• Jimbo@yiffit.netEnglish
    2·
    1 年前

    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

    • Anticorp@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 年前

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

    • explodicle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      1 年前

      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.