I think I had an epiphany when I listened to Jonathan Coulton's "A Talk With George".
Now time to go off and live life!
Oh, by the way:
Now time to go off and live life!
Oh, by the way:
My epiphany.
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Each of us live in a house/apartment/etc.That is part of a street.The street is a part of a city. The city is part of a county or state. That state is part of a country. That country is part of a continent. That continent is part of our planet. Our planet is part of a galaxy.
Our galaxy is part of the universe and it could go even further. While were just insignificant specks on the planaet earth.
However.
I can't count the number of cells that come together to create us.
We have won the first race in our lives with the odds of around 6 million or billion to 1 against us against all the other sperm cells.
We've also weathered the storms that assault us on the road to being born.
And out of all the planets in the universe we live on this one.
So we are both insignificant and the very significant.
Soory for the philosophy.
I can has cookie now.
Each of us live in a house/apartment/etc.That is part of a street.The street is a part of a city. The city is part of a county or state. That state is part of a country. That country is part of a continent. That continent is part of our planet. Our planet is part of a galaxy.
Our galaxy is part of the universe and it could go even further. While were just insignificant specks on the planaet earth.
However.
I can't count the number of cells that come together to create us.
We have won the first race in our lives with the odds of around 6 million or billion to 1 against us against all the other sperm cells.
We've also weathered the storms that assault us on the road to being born.
And out of all the planets in the universe we live on this one.
So we are both insignificant and the very significant.
Soory for the philosophy.
I can has cookie now.
No one stands above from the rest?Vitor Goncalves said:Noone is special in the sense no1 deserves to stand above all the others, but all are special in the sense all are unique.Reapd said:Hey guys, as none of you know, I'm 15. And I just had, what I would like to call, my very first epiphany.
I mean, today was just a normal day, but I was listening to music when, suddenly, I realized that no one's special. Not me, not you reading this, not anyone. I mean, this planet is [sub]small[/sub]. Compared to every thing else in the universe, its like 1 pixel on a 60' HD television. The chances that there are more planets like earth, with maybe an even more advanced civilization, is almost assured there are like 4,000 others.
Well that was my 2 cents. Discuss if you want. [sub]Please do
Discussion guidelines:
1.Have you had an epiphany?
2.What was it?
3.How did it feel afterward?
I had too many epiphanies to even bother to remember, they obviously changed me in a sense, made me see things in a diferent way.
You don't believe that some peoples' lives are greater than others? That some people have greater worth than others?
"I'm not special" is pretty standard, it would seem.
Of course, you are looking at the situation through your own eyes, but it's not like you can use anyone else's.
For me, understanding common sense was quite amazing, the idea that you should just sit down, think for a minute and then do what you were going to do.
Of course, I was a lot younger when I learnt that one, but regardless, it was valuable.
Of course, you are looking at the situation through your own eyes, but it's not like you can use anyone else's.
For me, understanding common sense was quite amazing, the idea that you should just sit down, think for a minute and then do what you were going to do.
Of course, I was a lot younger when I learnt that one, but regardless, it was valuable.
Ideas like that are what promote the stagnation of human society.Kurokami said:
Once I went into a shop and I was like, "Holy shit there are so many colours." You don't realise it normally but if you think about it you see that there are so many mind-boggling colours and your senses just get massively overwhelmed.
Did I mention I was super high?
Did I mention I was super high?
Have you had an epiphany?
Yes, indeed I have.
What was it?
I was depressed, reflecting on how much better my life was when I was younger, wishing I could have the old me back.
And I thought: why can't I? The only thing standing between me and the man I wanted to be was myself. So after however long, I finally got over myself. I realised that life was worth living, and as long as there were people I believed in, I would never, ever give up.
How did it feel afterward?
For the first time in ages, I felt good about myself. I've never looked back since.
Yes, indeed I have.
What was it?
I was depressed, reflecting on how much better my life was when I was younger, wishing I could have the old me back.
And I thought: why can't I? The only thing standing between me and the man I wanted to be was myself. So after however long, I finally got over myself. I realised that life was worth living, and as long as there were people I believed in, I would never, ever give up.
How did it feel afterward?
For the first time in ages, I felt good about myself. I've never looked back since.
Yeah, I've had an epiphany.
It was about the fact that aliens have to exist because of the sheer number of planets there are out there. It sort of tied in with me turning Atheist. It felt liberating, like my Wisdom score had just increased slightly.
