• @Jimbo
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    24 months ago

    my childhood was at the tail end of society wondering if there were martians living on Mars

    As a younger person… was this thought of as a real possibility by some people? I find that hard to believe

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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      34 months ago

      Idk if adults believed it was a real possibility, but us kids having read The Martian Chronicles certainly did.

    • @explodicle@sh.itjust.works
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      24 months ago

      Yep! They thought Venus might be habitable too. When The War of the Worlds aired, listeners (who missed the disclaimer) thought it was real and panicked.