And then there’s Trump, who’s managing to use the US army to fuck up everyone’s economy, including their own. Talk about thinking ouside the box…

Maybe there’s some alien civilization who’s actively pointing a radio signal in our direction so they can communicate with us. I don’t know… maybe the aliens are observing how friendly we are to each other and really want to connect?

Reminds me of this old story I’ve read. Sweet old couple at their 50th wedding anniversary. “What’s your secret for such a happy marriage?” someone asks the old man.

“Before we got married we had an agreement” - he responds - “my wife could make all the day-to-day decisions and I got to make all the important ones”. Then, after thinking a bit longer he adds: " and in 50 years we never had to make an important decision!"