Lucy forgot one important star before it got dark: the sun. Even after it got dark, she’d better try counting the stars spinning around her overwhelmed head.
“Through it shone the Stars! Not Earth’s 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.” – Asimov, “Nightfall”
(Warning philosophical musings being jotted down below – you don’t have to read them, and definitely don’t need to believe them – however, they are MY philosophical musing about this strip for someone who might enjoy them, NOT for debate or ridicule – 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 ‘not so smart’ 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 ‘our world, universe, existence and other people’ 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 there’s no question they’ll be fine.
wiatr about 6 years ago
Most kids take on that challenge, at least those who can see the stars.
Johnny Q Premium Member about 6 years ago
“They say I’m crazy but I have a good time”—Joe Walsh
Templo S.U.D. about 6 years ago
Lucy forgot one important star before it got dark: the sun. Even after it got dark, she’d better try counting the stars spinning around her overwhelmed head.
alaskajohn1 about 6 years ago
Go to sleep, Lucy.
orinoco womble about 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 about 6 years ago
“Through it shone the Stars! Not Earth’s 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.” – Asimov, “Nightfall”
Saddenedby Premium Member about 6 years ago
(Warning philosophical musings being jotted down below – you don’t have to read them, and definitely don’t need to believe them – however, they are MY philosophical musing about this strip for someone who might enjoy them, NOT for debate or ridicule – 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 ‘not so smart’ 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 ‘our world, universe, existence and other people’ 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 about 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 there’s no question they’ll be fine.
gantech about 6 years ago
“People say I’m crazy, but I know I’m not”? Don’t most crazy people KNOW they’re not?
Earnestly Frank about 6 years ago
I think there must be at least seventy-eight of them.
WCraft Premium Member about 6 years ago
Can you count stars, Abraham?
JohnFarson19 about 6 years ago
“Are the stars out tonight…” Love the first panel w/Lucy and the adding machine.