We Are So Irrelevant to the Grand Scheme of Life...

Adequate · 23-08-2010 12:33AM #1

Do you ever get the feeling that we really are extremely insignificant in the whole context of things?

Think about all the other galaxies that exist in our universe and there's millions of them, vaster and more expansive then our one!
There's also millions more universes then ours. Then there's also the millions of universes that we don't know about BUT we flipping know about.

So it got me thinking, that far from being at the centre of things, far from being important, far from being even relevant, nobody knows we're here.

So let's wreck tha joint!

Agent J · 23-08-2010 12:35AM

This small part of the universe is all we have....

so lets wreck it?:rolleyes:

"The surest sign of intelligent life out there is that they havent contacted us yet..."

furbey · 23-08-2010 12:39AM

Agent J wrote: »

This small part of the universe is all we have....

so lets wreck it?:rolleyes:

"The surest sign of intelligent life out there is that they havent contacted us yet..."

That is an absolutely brilliant point.
our planet is about to go up in flames over global warming or whatever, we'd just land over to another species planet, take over and ruin them too.

Dudess · 23-08-2010 12:40AM

Nonsense OP - if I announce on Facebook I'm "enjoying a cup of tea - mmmm" I know the internet comes to a standstill because of all the interest.

Min · 23-08-2010 12:41AM

Then there's also the millions of universes that we don't know about BUT we flipping know about.

Really?

So do we or don't we know? As far as I know, we only know about one universe.

xflyer · 23-08-2010 12:44AM

Absolutely, we are nothing in the scheme of things. So it is our duty to forget all that and enjoy our lives as best we can. Because we will be dead forever.

One of the biggest problems of this world is all the people who think they are important in the scheme of things. They run around as if they had something to contribute. But we are as important as a peasant in 18th century Romania, circa 1725, who died when his cow stepped on him. Or indeed the cow who stepped on him.

Your duty is to enjoy your life, you have no destiny and you won't go to heaven to be welcomed by God or anyone else.

Look at WW2, look how many died. Are they missed? Hell no, they are gone, long gone.

Mr. Rager · 23-08-2010 12:45AM

'Cause we're ignorant pricks

Tryst · 23-08-2010 12:49AM

Adequate wrote: »

Do you ever get the feeling that we really are extremely insignificant in the whole context of things?

Think about all the other galaxies that exist in our universe and there's millions of them, vaster and more expansive then our one!
There's also millions more universes then ours. Then there's also the millions of universes that we don't know about BUT we flipping know about.

So it got me thinking, that far from being at the centre of things, far from being important, far from being even relevant, nobody knows we're here.

So let's wreck tha joint!

Lets face it if you really thought that you may as well kill yourself because what's the point? Nothing you do matters, at all, you don't matter at all, i think that's a very depressing thought.

Tryst · 23-08-2010 12:51AM

xflyer wrote: »

Look at WW2, look how many died. Are they missed? Hell no, they are gone, long gone.

Not by us but they are remembered by the world en masse and probably will be for generations. That's something not many of us can claim.

Lone Stone · 23-08-2010 12:51AM

Min wrote: »

Really?

So do we or don't we know? As far as I know, we only know about one universe.

tisk tisk its all about the multi verse these days :cool:

tony1kenobi · 23-08-2010 12:52AM

Adequate wrote: »

We Are So Irrelevant to the Grand Scheme of Life...

We are completely relevant.

Biggins · 23-08-2010 12:54AM

Adequate wrote: »

Do you ever get the feeling that we really are extremely insignificant in the whole context of things?

Think about all the other galaxies that exist in our universe and there's millions of them, vaster and more expansive then our one!
There's also millions more universes then ours. Then there's also the millions of universes that we don't know about BUT we flipping know about...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzMqZcJYqkE

Piriz · 23-08-2010 12:55AM

while we may be less than a speck in an ever expanding space..you could change your mindset to one that reasons that everything else outside of our world is irrelevant...
think for a moment of all the astrological spacey stuff that is out there, does it really matter if its there or not?
what matters is here on planet earth..our ice caps, our food stocks, our energy consumption these are the things of the 'Grand Scheme'. The prick of a neighbour you have or the hot bird your trying to score is relevant to you, not to me, but sometimes we share relevancies like wrecking the gaff and wrecking the gaff is one of my fave past times but if wrecking the gaff becomes all to relevant it becomes one of the things in the 'Grand Scheme' which then becomes a cause for concern!

Focus!:D

fonecrusher1 · 23-08-2010 12:56AM

Adequate wrote: »

Do you ever get the feeling that we really are extremely insignificant in the whole context of things?

Think about all the other galaxies that exist in our universe and there's millions of them, vaster and more expansive then our one!
There's also millions more universes then ours. Then there's also the millions of universes that we don't know about BUT we flipping know about.

So it got me thinking, that far from being at the centre of things, far from being important, far from being even relevant, nobody knows we're here.

So let's wreck tha joint!

Yeah really makes you think about things on a grand scale doesn't it? The vastness of the universe & its infinite mysteries. We're just specks of sand in a neverending desert.....

Now who wants to talk about The X-factor???

starbelgrade · 23-08-2010 12:57AM

xflyer wrote: »

Look at WW2, look how many died. Are they missed? Hell no, they are gone, long gone.

World War 2 ended in 1945. I don't know the exact figures, but I would hazard a guess that there are tens of thousands of people who are still alive today who lost relatives & friends during the war.

So yes, many of them are missed.

Now, if you'd have said WW1...

grizzly · 23-08-2010 01:03AM

Do you find it depressing or uplifting that we a spec on the table cloth of the universe? Personally I find it comforting that my biggest worries are ultimately meaningless.

