The pale blue dot
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Topic author - Sergeant Commanding
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Re: The pale blue dot
Let's see...
1 - We are insignificant.
2 - Human accomplishment is a conceit.
3 - Let's cherish our blue dot, and be nice.
1 - We are insignificant.
2 - Human accomplishment is a conceit.
3 - Let's cherish our blue dot, and be nice.
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
W.B. Yeats
Are full of passionate intensity.
W.B. Yeats
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- Sergeant Commanding
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Re: The pale blue dot
Stay the fuck off of my spot on the blue dot.
Mao wrote:Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun. Our principle is that the Party commands the gun, and the gun must never be allowed to command the Party
Re: The pale blue dot
I am not insignificant. But everything and everybody else is.
Obama's narcissism and arrogance is only superseded by his naivete and stupidity.
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Topic author - Sergeant Commanding
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Re: The pale blue dot
Close. Unfortunately it looks as if the human condition cannot be summed up in 3 smug bullet pointsjohno wrote:Let's see...
1 - We are insignificant.
2 - Human accomplishment is a conceit.
3 - Let's cherish our blue dot, and be nice.
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- Sergeant Commanding
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Re: The pale blue dot
My:BucketHead wrote:Close. Unfortunately it looks as if the human condition cannot be summed up in 3 smug bullet pointsjohno wrote:Let's see...
1 - We are insignificant.
2 - Human accomplishment is a conceit.
3 - Let's cherish our blue dot, and be nice.
1 - invisible being I believe created the Universe
2 - way of worshiping my invisible being
3 - location
Are superior to yours, and I will kill you to show how correct I am
I don't have a lot of experience with vampires, but I have hunted werewolves. I shot one once, but by the time I got to it, it had turned back into my neighbor's dog.
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- Sarge
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Re: The pale blue dot
Clearly, you're unfamiliar with Facebook.BucketHead wrote:Close. Unfortunately it looks as if the human condition cannot be summed up in 3 smug bullet pointsjohno wrote:Let's see...
1 - We are insignificant.
2 - Human accomplishment is a conceit.
3 - Let's cherish our blue dot, and be nice.
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- Gunny
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Re: The pale blue dot
Don't leave us hanging. How many smug bullet points is this gonna take?BucketHead wrote:
Close. Unfortunately it looks as if the human condition cannot be summed up in 3 smug bullet points
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- Sergeant Commanding
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Re: The pale blue dot
I think the bullet points were directed towards the smug vid and the smug Sagan that inspired it, not the human condition.
Mao wrote:Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun. Our principle is that the Party commands the gun, and the gun must never be allowed to command the Party
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Re: The pale blue dot
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“Wherever the crowd goes, run the other direction. They’re always wrong.” Bukowski