"this is a black tie event"

oh, the silly things human beings do with (and to!) each other. let's see, we play dress up in pretty gowns and go places with other people also dressed up and by virtue of dressing up it's considered a "formal" event. as in, whatever i'm supposed to be celebrating right now, i can celebrate it better if i'm in a dress. we can prance around with bows in our hair and pretend to be all serious, and that gives the impression that this event has been adequately celebrated. no laughter, only speak when directed to, and do things in orderly rhythmic intervals. oh, the silly things that we do! and the unnecessary lengths we go to, to do them.

if only they knew, i wonder how weird they would find it? it's like how we find nile perch mating behavior or duck migration patterns weird. or even weirder than that. and by "they" i mean the aliens.