Lust4Life · 23-08-2010 01:03AM

If you make every day count, then there is no need to worry about such things.

We are here to leave an impression on the lives that we touch.

If you are doing that, then it is all worth it in the end.

MultiUmm · 23-08-2010 01:05AM

Very deep OP. Share more of your wisdom with us unenlightened plebs. :pac:

Yeah, in the bigger picture what happens here on Earth means sweet **** all in space.

But at the same time, like every other animal on the planet, our natural instinct is to survive and live. We're lucky enough to be self aware and to have intelligence though, so why waste that opportunity by "wrecking tha joint" merely because we don't matter in empty space?

We don't matter up there in sky granted, but on our own little rock we do matter in a way. Let's make the best of what we've got, and try not to kill ourselves (or the planet for that matter) in the process.

fonecrusher1 · 23-08-2010 01:09AM

grizzly wrote: »

Do you find it depressing or uplifting that we a spec on the table cloth of the universe? Personally I find it comforting that my biggest worries are ultimately meaningless.

Nah sorry thats way too optimistic & positive, can't have it. Each person sort of is a little universe. Its all relative, a persons problems turn their personal universe into a depressing universe.

You still have to pay off the loan/mortgage/car, you still have bills & taxes. never mind that talk about space n galaxys n sh!t.

:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

Irish Guitarist · 23-08-2010 01:29AM

I once had a look at Stormfront.org purely out of curiosity and was amazed to see an astronomy section. I was amazed because I couldn't get my head around the fact that these people who are interested in this vast thing called the universe cared about whether one human being was a darker colour than another.

We're not irrelevant though. As Joni Mitchell said "we are stardust, we are golden". It's true, we are made up of particles of stars. When I say "we" I'm referring not just to humans but every animal and plant on Earth.

xflyer · 23-08-2010 01:34AM

starbelgrade wrote: »

World War 2 ended in 1945. I don't know the exact figures, but I would hazard a guess that there are tens of thousands of people who are still alive today who lost relatives & friends during the war.

So yes, many of them are missed.

Now, if you'd have said WW1...

Maybe I should have said the Boer War, or the Napoleonic wars or one of them wars or the great plague of whenever. They are dead and everyone who ever felt bad about it is dead too. Take a look at an old photo of turn of the century Ireland or wherever. Not 2001 obviously but earlier. All dead. All of them though thought their little life was important in the scheme of things. Maybe it was but they are dead too. Gone, forgotten and their only legacy is their grandkids who are as useless and pontless as they are.

friendface · 23-08-2010 01:35AM

Are you Tommy Tiernan by any chance?

see from 21:00 approx below;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph7XHGmj1NA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=our2k9mMBoM

gbee · 23-08-2010 01:35AM

Adequate wrote: »

So let's wreck tha joint!

My job takes me through KNOCKNAHEENY, I think you should be mayor ... of there, like!

OR FOR A wider audience, my job takes me through Limerick ....

Jesus Wept · 23-08-2010 01:37AM

Dudess wrote: »

Nonsense OP - if I announce on Facebook I'm "enjoying a cup of tea - mmmm" I know the internet comes to a standstill because of all the interest.

Well are you having it or not? :mad:

rossie1977 · 23-08-2010 01:44AM

Jeboa Safari · 23-08-2010 01:47AM

xflyer wrote: »

Your duty is to enjoy your life, you have no destiny and you won't go to heaven to be welcomed by God or anyone else.

Was there any need to bring your religious beliefs in here?

I find space fascinating, I hope they develop some form of commercial space travel, its something I'd love to do before I die, even if was just to orbit the earth for an hour, I imagine it would be a great experience, and give you a new appreciation and wonderment of the earth and universe as a whole

xflyer · 23-08-2010 01:47AM

If you ever needed proof of our insignificance in the overall scheme of things. Look at 'After hours'. Almost no one reads our contribution, including this one. Lots of people have something to say but most of them are ignored including this one. If you read this, check for a reply. There won't be many if any. In any case I have nothing to say except in my previous post which was mostly ignored.

xflyer · 23-08-2010 01:49AM

Jeboa Safari

Was there any need to bring your religious beliefs in her

I have none it's just my use of societal cliches.

But I do believe that perhaps you may one day orbit the Earth. Perhaps I will too. But I think space travel further than a pointless effort to hit Mars will end there. We are stuck here for as long as the Earth lasts.

Mrmoe · 23-08-2010 01:56AM

It is true that we are ultimately insignificant in the grand scheme of things. It is uplifting in a way that any action we carry out will be meaningless.It doesn't matter whether it is positive or negative.When we die & 200 years in the future all we will be is a record in a museum log book.

icywind1980 · 23-08-2010 01:59AM

What's up w/the seriousness here tonite? Full moon, maybe?

Gone West · 23-08-2010 06:43AM

xflyer wrote: »

If you ever needed proof of our insignificance in the overall scheme of things. Look at 'After hours'. Almost no one reads our contribution, including this one. Lots of people have something to say but most of them are ignored including this one. If you read this, check for a reply. There won't be many if any. In any case I have nothing to say except in my previous post which was mostly ignored.

Here is a token reply.
Your posts are ignored, yes.
But they ARE read by people.
The people just don't care enough about your opinion to reply to you.
This could be for a number of reasons, including but not limited to: Mentioning god as if he/it/she is a proven entity, lack of lolcats, condescending manner despite having weak posts, waffle, no lulz or possibility of replying with lulz.
AH maybe isn't for you. Cool story though.:pac:

We Are So Irrelevant to the Grand Scheme of Life...

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