Fascinating. Even as a born and bred city boy in Canada, I remember thinking, "This environment can kill us any time. If I stay outside too long, I will die." It amazed me that nobody else seemed to notice, merely grinning and commenting on how cold it was as they stood in line for coffee in the howling wind between the skyscrapers. Cold is the universe's way of expressing its opinion of us: "Meh."
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Date: 2009-03-18 07:23 pm (UTC)Even as a born and bred city boy in Canada, I remember thinking, "This environment can kill us any time. If I stay outside too long, I will die." It amazed me that nobody else seemed to notice, merely grinning and commenting on how cold it was as they stood in line for coffee in the howling wind between the skyscrapers.
Cold is the universe's way of expressing its opinion of us: "Meh."
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Date: 2009-03-18 07:38 pm (UTC)"Sir, I exist!"
"However," replied the universe,
"The fact has not created in me
A sense of obligation."
-- Stephen Crane
Man: "I exist!"
Universe: "So what?"
-- me
I: "Me!"
U: "Meh."
-- also me
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Date: 2009-03-18 10:45 pm (UTC)