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pricero1: What's the best way to negotiate with a Martian?

TomTi89: Compared to Venus, we could realistically walk on Mars. Why not just go there and see them in person? The whole journey there and back will only take about 21 months. I suggest taking your wife too, or else this will be what spoils her next birthday, though you'd be back for the one after! :D
Grimsalt: Think about it. Imagine you see a question. You don’t like it, you don’t thumb it. You can’t even bother answering it. But you don’t ignore it either. Instead, you go out of your way to mock it - and humiliate the person behind it - his manner of speech and his intelligence. It sends a very clear message. Obviously, the butt of the joke returns the favour and that’s that. Fini. Tomorrow is another day. // On a side note, for anyone still reading, I’m aware that my english sounds constipated. I wasn’t allowed to speak it after the age of 5, because I grew up in a province where people, including my own father, hate on British Anglophones. (*) Even today, I still get sneers for speaking English openly in certain areas ; and I’ve only ever been able to practice with one friend : my mother. So that’s why, if you’re offended or amused at the way I “speak” through typing, I probably “sound” like a book. I do very much appreciate the feedback though, eg. Woelf made me realize that I was putting hyphens everywhere ; and Eggy and TomTi have suggested I over-punctuate. // (*) Further readings : FLQ bombings, October Crisis 1970 occupation of Quebec, Exercise Neat Pitch 1972 secret plans of federal invasion, Capitaine René Marcel Sauvé 1977 leaked contingency plans, Sovereignty Referendums 1980 and 1995, Second Cup firebomb spree 2001.
BOBBYCAN: Offer to dig them a canal for free.
mattomaw: Offer Profiteroles.
Woelf: Send Avasarala to keep them in line.
Blinko: Put out TFM and show them how we can ruin their planet in about two hours.
mr3d: They won't negotiate with Terricolists.
Whymme: Asking for a friend, I presume?