i am extremely pleased. someone on quora asked a hypothetical that went: if an alien landed on the white house lawn and gave a press conference, and you’re allowed one question only, what would you ask him?

and someone promptly said: ‘you know there are other countries on this planet than the US?’

snigger snigger snigger.

(although some of the comments after that, by americans (?) who got huffy-ish and earnestly point out that the US is the most powerful nation on earth etc etc so who else would it be appropriate for aliens negotiate with etc etc, now that depressed me a little.)