fcollins
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| Number of Posts: | 241 |
| Registered on: | 7/13/2011 |
| Online Status: | Online |
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re: Lets post some deep thoughts to ponder
Posted by fcollins on 10/12/26 at 12:39 pm to lsubatman1
Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
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 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 this pixel on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner, 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.
The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand.
It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. 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 with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.
— Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot, 1994
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 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 this pixel on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner, 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.
The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand.
It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. 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 with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.
— Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot, 1994
re: Need Pants with Bigger Thighs
Posted by fcollins on 1/28/26 at 1:30 pm to Fishinguy3527
boot cut
re: Very close to signing a contract on a new pool. What are the must/not haves to consider
Posted by fcollins on 6/23/25 at 8:46 am to sidewalkside
Don't do it, major pain to deal with and maintenance costs are ridiculous
re: The COVID pandemic was the dumbest thing I’ve ever experienced.
Posted by fcollins on 2/17/25 at 7:20 am to _Hurricane_
Shut down all the mom & pop's but Walmart could stay open
Walmart will stay open but you have to enter on one side and exit on the other :banghead:
Walmart will stay open but you have to enter on one side and exit on the other :banghead:
Will there be any hurricanes?
re: Spin-off thread: Who was the baddest GI Joe?
Posted by fcollins on 3/18/21 at 7:17 am to sumtimeitbeslikedat
Destro
re: Willys wonderland starring nic cage
Posted by fcollins on 2/19/21 at 8:53 am to Nado Jenkins83
Watched it with my teenage kids and their friends. We loved it. The death of the gorilla animatronic is my favorite. Hoping they have a sequel with Cage and the girl.
re: any good netflix series to watch?
Posted by fcollins on 10/13/20 at 12:35 pm to Tiger fan999
Cobra Kai
Jada Pinkett Smith
re: Is History Channel’s “Vikings” worth getting into?
Posted by fcollins on 8/13/20 at 3:32 pm to sorantable
You won't be disappointed with the first 4 seasons
Polar
Rock & Rule
John Carpenter’s Vampires
Wind River
The Last Castle
Rock & Rule
John Carpenter’s Vampires
Wind River
The Last Castle
re: If you had the opportunity to binge 1 show over the course of a month what would you pick?
Posted by fcollins on 6/17/20 at 8:48 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
ROME
Freddy Got Fingered, only movie I have ever walked out on
Cajun Pecan House in Cut Off
I loved it. They really made Scrooge a miserable old monster without emotion. The scene when his father visited him was great.
E.T. and honestly, he freaked me out. My aunt and grandma brought me.
re: Lil'Jordan Humphrey or Emmanuel Butler
Posted by fcollins on 8/30/19 at 8:52 am to lsusince60
Humphrey
I take a daily multivitamin with iron. I'm a regular blood donor so my iron needs to be up.
re: Best Tattoo Parlor?
Posted by fcollins on 4/16/19 at 12:36 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Sailor Bob's Tattoo Parlor - Cut Off, La
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