Gotta watch out for those Betelguesian Berserker Baboons!
The earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that in glory and in triumph they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of the dot on scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner of the dot. How frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds. Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity -- in all this vastness -- there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. It is up to us. It's been said that astronomy is a humbling, and I might add, a character-building experience. To my mind, there is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly and compassionately with one another and to preserve and cherish that pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known." - Carl Sagan
Yep we sure are small and pointless. 
Yep we sure are small and pointless.
What makes you think that?
Yep we sure are small and pointless.
What makes you think that?
Well, like a lonely man who has no friends or family, who will miss planet Earth when it dies?
Yeah, it's a great BIG Universe, and we're all really puny.
We're just tiny little specks about the size of Mickey Rooney.
It's big and black and inky and we are small and dinky!
It's a big universe and we're not!
This makes me want to know what other planets are inhabited by people, instead of just Planet earth.
This makes me want to know what other planets are inhabited by people, instead of just Planet earth.
I firmly believe that every planet, moon and star in our universe contains some form of life on it and that our universe is endlessly multidimensional.
I would certainly enjoy having an infinite amount of infinite proof prove this Squishie, because info. like this certainly would be very fun facts to know.
Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that in glory and in triumph they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot.
That's my favourite line of the whole thing, which I believe everyone should watch just for the sense of perspective.
There needs to be more people like Carl Sagan on TV, with him gone there aren't many who get the time on screen and instead we just get another annual showing of Big Brother or X Factor, we need more brains on TV!
This makes me want to know what other planets are inhabited by people, instead of just Planet earth.
I firmly believe that every planet, moon and star in our universe contains some form of life on it and that our universe is endlessly multidimensional.
Oh you crack me up
Wasn't there an animated Gif with a smilar concept to this series of pictures?
I mean with the size comparison and everything.
This makes me want to know what other planets are inhabited by people, instead of just Planet earth.
I firmly believe that every planet, moon and star in our universe contains some form of life on it and that our universe is endlessly multidimensional.
Oh you crack me up
You crack me up equally as much, if not more.
... @ all the animosity
I think it says something that the only thing I noted in this whole thread was Terg's Bucky O'Hare nod.
~Tobe
