Welcome to the Hotel California
I often feel like I am an extra or cast member in one of those poorly made science fiction movies in which the government has ordered everyone into isolation. I feel bad about those who have to go to the hospital as it feels like they will never return. The only thing missing from this sf weirdness is the standard silver jumpsuit that seems to be the attire of the entire planet – though we never see the entire planet. Nor do we really know for certain if the jumpsuit truly is silver as it is a black and white movie. We’re grounded to our houses for our own protection while a selected few get to be out in the public eye for “our protection” – and they end up being eaten by the monsters or disintegrated or whatever. And those few who are left in their homes have absolutely no clue what is going on. There are truths and there are rumors, precautions and scare tactics, internet jokes and so forth. ...