And don't bash my somewhat obvious epiphany; we all come to these realizations in our own time, you're not some kind of hard-bitten narcissist because you got to it a bit earlier than me.
It was about the fact that aliens have to exist because of the sheer number of planets there are out there. It sort of tied in with me turning Atheist. It felt liberating, like my Wisdom score had just increased slightly.
And don't bash my somewhat obvious epiphany; we all come to these realizations in our own time, you're not some kind of hard-bitten narcissist because you got to it a bit earlier than me.
Some people are "special".
I do believe I'm unique though
OT: I had an epiphany, while listening to the beards and bees in a park in front of a school, where I was planing to do something really, really sick and stupid, and wrong. And suddenly after realising that one part(well the whole plan was crap and stupid and sick) of my plan was wrong(the right person wasn't at the right time at the right place), it hit me that what I was intending to do was horrible. then I felt good about my epiphany.
I'll leave all the details out so you can make your own imaginary "this guy's a sicko" story.
I do believe I'm unique though
OT: I had an epiphany, while listening to the beards and bees in a park in front of a school, where I was planing to do something really, really sick and stupid, and wrong. And suddenly after realising that one part(well the whole plan was crap and stupid and sick) of my plan was wrong(the right person wasn't at the right time at the right place), it hit me that what I was intending to do was horrible. then I felt good about my epiphany.
I'll leave all the details out so you can make your own imaginary "this guy's a sicko" story.
Your Epiphany was just a basic form of Nihilism. It's a great way to view the universe and shit but don't let that make you think that nothing has meaning. You're part of society as well so you and your actions DO have meaning in that context - just not really in the universe.
I first need to know what you mean by worth. But if you mean great leaders, activists, human right defenders, dont forget society works like a filter in a way chances and opportunities dont allow everybody to shine out. Take for example a revolutionary who leads a coup to free his country from a cruel, opressive government. You are tempted to think he was better then everybody else, but could he succeed without the support of thousands or millions?! He couldnt, but a leader had to rise and not all could be appointed as leaders or things wouldnt work. What about the millions of nameless heroes who contribute daily for the good of mankind?! And for them thats nothing but their duty.Kurokami said:
I think when we praised someone for their good deeds we always forget that their good deeds dont come on its own and are due to other people that tend to be neglected.
If you are thinking about activists, great personalities like Gandhi or Martin Luther King I would point out the irony that if they believed their lives were greater then the rest of the people, they would not have done what they did to improve human society, would they?! And to be fair they didnt achieve what they did without respectively the Indian and the Afro American people support.
When we speak about wars against how often do we remember the ones who fall, sacrificing themselves, or the johny doe who ran to the frontline and with many others fought with teeth and nails to win the battle?! We give them little to no credit at all. Most movies and videogames actually, in a side note, don't do better as they portray these soldiers like rather incompetent or disposable, even silly.
I think its more a need we have to look for role models to look at some people and admire them. Thats my opinion. So to answer kurokami, I dont believe that there are people who have greater lives then the others.
And ok there might be people who are just plain awful and probably deserve to be ignored, but I want to believe they are a minority (sadly a minority that often gets through the filter and climb to privileged places to spread havoc among the society).
It's not that small. It is far far smaller than you can possibly imagine.Reapd said:
The visible universe (what we can see) has a volume of 4.1 x 1034 cubic light years. That's 41,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 light years
The volume of the Earth 260,000,000,000 cubic miles. That's 4.4 x 10-11 light years.
0.000000000044 light years. My calculator just exploded working out that percentage.
Have a nice day.
Don't get me wrong, the thought didn't really make me feel that sad, it just kinda gave me a kick to the temple and shouted "do something with your life already". It was a nice feeling, in a strange way.thejdcole said:Even more reason to live life to the fullest. So that you leave somthing awesome behind when you are goneEagle Est1986 said:
You should share your "epiphany" with almost every person from reality shows on MTV. Maybe then they wouldn't be so self-obsessed.
Oh wait, yes they would. Nevermind.
Oh wait, yes they would. Nevermind.
After taking up martial arts at the age of 18, I realized that I wanted to train and work out regularly for the rest of my life. Whenever I go for even a few days without training, I feel like shit. While I must admit that there are moments when I am mentally wearied and I just don't feel like subjecting myself to the pain that comes with training, I do so anyways, knowing that afterwards I'll be glad that I did.
