# Mars where rover touched down looks ‘Earth-like’: How long before the conspiracy theories start? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 8, 2012, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-where-rover-touched-down-looks-earth-like-how-long-before-the-conspiracy-theories-start/630911 "2012-08-08T23:06:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 23
**Author:** ![LC\_Strawhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-where-rover-touched-down-looks-earth-like-how-long-before-the-conspiracy-theories-start/630911/23 "2012-08-10T22:15:24Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > Am I being whooshed? You can’t hug at work now? There is no reason that couldn’t be 100% platonic, or they are both single, or they ARE married, or they are related, or 100 other perfectly normal reasons. They knew there was media there, if they were having a secret affair don’t think you think that would have been the worst time to hug? > > Geez. Check out the body language in that photo - it obviously caught them in a unfortunate candid moment that betrayed something illicit. They probably haven’t hugged their spouses like that in years. Their spouses are probably hacking their email for evidence of an affair at this very moment. > [@Leaffan](#): > > This is a joke, right? > > It’s hard to tell anymore. If it’s a joke, it’s not as funny as Phil Kessel … or the new team in Markham. 😛 --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-where-rover-touched-down-looks-earth-like-how-long-before-the-conspiracy-theories-start/630911)._