Ben, you and I both had somewhat eclectic upbringings
your path was was much different than mine but both of us are far enough out of the mainstream to possibly understand the angst of the protagonist of "stranger in a strange land" so when we meet the folks surrounding us that make alien, mothership references be comforted that they are in the mainstream, and the poor bastards dont even know it and pity them.
peace,
bill
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