If someone told you 10 years ago that several current and former employees of the U.S. government said under oath that aliens were real, you’d probably freak out. “Who wouldn’t?” you might think. “‘Aliens are Real’ — that’s going to be the headline for the next year! Two years! The rest of our lives!”

Well, all that happened and no one gave a shit. Back in 2021, 60 Minutes aired a piece claiming that UFOs were “regularly spotted in restricted U.S. airspace.” Everyone went “damn,” only to quickly return to their normal lives (and COVID). Then, there was an even bigger reveal — according to one dude, we actually have some non-human life forms in our possession! Of course, there are reasons to doubt this guy’s story, but aliens! Aliens! Surely everyone on earth is collectively losing their minds about this, right? Right?!?

Nah. Once again, people have gone on with their lives — and it’s driving UFO enthusiasts up the wall. In a Reddit post on the r/UFOs subreddit, Melodic_Future_6828 writes, “It’s hard to continue a normal life after the UAP/UFO hearings. But all my friends shrug it off, my co-workers shrug it off, and mostly everyone I’ve talked to either didn’t know the hearings were going on, or didn’t care. Like how is this not the biggest news for humankind?! I’m without a doubt a believer in aliens now! Or non-human intelligences, whatever you want to call them.”

“I sit in traffic to, and from, work everyday thinking, ‘There’s aliens out there, or a greater purpose, and I’m sitting in traffic waiting to waste 8 hours of my life on probably something that’s insignificant in the grand scheme of things,’” he continues.

u/Melodic_Future_6828’s realization that much of our lives is pointless given the expanse and beauty of the natural world isn’t a new one — as fellow UFO enthusiast Tom DeLonge of Blink-182 famously sang, “Work sucks, I know.” Still, many people in the comments admitted to reaching similar epiphanies following the alien news.

“I’ve tried explaining the significance and importance of this issue as well, but it doesn’t seem like a lot of people even really want to care at all, which is more depressing to me,” a fellow Redditor explained. “I tried talking to my parents about it, and they didn’t want to hear it and said I was brainwashed, and ‘these rumors have been around for years, and what are they supposed to do about it?’ So just happily accepting our useless existence if there is indeed more out there is fine with people?”

“For those of us following this subject, it is about wanting to know that there is something bigger out there, the knowledge of which has been denied or blocked by various entities,” another Redditor added. “But the flip side is even if this knowledge became available, life would not really change: still have to show up for work, pay taxes and all the other mundane things. The only satisfaction would be knowing that now we aren’t the fringe believers.”

However, others were euphoric in the way only a Redditor can be. “For me it’s been completely opposite!” exclaimed one. “No longer do I have to cope with boredom and feelings of purposelessness by forcing myself to delusion the tiny personal space just revolves around my circumstances. There is finaly excitement in the world that isn’t an immediate threat of doom. And if it really is ETs, oh boy, a new exciting world just opened up and it is literally INFINITE. For the first time in my adult life I’m excited to live in these times!”

What’s the proper response, then?

I don’t know. All I know is that I’m going to hold off on my full reaction until we hear everything about these aliens — and yes, I mean everything.