my new PreP brand comes tagged for ET (for emtricitabin/tenofovirdisoproxil) and this dug up a buried memory that one of my mean high school nicknames was ET (as in "alien", weird)
aliens in general have disappeared from pop culture, isn't it? like neurodiv people used to be told even affectionately "one day they'll come take you to your planet", you were a sci-fi changeling. for some this grew into a full blown escapist fantasy, like in the "star children" belief.
when I meet people from the country they still tell stories of ghosts and demons, but hardly anybody talks anymore of alien vessels coming hover over the city square... or maybe it's just my bubbles, dunno.
Goo Truther 
anti-autism stuff
@elilla the "starseed child" thing is very much alive and well with antivaxxers and other conspiracy people who believe in established alien contact in the United States. I come across it regularly when looking for YTP video editing source material. It has extremely ableist connotations as it is a label conspiratorially minded ET-believer moms will label their autistic kids with instead of being helpful or understanding. To the extent that people on here might find mentioning it a traumatizing thing.
anti-autism stuff
@thufie @elilla (KT, max's host talking rn) I remember my mom being told by someone she was sitting beside on an airplane, that I was an "indigo child" because I was reading a science book when I was 3.
The whole indigo child stuff is similar to this, maybe it's the same thing but renamed.
Honestly all it means is autism
anti-autism stuff
@thufie @elilla Like, at least it's positive discrimination so it could be far worse but it's still patronizing