This comes from an article called “20 Things You Didn’t Know About Living In Space,” from Discovery Magazine:
“19. But some long-duration cosmonauts report that the hardest thing to readjust to about life on Earth is that when you let go of objects, they fall.”
At first I thought it was funny. But as I kept going back to it, it started to unfold into something more. On the one hand, it’s innocent and even a little depressing. These people were so used to a reality unimaginable to the rest of us, they literally forgot what life was like on Earth. They lived somewhere that in some ways seemed magical, then they had to adjust to the way the rest of us live and come to terms with the way life will be until they die.
Yet at the same time, it’s inspiring. When I hear about experiences like that, it makes me happy. I never fully appreciated that people are able to live off our planet for so long now, floating objects become de rigeuer. I like that I’m around to see our collective reach getting longer. It cancels out things like America’s Next Top Model and makes me feel like we’re making progress as a civilization.
Dude. America’s Next Top Model is way progressive. Take it back. Your whimsy means nothing to me if you knock ANTM.