this shits wild. these alien brainworms are spreading to normies. one of my friends who is vaguely left (supported bernie and went to BLM protests, but has a three arrows sticker on their car 
) has been drawn in.
this person is smart (valedictorian in high school) and they are generally pretty grounded. but their sister is in the military and recently told them to “take this alien stuff seriously” and now they’re convinced. i kinda just joked around about it and they looked at me like i was the crazy one when i said i didnt think aliens have ever been to earth. how?! they mentioned the “non-human remains” found in a craft and when i suggested it could be a dog or bird they gave me a “seriously?” look and acted like i was being overly cynical. i have a record of cynicism for sure, but this shit is so obviously BS. i ended up just killing the convo by giving the ole “ill believe it when i see it”
i honestly dont care if they believe in aliens but its just so weird how common this alien discussion is now. ive had like 5 people bring it up to me unprompted in the past week or two.
well, the writers and actors are on strike. reality TV is a decaying orbit for holding attention, at best. people are desperate for anything to pay attention to, because confronting the current situation (climate change/extreme weather events, perennial wars across the horizon, wage collapse/recession, US partisan landscape) is not something anyone wants to make eye contact with.
contact with an alien civilization is a truly external event where the observer holds no responsibility. we can just witness history and dream of a different future than the one we seem to be locked into. sorta reminds me of the Drew Curtis Hypernormalization doc, where he brings up earlier instances of alien-mania in the US which he implies was a pressure release valve for growing tension over revealed institutional corruption.
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