sometimes i think about how aliens who understand most things, but not how we make electricity, would react to humanity.
"i found this new planet today. the things there are weird. they've figured out how to harness the power inside the atom - but they just use it to boil water?"
"what? why? some religious thing?"
"i dunno. but get this - they take the energy from the boiling water, send it to their house, and use some of that to boil more water."
"sounds fake but ok"
"they also figured out how to transport goods in bulk with powerful engines and wheels. they call them 'trains'"
"oh thats kinda quaint. why is that notabl--"
"trains move by boiling water"
"FUCK OFF"
