When I was a kid I read some book by Alan Dean Foster, and in it there was some alien species that met humans and decided they just really liked being around us, and we really liked being around them, so we combined our civilizations and lived together.

Blew my fuckin' mind.

— Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 (@Noahpinion) January 11, 2023

I read that book too. Can’t recall the name of it but I also remember it pretty distinctly.