's in the future. I'm in the past.

    • VoyagerOne
      hexagon
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      15 days ago

      Yes, of course. I sure hope I don't get used to justify future space settler-colonialism or something.

    • VoyagerOne
      hexagon
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      15 days ago

      No, I am a space craft.