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2011/02/10 02:49:36
Subject: Re:if you are easily confused do not read this.
We have no purpose. Life is just life. As I'm sure has happened on billions of other worlds, life arose out of a bunch of random organic soup, gradually gained intelligence, and prospered until we became what we are today. Thinking about how insignificant I am makes me just want to go out there and explore what's out there, and it makes me sad that we can't. The distances involved are just incomprehensible. We are insignificant in out own galaxy, let alone the billions of other galaxies out there. All of this eventually leads to me thinking this thought : Fund our Damn space program, America!
May the the blessings of His Grace the Emperor tumble down upon you like a golden fog. (Only a VERY select few will get this reference. And it's not from 40k. )
2011/02/10 02:53:10
Subject: if you are easily confused do not read this.
People aren't insignificant, it is just extremely difficult to measure our impact on the world around us. For example, the number of times that we have launched rockets from the florida launch site has acutally moved the earth out of its original rotation. The difference is slight, and scientists haven't discovered, or haven't disclosed, the impact of such a change. However, it is tangible, and therefore, it is on some level significant. We are all connected via the butterfly affect (I know I sound like a preachy hippy, but I'm also right, so stuff it) but if your part of this phenomena is 1/1000000000000000000000000000, that is infinitely larger than zero. But that's just my pep-talk.
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GalacticDefender wrote:We have no purpose. Life is just life.
I think that Life is purpose myself..
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2011/02/10 03:45:18
Subject: Re:if you are easily confused do not read this.
Why worry about it? I mean really? We live in an age of some pretty amazing discoveries but sadly we also live in an age where we are to far away from them. You just have to live with that fact, and enjoy the most important part. That your alive
2011/02/10 03:49:06
Subject: if you are easily confused do not read this.
Sure you are insignificant now, but one day your descendents will make the universe tremble at their very footfall and turn stars on and off like light bulbs.
When that happens they will not remember your name or that you existed, but the fact that you did exist will stand as the sole reason that they will enjoy their place among the stars.
Yes, and we will learn how to store our consciousness in the fabric of space itself, and then send some big black Monoliths down to some planet somewhere where there are a bunch of apes and teach them how to use tools.
May the the blessings of His Grace the Emperor tumble down upon you like a golden fog. (Only a VERY select few will get this reference. And it's not from 40k. )
2011/02/10 04:20:03
Subject: if you are easily confused do not read this.
Ma55ter_fett wrote:Sure you are insignificant now, but one day your descendents will make the universe tremble at their very footfall and turn stars on and off like light bulbs.
Or we'll have another extinction event and there will be no humans at all.
Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
2011/02/10 05:25:12
Subject: if you are easily confused do not read this.
Ma55ter_fett wrote:Sure you are insignificant now, but one day your descendents will make the universe tremble at their very footfall and turn stars on and off like light bulbs.
Or we'll have another extinction event and there will be no humans at all.
Or we'll just move to Mars or Titan. I vote Titan. No solar cheese stripping the atmosphere away.
May the the blessings of His Grace the Emperor tumble down upon you like a golden fog. (Only a VERY select few will get this reference. And it's not from 40k. )
2011/02/10 05:44:03
Subject: if you are easily confused do not read this.
Lord PoPo wrote:The number of times that we have launched rockets from the florida launch site has acutally moved the earth out of its original rotation. The difference is slight, and scientists haven't discovered, or haven't disclosed, the impact of such a change. However, it is tangible, and therefore, it is on some level significant. We are all connected via the butterfly affect (I know I sound like a preachy hippy, but I'm also right, so stuff it) but if your part of this phenomena is 1/1000000000000000000000000000, that is infinitely larger than zero.
Now get out there, and crush that other team!!
BLAAAARRGH!!!
2011/02/10 15:42:12
Subject: if you are easily confused do not read this.
