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Aliens IMO tbh.

I wonder if the UFO thing is uniquely American or not. Just seems so fucking weird.

Not at all. Pretty global actually; right down to different countries with versions of their own Roswell. I think it's more in the way of how the subject is tolerated or even broached to begin with, and definitely in the way and frequency it's disseminated.

Bix wrote:Not at all. Pretty global actually; right down to different countries with versions of their own Roswell. I think it's more in the way of how the subject is tolerated or even broached to begin with, and definitely in the way and frequency it's disseminated.

It just feels like it features a lot for you guys. 20 years in japan, never once heard it be a topic of actual discussion. 15 years in the UK now, again never hear it be any kind of sincere discussion or see any believers etc. but there, it seems so pervasive in many places including something as mainstream as Senators and defense departments.

i don't know how much of your experience is indicative of the cultures as a whole. i never thought about that as just an american thing. kind of curious what makes us different in that way.

but don't you have some sort of equivalent to extraterrestrials in the uk or in japan or sweden or wherever? be it, ghosts or whatever. do you not have some kind of mystery encounter type of thing on any kind of widespread level?

showa58taro wrote:

Bix wrote:Not at all. Pretty global actually; right down to different countries with versions of their own Roswell. I think it's more in the way of how the subject is tolerated or even broached to begin with, and definitely in the way and frequency it's disseminated.

It just feels like it features a lot for you guys. 20 years in japan, never once heard it be a topic of actual discussion. 15 years in the UK now, again never hear it be any kind of sincere discussion or see any believers etc. but there, it seems so pervasive in many places including something as mainstream as Senators and defense departments.

Maybe its a north america thing... people in mexico... guatemala heck even here are obsessed with the thought of aliens.

zombie wrote:i don't know how much of your experience is indicative of the cultures as a whole. i never thought about that as just an american thing. kind of curious what makes us different in that way.

but don't you have some sort of equivalent to extraterrestrials in the uk or in japan or sweden or wherever? be it, ghosts or whatever. do you not have some kind of mystery encounter type of thing on any kind of widespread level?

Japan loves ghosts and Yokai in popular culture and some element of it being perceived as more likely than aliens perhaps. But I think it’s more a pop culture thing. The US actually BELIEVES in aliens as real way more than I’ve seen across most of the rest of the world, as mainstream.

I don’t know why or what it’s indicative of though. It’s just an interesting fact I suppose.

pixie wrote:

showa58taro wrote:

Bix wrote:Not at all. Pretty global actually; right down to different countries with versions of their own Roswell. I think it's more in the way of how the subject is tolerated or even broached to begin with, and definitely in the way and frequency it's disseminated.

It just feels like it features a lot for you guys. 20 years in japan, never once heard it be a topic of actual discussion. 15 years in the UK now, again never hear it be any kind of sincere discussion or see any believers etc. but there, it seems so pervasive in many places including something as mainstream as Senators and defense departments.

Maybe its a north america thing... people in mexico... guatemala heck even here are obsessed with the thought of aliens.

There you go. Could just be your sbetter de of the Atlantic. I don’t know anything of those cultures so I’ll take your word for it. Seems like North America loves these things then.