What's the craziest realization you've ever had?

Pa2k · 25-04-2014 01:59PM #1

Here's a couple that got me thinking:

You think faster than you think you can think.

History isn't really history, it's just your interpretation of someone else's interpretation.

I’m an adult now and it turns out we are all just as confused as the kids.

"I often try to remember my first moment of consciousness and I believe it was when I was 7. I remember distinctly thinking, "I am here and in control." Everything before that was a blur of random action without thinking of the consequence and not feeling guilt. I didn't care about making friends up until that point either. I would just wander around on my own. Weird."

Sir Arthur Daley · 25-04-2014 02:01PM

That the world is not round.

xLisaBx · 25-04-2014 02:02PM

That I'm an atheist

25-04-2014 02:04PM

That Longford is in Leinster, man!
Leinster!!

jester77 · 25-04-2014 02:05PM

Pa2k wrote: »

Here's a couple that got me thinking:

You think faster than you think you can think.

History isn't really history, it's just your interpretation of someone else's interpretation.

I’m an adult now and it turns out we are all just as confused as the kids.

"I often try to remember my first moment of consciousness and I believe it was when I was 7. I remember distinctly thinking, "I am here and in control." Everything before that was a blur of random action without thinking of the consequence and not feeling guilt. I didn't care about making friends up until that point either. I would just wander around on my own. Weird."

I got a letter in the post this week with details of my private pension. At the top was my retirement date, 2042. I then thought of all the hours of work there is between now and then.. if I make it that far

Artful_Badger · 25-04-2014 02:05PM

There is no such thing as free will. We're all just aware of the thought process rather than directing it.

gg2 · 25-04-2014 02:06PM

Not exactly crazy but... My oh and I just turned 30 and 25 respectively. We both finally realised that we should be growing up a bit more and we need to start making plan for the future, we've lived the high life for the best part of 5 years but just realised we'll never have the money for a wedding, house, children plus holidays and a nice life if we don't start "maturing". Was a bit of a kick in thr arse for us both as we've both gone through life not seriously thinking about these things. We've given ourselves 5 years to save and do all of the above.... Wish me luck ye feckers!

hairyprincess · 25-04-2014 02:07PM

That hair do I just got was crazily expensive

PrzemoF · 25-04-2014 02:07PM

That life is way too short to do everything I want to do.

Sir Osis of Liver. · 25-04-2014 02:07PM

That ads are no longer free on Adverts.

Muise... · 25-04-2014 02:09PM

THOSE WOMEN WERE IN THE NIP!

xLisaBx · 25-04-2014 02:09PM

Time is but an illusion, created for human convenience

The Backwards Man · 25-04-2014 02:13PM

That I (and you) will be alive for less than .000000000000000000000000001% of the existence of the planet. Time to mske the most of it eh?

Knex* · 25-04-2014 02:14PM

That you have to be a little bit mad to be sane.

Muise... · 25-04-2014 02:15PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

That I (and you) will be alive for less than .000000000000000000000000001% of the existence of the planet. Time to mske the most of it eh?

You mean the existence of the planet to date, right? Or do you know something about the apocalypse?

25-04-2014 02:16PM

When people say "he was going ape-****", it's just a funnier way to say "he was going bananas", because ape - **** presumably smells of bananas.

kneemos · 25-04-2014 02:17PM

Artful_Badger wrote: »

There is no such thing as free will. We're all just aware of the thought process rather than directing it.

Me and my mind should agree more.

Caliden · 25-04-2014 02:18PM

The first time I saw an interactive graphic of the identified universe and how absolutely tiny we are. Zoomed out to fit a 21" monitor we aren't even 1 pixel anymore.

I think about it whenever I'm stressed/annoyed/sad and instead of making me feel lonely/insignificant it just makes everything else seem like a drop in an infinitely large ocean.

Even typing that out relaxed me.

The Backwards Man · 25-04-2014 02:20PM

Muise... wrote: »

You mean the existence of the planet to date, right? Or do you know something about the apocalypse?

To date. It took me all morning to calculate those figures.

Jonny Blaze · 25-04-2014 02:23PM

You can't please everyone ever..

and sometimes you can't please anyone!

gg2 · 25-04-2014 02:24PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

To date. It took me all morning to calculate those figures.

How did you know this thread was going to surface????

He has The Gift!

The Backwards Man · 25-04-2014 02:27PM

gg2 wrote: »

How did you know this thread was going to surface????

He has The Gift!

Na, no gift, I just used the poster above me's illusion of time.

Barely There · 25-04-2014 02:39PM

That we're either the only intelligent life in the Universe or we aren't.

Either way, it's pretty amazing.

iDave · 25-04-2014 02:40PM

Those were the droids we were looking for

donegal__road · 25-04-2014 02:44PM

In a universe of infinite possibilities, we are sitting here posting to this thread on boards, an infinite number of times.

Also, in approx 5 million years, the planet is going to overheat and explode, so nothing really matters, really..

elefant · 25-04-2014 02:44PM

I once wasted a lot of a weekend in my cousins' house when I was quite young playing some football game on the Sega Mega Drive. I won the world cup with Ireland after many, many attempts.
At the time I wondered why my Irish team was all black lads. I put it down to some strange, overlooked error in the game.....

Years later my mind, for some reason, wandered back to that weekend, and I realised I had been playing as the Ivory Coast.

GenieOz · 25-04-2014 02:45PM

donegal__road wrote: »

In a universe of infinite possibilities, we are sitting here posting to this thread on boards, an infinite number of times.

Also, in approx 5 million years, the planet is going to overheat and explode, so nothing really matters, really..

Quite easy to justify eating that whole pizza now isn't it

o1s1n · 25-04-2014 02:46PM

Deleted User wrote: »

When people say "he was going ape-****", it's just a funnier way to say "he was going bananas", because ape - **** presumably smells of bananas.

Mind = blown.

What do bats eat?

donegal__road · 25-04-2014 02:47PM

GenieOz wrote: »

Quite easy to justify eating that whole pizza now isn't it

there is an infinite number of pizzas out there you know..

Barely There · 25-04-2014 02:47PM

donegal__road wrote: »

Also, in approx 5 million years, the planet is going to overheat and explode, so nothing really matters, really..

Our future is in the stars.

Muise... · 25-04-2014 02:52PM

Barely There wrote: »

Our future is in the stars.

MY GOD! IT'S FULL OF STARS!!

What's the craziest realization you've ever had?

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