THE most unrealistic thing about project hail mary (book) is the flashback at the beginning, where grace learns that scientists had caught VERY early evidence of the sun dimming, and that as a result, All World Governments had a) listened to the warnings that this (theoretical) trend would worsen exponentially, and b) each nation’s leader immediately made a statement to inform their public of the situation (and coordinated with everyone else, so they could all release their statements simultaneously, ofc)

monty was sooo lucky charles got his aggression out on the night nurse

the idea that your period comes on a regular 30-day cycle is actually pseudoscience. your period comes on whatever day of the month is most inconvenient for you personally :)

my favorite thing about babel is how nerdy the characters are,,,schoolwork is so fundamental to their existence that literally everything is homework to them. being a spy? covering up a murder?? overthrowing an imperialist empire??? haha yeah man its just like doing a big assignment