So I have a question

How well are the gems known among humans?

First off, I want to point out that Connie in “Fusion Cuisine” refuse to tell her parents that Steven lives with his gems because she’d be afraid that they’d “think all this magic stuff is weird”. Then again, I think that Connie’s parents aren’t very open minded in the first place. However, they didn’t seem too freaked out when Alexandrite showed up. A bit shocked and maybe even judgmental, but it’s not like they ran off screaming about a giant woman running after them. Tell me you wouldn’t freak out if you saw this:

Secondly, the Pizza family, especially the father, can’t seem to grasp that they aren’t….normal. In “Beach Party”, The father often refers to the Gems doing crazy stuff (including destroying his restaurant) as “magic tricks”. And even though neither the Gems NOR Steven try to cover up the fact that they are magical beings from space, the Pizzas still don’t grasp that concept, instead immediately grasping to what they would see as “normal” (whatever that is in this world). However, when the puffer fish monster comes back to crash the party, the Pizza’s aren’t too freaked out. Even the dad seems annoyed at the most. They don’t seem too amazed by the monster, but still gets together to kick it out.

Thirdly, Mayor Dewey refers to them as “Magic Ladies” in “Ocean Gem” and asks for their assistance in getting the ocean back. He obviously knows that the gems keep Beach City safe. But does everyone else know too? The other people who live in Beach City are pretty chill about the magic stuff, but at the same time can’t completely grasp that the Gems are magical beings from space?

Fourthly (is this a word?), there’s Ronaldo. Ah yes, darling Ronaldo. In “Keep Beach City Weird”, the entire episode revolves around Ronaldo trying to link all the mishaps in Beach City to snake people (or sneople), completely ignoring the fact that there’s THREE SUPER POWERED WOMEN FROM SPACE LIVING RIGHT NEXT DOOR. Apparently, that’s not that big of a deal to him. Like what’s cooler than kick-ass space women? Apparently sneople who live under ground.

Even when he realizes literally EVERYTHING weird that happens in Beach City is because of the Gems, instead of getting excited about pieces fitting together to space magical ladies, he falls into a pit of despair because apparently that’s not weird enough? Then suddenly, he comes to the realization of “sentient rocks” who are “drilling into earth’s core”, which is literally what’s happening currently, which does lead to the Gems. So???? Suddenly they’re weird???

And lastly, the many ruins/temples:

These, as we know, are scattered all over Earth. These places have no people living around them and as far as we know, no humans even know they exist. So apparently there’s tons and tons of land either erased of all human life or completely unexplored by humans. That, or they know not to cross in Gem territory. Which leads me completely back to my first question. How well do people on Earth know of the Gem’s existence? Do they know at all? Do they play it all off as tricks? Do they know just enough to keep them safe? I want some answers.