(06-07-2012 10:51 AM)WaffenThinMint Wrote: [ -> ]Back when I was at school, they had two exchange students, and the guys were battling to have Jean and Michelle staying at their homes - until they discovered Jean was a boy not a girl
LMFAO. That post made my day.
I'm hoping that my mum is willing to pay around $6000 for the french trip.
I wish I could go to another country!
(22-07-2012 02:38 PM)Minty Wrote: [ -> ]Is there intelligent life out there in space? I'll settle for finding some here on earth.
Is our existence pointless? Only if we don't enjoy it.
HA! Intelligent life on Earth? You'll just find a bunch of thick bar stewards
I guess that's not such a nice thing to say.
Well, you give meaning to your life. I found mind.
I'm irreligious, I'm an atheist, but, I find meaning in my life and I am happy with my life
I find the fact that we're just a tiny speck in an ever expandeing universe kind of refreshing. No matter how big our ego gets we're always reminded that as far as the rest of the universe is concerned (if there is intelligent life out there, I guess), we don't really matter.
Another interesting and slightly romantic fact - most of the atoms that we're each made of came from stars! Stars that burst and died in a glorious blaze of fricken awesomeness.
Yes that's very true.
We were once stars. We are stardust, well sort of:
"In some indirect sense, yes. Any element heavier than hydrogen is ultimately a product of the nuclear fusion that takes place within stars. When big stars die, they tend to explode a lot of heavier elements out into space, which become nebulae. These nebulae often coalesce into new stars and, sometimes, planets. Some of those planets (well, one at least) have people on them, so people are in a sense made of "star dust"."