I think quite a bit about the ending of Ad Astra, when Brad Pitt’s father goes insane upon the realization that we are actually alone in the universe. No intelligent life, no artifacts of previous intelligent life, no nothing, just a lifeless void that we are floating amid on a blue marble. Would the finality of an answer to that question really drive us to madness? And, are we alone, or have we been purposely isolated by sentient beings based on behavior like that of what’s described below? The more stories I see like this one, I’m beginning to believe the latter. There are good people in this world, but I fear that we are outnumbered by people like this bus driver.
Yesterday was 2 degrees. Today was 10. Yet the windows on my kids’ bus must be open. My kids tell me the bus driver’s window is closed, and he has a heater, so he doesn’t mind. And of course they are all masked.
Nonsense and abuse.
— Emily Burns😊 DMs welcome #TeamReality (@EmilyVBurns) February 1, 2022
