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Contemplating our Planet in this Vast Universe
Posted on 5/24/17 at 10:20 pm
Posted on 5/24/17 at 10:20 pm
I'm been very reflective lately thinking about how small, yet unique our world is in the grand scheme of things. It amazes me that we are at just the right spot away from a middle-aged yellow dwarf star, with just the right atmosphere, ample water, an iron core shielding us from radiation, a little wobble on our axis to warm us evenly, a perfectly sized moon to keep our oceans sloshing about just enough. Just wow.
And yet, our existence is confined to a small slither of the surface. And just 60 miles above us is the vastness of space. A NASA website says:
I totally get why Musk and Bezos want to explore space. This world seems so fleeting. It's awesome we've had all these years to enjoy this miraculous creation. How much longer do we have?
And yet, our existence is confined to a small slither of the surface. And just 60 miles above us is the vastness of space. A NASA website says:
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If the Earth were the size of a basketball, the thickness of the atmosphere could be modeled by a thin sheet of plastic wrapped around the ball.
I totally get why Musk and Bezos want to explore space. This world seems so fleeting. It's awesome we've had all these years to enjoy this miraculous creation. How much longer do we have?
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Posted on 5/24/17 at 10:21 pm to TDFreak
Exactly how stoned are you right now?
Posted on 5/24/17 at 10:23 pm to TDFreak
Pass me the Dutch.
Posted on 5/24/17 at 10:24 pm to beerJeep
It'll be comin' round the left hand side.
This post was edited on 5/24/17 at 10:25 pm
Posted on 5/24/17 at 10:25 pm to Darth_Vader
Ha! Are pot heads the only ones who contemplate such things?
Anyone else?
Anyone else?
Posted on 5/24/17 at 10:26 pm to TDFreak
Posted on 5/24/17 at 10:26 pm to TDFreak
Yeah, it is probably the single most awesome thing, and we take it for granted. It is even more mind boggling that the same processes have repeated billions of times throughout the universe, and we haven't evolved enough to even look at other planets yet. Soon...
Posted on 5/24/17 at 10:28 pm to TDFreak
Awesome stuff baw 
Posted on 5/24/17 at 10:31 pm to TDFreak
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Ha! Are pot heads the only ones who contemplate such things?
Anyone else?
I remember been 15 years old and living in Ketchikan, Alaska. Me and my best friend would drive his El Camino up to the old Ski Lodge and lay on the hood of his car smoking a big old fat bowl of Matanuska Thunder frick while watching the Auroras. Damn I miss those days.
Posted on 5/24/17 at 10:32 pm to AUCE05
"Life" itself is really cool. This natural desire to exist. We don't know why we are here but we know we want to be here
Posted on 5/24/17 at 10:34 pm to Darth_Vader
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smoking a big old fat bowl of Matanuska Thunder frick while watching the Auroras.
Sum bitch. I wanna get stoned and watch Auroras
Posted on 5/24/17 at 10:38 pm to beerJeep
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Sum bitch. I wanna get stoned and watch Auroras
Everyone should do it at least once. It's amazing. Go ahead and throw something like Pink Floyd's Dark Side in to play while you're at it.
Posted on 5/24/17 at 10:41 pm to Darth_Vader
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Pink Floyd's Dark Side in to play while you're at it.
Idk man. I think 2112 is much more enjoyable high than dark side of the moon.
Both are solid indica high albums though.
Posted on 5/24/17 at 10:46 pm to beerJeep
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Idk man. I think 2112 is much more enjoyable high than dark side of the moon.
Both are solid indica high albums though.
Really once the big show in the sky starts up, it could be Roy Acuff playing in the background and it will still be awesome to you at that moment.
Posted on 5/24/17 at 10:47 pm to Darth_Vader
Truuuu 
Posted on 5/24/17 at 10:48 pm to Darth_Vader
I would like to do ayahuasca in a planetarium one day.
Posted on 5/24/17 at 10:51 pm to TDFreak
quote:Is it, though?
thinking about how small, yet unique our world is in the grand scheme of things
Posted on 5/24/17 at 10:54 pm to TDFreak
We are the mechanism by which the one, divine mystery enjoys this play we share as if we are separated.
Posted on 5/24/17 at 10:57 pm to TDFreak
Acid guys contemplate the mystery too but they only talk to angels so we dont get the benefit of their posts.
Posted on 5/24/17 at 11:01 pm to CelticDog
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We are the mechanism by which the one, divine mystery enjoys this play we share as if we are separated.
We are Sims in a higher beings computer game.
Ever wonder why you walk into a room and immediately forget why you walked in? It's because the higher Being decided to cancel that action and enact another.
*puts down bong*
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