u/Illustrious-Highway8

I’m an American, grew up on the west coast and now in the Midwest. I try and stay somewhat aware of the news in the rest of the world, but honestly I have to be intentional about it or it’s easy to only hear and see stuff about local and national stuff.

Do you all work at staying aware of the world? I don’t know how to do a poll in here, sorry, but I’ll offer a bit of a self-scoring guide from 1-10.

10 - Super aware of international events and global issues in an ongoing way
5 - I try and have some international news show up in my news feed, but I don’t focus on it all the time
1 - It’s not a priority for me. I’m mostly aware of local and national news, but not international.

I think I’d honestly rate myself at a 6. Wish it was higher.

I’m also a big fan of the Dune books. and I appreciate Star Wars for what it is, but the lack of stillsuits and sensitivity to evaporation on Jakku and Tatooine are driving me nuts!

What do y’all think? Does the lack of environmental details like this affect your immersion in sci fi universes? Or can you just suspend disbelief and blithely enjoy it?