May the the blessings of His Grace the Emperor tumble down upon you like a golden fog. (Only a VERY select few will get this reference. And it's not from 40k. )
2011/02/10 17:46:09
Subject: if you are easily confused do not read this.
haloreach4ever wrote:This might be a little random but this morning i contemplated the enormity of the universe and how brutally insignificant i am (a invisible pin prick on the face of reality). Also how my life has the opportunity to both fail and prosper. About how little we know about our deep inner reason to exist in this universe of uncertainty. About how i only escape the crushing weight of everything slowly grinding down on me by the distraction of halo on-line multi-player. I seem incapable of focus when i have all these questions that even the greatest minds cannot understand. All this leads to me having a very pessimistic view of life and i just wondered if any one knew how to ease the flow of questions raking my brain
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MagickalMemories wrote:How about making another fist?
One can be, "Da Fist uv Mork" and the second can be, "Da Uvver Fist uv Mork."
Make a third, and it can be, "Da Uvver Uvver Fist uv Mork"
Eric
2011/02/15 08:35:48
Subject: if you are easily confused do not read this.
The wonderful quandary of life is whether we have a purpose or not.
If we do have some preset purpose of which we are not aware, would it be any different than having no purpose?
If we have a preset purpose or destiny which we are bound to fulfill, then do we possess free will?
If we have no external purpose, then are we incapable of creating a purpose for ourselves? And would such a purpose be any less valid than a purpose given by another entity?
This should intenisfy your crisis of self, and hopefully make the boon you bring back from that quest more worthwhile.
I highly recommend John Paul Sartre's "Grendel" for a good read on the subject.
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Mercurial wrote:
I admire your aplomb and instate you as Baron of the Seas and Lord Marshall of Privateers.
Orkeosaurus wrote:Star Trek also said we'd have X-Wings by now. We all see how that prediction turned out.
Orkeosaurus, on homophobia, the nature of homosexuality, and the greatness of George Takei.
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2011/02/26 09:10:54
Subject: if you are easily confused do not read this.
Or we could all be brains in vats somewhere in a post apocalyptic wasteland being held by some weird scientist so he can use our body's to make an army of cyborgs so he can clean up the earth so we my eventual free ourselves and have ourselves placed back into our old body's which would also all be cyborgs with super robot powers!!!!!!!!
2011/02/26 10:23:52
Subject: if you are easily confused do not read this.
corpsesarefun wrote:The two responses to this realization are always quite interesting; people either reject the idea that they will play no major role in history and make it their goal to change the world (most of your major historical figures are here) or they accept it and just live their lives to the full (most other people end up here).
Which category do you fall in?
I want both, and I won't stop until I have both.
Where does that put me?
2011/04/23 09:42:45
Subject: if you are easily confused do not read this.
Me has it life is simply a giant game of endless 40k and we is the tau.
in 2012 the apocalypse shall not come, but a giant warp storm shall and it will super evolve us to be space faring awesome people how go around with our long ranged awesomeness plasma shotting people to da face!
or all being wiped out when the storm opens a portal to the chaos realm and wipe us all out like a candle in a breeze...
2011/04/23 19:31:30
Subject: If you are easily confused do not read this.
haloreach4ever wrote:Me has it life is simply a giant game of endless 40k and we is the tau.
in 2012 the apocalypse shall not come, but a giant warp storm shall and it will super evolve us to be space faring awesome people how go around with our long ranged awesomeness plasma shotting people to da face!
or all being wiped out when the storm opens a portal to the chaos realm and wipe us all out like a candle in a breeze...
Dude, while I respect your "opinion", try and post things that people will read and not think "whatever" at.
corpsesarefun wrote:And now the thread has degenerated into spam.
One spam post.. the incident is containable.
Ahtman wrote:Is reviving a two month old thread necromancy? Are the dark arts at work here?
Why yes, the Dark[voidof40k] arts are at work here. Although it was actually 3+ months old.
Nonetheless, I revived it because I wanted to add my thoughts based on previous posts, and it is a topic worthy of continued discussion.
2011/04/23 19:40:06
Subject: If you are easily confused do not read this.
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Although it was actually 3+ months old.