ARE THERE ALIENS AMONG US?
Ever since I was a tadpole, my parents have been strong proponents of teaching me MEDIA LITERACY especially in news. Reading old articles from the pre-Gear era or even the pre-AUG area was a really good exercise in that. ESPECIALLY interesting is alien conspiracies from the 2000s-2030s, back when people didn’t have a Gear in the apartment next door and a fish AUG-human across the hall.It’s SUPER IMPORTANT to remember what exactly people are trying to prove with conspiracy theories, and who it might be a call to action towards. I’m really active on a lot of subseddits and forums that talk about potential coverups and insider info, and it’s CRAZY how deep some of the people are in the lizardpeople sauce. Lizard people DO live among us, CLARKTRUTH57, I JUST SAW ONE AT THE DELI THREE HOURS AGO. YOU ARE LIVING IN THE PAST AND YOU’LL BE FORGOTTEN. If you are reading this, unban me from the Trueball Goldfish fork forum and face me in my REALM.
But what about ALIENS? Are there ALIENS living in our society today? There are people living in space right now, namely on ASTRAIOS, the giant space station orbiting the planet (AND YES I SAID ORBIT GET OVER YOURSELF). There’s also plans in the future to send colonies to Mars in an attempt to create a livable environment on its surface, and we’ve already flat-out visited it multiple times already-- no aliens there.
I know a lot of people on Nonagon Trueball who are big believers in the dark forest theory, which “essentially hypothesizes that there is life out there in the universe but in fear of being conquered/conquering other civilisations, they stay silent and keep to themselves to avoid conflict and confrontation” according to a Seddit user. I think it does have some water, but I don’t know if I totally believe in it.
Even MORE prevalent on Nonagon Trueball is triad theory, the idea that the world is currently being controlled by three supernatural factions that are constantly at war-- beings of light called the Gleam, an alien race of octopus people called the Poda, and actual… demons. I don’t believe in actual demons. What I don’t understand is why people who believe in the triad theory think that DEMONS exist but VERY FIRMLY INSIST that the Gleam are not angels, but humanity believes they are and all mentions of angels in the Bible were actually just the Gleam. And they serve a great, nameless deity-like creature of pure energy… Wouldn’t it be easier to either make the demons another alien race, or just make the Gleam actual Biblical angels? What are you ON ABOUT???
What are people who believe in the triad theory trying to say? What are they trying to get us to do about it? The way I see a lot of people talk about it is a lot like Christianity with extra steps-- which includes the insane amounts of distrust towards people who AREN’T also believers. They could be trying to steer you off the path of the Gleam, or worse, THEY’RE DEMONS IN DISGUISE!!
My mom told me something really meaningful once: people who believe in things like this are trying to simplify the world, make it easier to understand-- make a “bad group” to blame for all of the bad stuff in the world. And, sure, there are people responsible for a LOT-- I think the world would be MUCH better off if Jikanplex shut down tomorrow-- but its easier to blame the problems of the world, the “abstract idea of suffering”, on a group thats JUST as abstract as the bad stuff you’re trying to pin on them. Because if you do that, then you don’t have to actually do anything to make things better, you can just make things as bad as possible for the people who don’t believe in it too. It’s really messed up stuff…
Do I think that aliens are controlling things behind the scenes, affecting society and laws and commerce?? PROBABLY NOT. I think we should focus on making sure the corpos stop injecting capitalist bullshit into our heads before we start thinking about whether those corpos in question are actually from Alpha Centauri or whatever the freak. Do I think its possible that aliens are hidden in our society? MAYBE! I don’t think its that likely theyre controlling society, but considering a human could look like ANYTHING, I can’t rule out the possibility. An alien wouldn’t have to try very hard to fit in today. If an alien is reading this, email me!!
BE CAREFUL WITH WHAT YOU BELIEVE!!!! Don’t believe what the corpos at Jikanplex are shoving down your throats, but also be careful about what individuals might be peddling on the mesh. Things like triad theory promote PARANOIA, and you should be able to TRUST THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU at least a TEENY TINY BIT. At the very least, don’t start believing that the people around you are all secretly DEMONS.