Life imitating art. Can the task force interest them in a great profitable proposition?

If I’m getting this right we would be wise to send a survey probe up to the one that’s potentially harmful and if we can’t seem to detect if there’s any minerals or elements on it worth harvesting and if matching its’ orbit is even an option, the next thing to do would be to either mine it or collide with it to push it off course. At the very least before Kessler syndrome kicks in and locking ourselves out of near-earth orbital access. Until then, another wake up call to remind us that we need to be mindful of what’s out there.

Was told once by someone I didn’t even recognise at all to my face that I was a coward. That was the last I ever heard from that person.

In a way it’s a lot worse than I make it out to be. I used to be very careless because I thought I’d seen or could at least imagine the worst of it when in fact growing up has taught me to be a lot more careful. I didn’t disregard dangers or even try to be avoiding, I figured at the time that it would be worse for me to drag people down with the sorry state I was in and that no matter your perception, there’s always more things at play than preparedness or perception allows and that it’s skewed from time to time.

When people would stand up for me I didn’t choose to stand in the back, I’d been pushed there and even threw myself into the fray when I saw no way out for the ones around me.

Especially when one’s choice of wearing one isn’t so much of a choice or when insults with the wrong company around can lead to escalation. Even more dire when it’s a deceased person’s hat or even someone that was misunderstood for being distant. The little things can sometimes be one of the few things we have to cling on to when in time even the memories of lost ones become fading distant memories. It can be very intimidating, not just confrontational for people who have lost the surrounding of company you seem to take for granted.

Did you even bother to ask if there was any sentimental value to it or did you just make assumptions? Personally I’ve seen too much death for me to take a joke as easily as I used to, especially when it’s about something in the past when the past is something I’m still having a hard time with to let go of. I mean there’s good reasons for needing therapy sometimes, instead of just mental evaluations or assumptions based on a sliver of understanding of the underlying issues.

Having said that, I used to joke around a lot when it came to the more personal stuff because to me it was a coping mechanism and I’d rather make new fun memories than reminiscing on the painful ones. It was my way of being strong, trying to cheer people up instead of saying sorry all the time. Sorry for your loss doesn’t really cut it when hearing it from a stranger after it’s already played out. Besides it’s confrontational and can be a painful reminder.

Burn victims who got skin implants might want to disagree with you.

Given the huge distances in space between galaxies we’re not looking at imminent extinction even if we’d have found extraterrestrial life. The distances are measured in light years, remember?

I’d say life+time, not intelligence+technology equates to that. Do mind that while the military handles arsenals great enough to destroy the planet countless times over, people’s average life expectancies have increased with time. Quality of life, too.

Now if only we would collectively make an effort to put all that progress to sustaining life instead of capitalising on its’ protection or repurposing resources, we’d have Star Trek, not lifeless valleys.

We’ve already got a spaceship capable of sustaining life for so long as the sun doesn’t burn too hot and shifts the solar system’s habitable zone, it’s called planet earth.