Another Space Rock? Really?
So, were all supposed to be excited about this, are we? A comet, 3I/Atlas – a name as inspiring as lukewarm oatmeal – is hurtling towards us from some other star system. It’s going to get within 167 million miles of Earth on Friday. Let me repeat that: 167 MILLION MILES! As if we dont have enough problems here already. Inflation, political squabbling, reality television… and now we need to worry about a giant ball of ice and dust casually waving as it zooms past?
Honestly, the timing couldn’t be worse. People are trying to finish their holiday shopping, manage their anxieties over impending winter darkness, and then you want me to gaze skyward in awe at a celestial visitor thats essentially cosmic debris? I bet NASA is having a field day with this, isn’t it? Press releases! Telescopic images! A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Its all just a distraction.
I’m sure some amateur astronomers are thrilled, armed with their fancy telescopes and pronouncements of “magnificent!” But I’ll be here, dealing with the usual existential dread, perfectly capable of being terrified by slightly burnt toast without needing an interstellar visitor to amplify it. Just another thing to add to the list, really. A big, icy, pointless something else to worry about.
