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Lucy forgot one important star before it got dark: the sun. Even after it got dark, sheâd better try counting the stars spinning around her overwhelmed head.
âThrough it shone the Stars! Not Earthâs feeble thirty-six hundred Stars visible to the eye; Lagash was in the center of a giant cluster. Thirty thousand might suns shone down in a soul-searing splendor that was more frighteningly cold in its awful indifference than the bitter wind that shivered across the cold horribly bleak world.â â Asimov, âNightfallâ
(Warning philosophical musings being jotted down below â you donât have to read them, and definitely donât need to believe them â however, they are MY philosophical musing about this strip for someone who might enjoy them, NOT for debate or ridicule â however feel free to express yourself as ignorantly or wisely as you feel I have):
Many years ago close to the top of a mountain, around three in the morning, I lay outside my tent on my sleeping bag and stared at the stars. No man-made lights or smog products of man were visible anywhere to diminish the overwhelming glow of the stars. The milky way flowed through the sky and there were so many stars in one tiny spot I watched for a while that it looked like one huge solid star. As time flowed over me I was made very aware that man can not know or even comprehend a percentage of a percentage of creation. Yes, I said creation. The mathematical phenomenon of the sight and intricacies of what I was seeing could not and can not just happen. Only the small mind of man could ever think it could. I was not drunk, high or fevered. Simply in awe of the sight. Interestingly I did not feel insignificant, but I did feel ânot so smartâ and realized how little I and all of mankind really know compared to what we think we know and comprehend. The inflated ego that we, mankind, manifest on a daily basis concerning knowledge of âour world, universe, existence and other peopleâ is the most unflattering/ignorant aspect about us. I wonder what our society would be like if we all were allowed to experience our true size, importance, and place in this universe.
I remember (and miss) the days when kids could play outside and roam their neighborhood and nobody had to worry that anything was going to happen to them. The Peanuts kids all go to the park or the store or a movie or just play on a sidewalk and thereâs no question theyâll be fine.
wiatr over 6 years ago
Most kids take on that challenge, at least those who can see the stars.
Johnny Q Premium Member over 6 years ago
âThey say Iâm crazy but I have a good timeââJoe Walsh
Templo S.U.D. over 6 years ago
Lucy forgot one important star before it got dark: the sun. Even after it got dark, sheâd better try counting the stars spinning around her overwhelmed head.
alaskajohn1 over 6 years ago
Go to sleep, Lucy.
orinoco womble over 6 years ago
As Douglas Adams said, the last thing you can afford to have about the universe is a sense of proportion!
The Old Wolf over 6 years ago
âThrough it shone the Stars! Not Earthâs feeble thirty-six hundred Stars visible to the eye; Lagash was in the center of a giant cluster. Thirty thousand might suns shone down in a soul-searing splendor that was more frighteningly cold in its awful indifference than the bitter wind that shivered across the cold horribly bleak world.â â Asimov, âNightfallâ
Saddenedby Premium Member over 6 years ago
(Warning philosophical musings being jotted down below â you donât have to read them, and definitely donât need to believe them â however, they are MY philosophical musing about this strip for someone who might enjoy them, NOT for debate or ridicule â however feel free to express yourself as ignorantly or wisely as you feel I have):
Many years ago close to the top of a mountain, around three in the morning, I lay outside my tent on my sleeping bag and stared at the stars. No man-made lights or smog products of man were visible anywhere to diminish the overwhelming glow of the stars. The milky way flowed through the sky and there were so many stars in one tiny spot I watched for a while that it looked like one huge solid star. As time flowed over me I was made very aware that man can not know or even comprehend a percentage of a percentage of creation. Yes, I said creation. The mathematical phenomenon of the sight and intricacies of what I was seeing could not and can not just happen. Only the small mind of man could ever think it could. I was not drunk, high or fevered. Simply in awe of the sight. Interestingly I did not feel insignificant, but I did feel ânot so smartâ and realized how little I and all of mankind really know compared to what we think we know and comprehend. The inflated ego that we, mankind, manifest on a daily basis concerning knowledge of âour world, universe, existence and other peopleâ is the most unflattering/ignorant aspect about us. I wonder what our society would be like if we all were allowed to experience our true size, importance, and place in this universe.
Like I said you were warned. :)
rs over 6 years ago
I remember (and miss) the days when kids could play outside and roam their neighborhood and nobody had to worry that anything was going to happen to them. The Peanuts kids all go to the park or the store or a movie or just play on a sidewalk and thereâs no question theyâll be fine.
gantech over 6 years ago
âPeople say Iâm crazy, but I know Iâm notâ? Donât most crazy people KNOW theyâre not?
Earnestly Frank over 6 years ago
I think there must be at least seventy-eight of them.
WCraft over 6 years ago
Can you count stars, Abraham?
JohnFarson19 over 6 years ago
âAre the stars out tonightâŠâ Love the first panel w/Lucy and the adding machine.