Oh I know, but I guess I think E.T. in his/her/their own film feels like some pretty switched on dude and them voting for imperialism just seems wrong. To me it's like Optimus Prime or Superman or Jesus voting for imperialism.
Yes but the ET in the senate chamber might not even be the ET of the movie but from another group of them voting on their behalf.
Movie ET might be a rebel
ET and the people on his ship were probably scientists, compared to the ones in The Senate, who were probably politicians, and there tends to be a big difference between scientists and politicians when it comes to this kind of thing.
Wait, I just realized, does this mean that ET takes place in the Star Wars universe? Are there other SW races visiting Earth? Maybe all of the Big Foot sighting are actually just Wookiees visiting Earth for some reason. It could explain why they're so hard to find, because they don't actually live on Earth, they're just visiting.
Sometimes it’s easier to just leave them on between destinations than it is to keep taking them on and off, and risking possible contamination by handling them. Since it doesn’t bother me at all wearing them, I often do this… leave the house without one, put it on at the first stop, then leave it on for all subsequent travel and stops until I get home and can dispose safely.
And really, if it has absolutely no impact on you whatsoever, not sure why it bothers you?
It just seems strange to me, that's all.
But you don’t know the circumstances of other people’s lives. They could have auto-immune disorders, or other underlying conditions that make getting COVID more dangerous, or they could have family members with such conditions. Or maybe they’ve weighed the risk of getting long COVID and the resulting impact on their lives, and decided the risk isn’t worth it? The vaccines, while greatly lowering the risk of hospitalization and death, are still not a guarantee you won’t get sick. They’re not perfect.
I guess that makes sense.
I’m not sure this thought even bothers me. I’ve already pretty much resigned myself to never eating in a restaurant or seeing a movie in a theatre again. TBH, I’ve been remarkably illness-free from any illness since masking has become a thing*, so it seems like a minuscule price to pay.
I've gotten 3 or 4 shots, and I got COVID itself, so at this point I'm just back to life as usual.
And like I said, I absolutely can't stand wearing them, so the moment I didn't have to, I stopped wearing them, other than when I was recovering from COVID. When I was wearing them, I would yank it off so fast when I got home that I actually hurt my ears a few times.
* Admittedly, WFH has been a major factor in this too. Offices seem to be just as much a germ factory as schools are…
Yeah, this is pretty true.
Bon appetit!
