Short Reflection

 “She might as well be from the moon”.

You might be thinking, is there really someone who came from the moon? Questionably, this phrase is quite vague and comprised of undiscovered thoughts needing in depth realization of its meaning. 

Certainly, it’s not logical that someone would come from the moon. So why then, would we use such an expression? Even though we see the moon, it is very far away. In a way, the moon is a world unto itself. The moon may live in the same celestial neighborhood as the Earth but due to the distance between the two, the moon really isn’t aware of the affairs of the Earth. It doesn’t really know what the Earth is up to or what is happening on Earth. A similar analogy would be someone in Manila not knowing what is happening in New York and vice versa. One can imagine if someone arrived on the Manila scene from New York, he or she would stick out as being very different. He wouldn’t have any idea of what is happening in Manila, would not know the language or be familiar with the culture. He would feel out of place and possibly be seen as being out of place by the local population. Likewise, if someone did show up on scene from the moon, that person would be completely lost as to what is going on in society, pop culture, and news. Hence if someone is out of touch with a certain topic or situation, it could be said that that person “might as well be from the moon”. He or she has no idea of what is going on, having been isolated on the moon from current events.

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