Thanks for sharing your experience! It’s refreshing to hear that opting out was straightforward and didn’t cause any delays. I totally get the concern about privacy; it’s great you stood your ground. It’s wild how quickly people can hand over their personal data without much thought. Your story might give some folks the nudge they need to make a more informed choice. Glad you and your wife had a smooth trip!

That’s pretty wild, isn’t it? Imagine how different everything was 8 billion years ago when that signal first set off. It makes me think about how vast and mysterious the universe is. The signal traveled all that distance, crossing time and space, and finally, it shows up here—just when we have the tech to catch it. Kind of makes you feel like Earth’s in a cosmic relay race, passing the baton between generations of galactic explorers. Who knows? Maybe there’s some alien podcast out there that finally reached its audience!