MPG Letter #183
They’re only young once, The Stuff We Used to Think Was Just TV, Alien This, Alien That
They’re Only Young Once
Having kids makes you realize something deep. Every adult you see started out as a baby. Nobody came out bitter, angry, insecure, addicted to chaos, or carrying all this emotional baggage. They were shaped. By their home. By what they saw. What they heard. What they felt. What they were exposed to. Kids are not just growing up. They’re being programmed every single day.
And look, none of us are perfect. Parenting will humble you quick. But we have to be intentional. The way we talk to our kids becomes part of the voice in their head. The way we handle stress teaches them how to handle stress. The way we treat people teaches them what love, respect, anger, forgiveness, and responsibility actually look like. They’re not just listening to what we say. They’re watching how we move.
So pay attention. What are they watching? Who are they around? What are we allowing to raise them when we’re distracted? Put the phone down. Look them in the eyes. Correct them with love. Apologize when you’re wrong. Let them be kids, but guide them with purpose. They’re only young once, and what we do today shapes how they love, how they fight, how they forgive, and maybe one day, how they raise their own kids. That’s legacy. Not just what you leave for them, but what you leave in them.
The Stuff We Used to Think Was Just TV
This hantavirus cruise story feels like something from The X-Files. A ship leaves Argentina, people start getting sick, three people die, then officials are trying to track who got off, where they went, and who they had contact with. The ship is now headed toward Tenerife in the Canary Islands, with passengers expected to be screened, repatriated, or quarantined depending on where they are from.
And of course people online are bringing up The Simpsons too, because they had that cruise episode where a fake virus kept everyone stuck on the ship. Was it the exact same thing? No. But close enough to make people say, “Here we go again.” Real life keeps feeling like reruns, and after COVID, a lot of people do not just hear “public health update.” They hear contact tracing, quarantine, international agencies, and broken trust.
That is the bigger point. WHO can say the public risk is low, and maybe they are right. But people remember being told one thing, then another, then getting shamed for asking questions. You cannot break trust and then act surprised when people stop blindly believing every headline.
The balance is simple. Do not panic, but do not be asleep either. Ask questions. Pay attention. Keep your environment clean. Protect your health. But do not let fear drive the car, because fear spreads fast too.
Alien This, Alien That
Trump just released another batch of UAP files, and normally that would have had the whole country losing its mind. UFO documents, government videos, old reports, unanswered sightings, all of it. But now? Most people are like, “Cool. What else is going on?” That tells you where we are as a country. We have seen so much chaos that even “maybe aliens are real” barely moves the needle anymore.
And with The Age of Disclosure already pushing the alien conversation into theaters and streaming, it feels like the topic is being packaged for us now. The mystery, the hype, the slow drip of documents, the “big reveal is coming” energy. Maybe there is something real there. Maybe there are things the government has hidden. I am open to that. But at this point, the American people are tired of the theatrics. If you have something, show us. If not, stop dragging it out like a movie trailer.
That is the real story to me. We are not shocked anymore. We are overmanaged, overmarketed, overstimulated, and over it. UFOs used to feel like the biggest secret in the world. Now people are trying to pay bills, raise kids, stay healthy, and figure out what is actually true. Alien this, alien that. Cool. But truth should not need a PR campaign.
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That’s a wrap for this week’s MPG Letter.
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– Max “Pain” Griffin
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