I have always found this kind of thing fascinating.
This short clip from MetaCafe puts things somewhat into perspective.
So, the next time you’re feeling a bit small in this big ‘ol world know that in the
grand scheme of things, you are.
Just being a wiseass.
Enjoy the clip.

• Mrs. V says:

  July 10, 2008 at 11:06 pm

  I liked that video. Puts things in perspective (in a good way) for me.

  This kind of stuff just blows my mind.
  Glad you liked it.
  ~m

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• Enreal says:

  July 11, 2008 at 1:10 pm

  I liked the video… it is true we are tiny… yet we know not the scale at which we measure life… insignificant? I do not know… there are still to many questions surrounding life… these videos do make one think… indeed.

  I hope it does make people think.
  I can’t help but think of the scene in Animal House where Tom Hulce is stoned and sitting in a bathtub in deep conversation with Donald Sutherland. Do you remember that?
  Classic scene.
  ~m

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• Metro says:

  July 11, 2008 at 1:35 pm

  I once asked my dad something along the lines of “What’s the most important thing to know?”

  And his reply was “We are all small.”

  It may be the most important thing he ever told me.

  Your Dad sounds like a very interesting man, Metro.
  Good advice, too.
  ~m

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• Teeni says:

  July 11, 2008 at 2:58 pm

  We definitely appear to be insignificant, but things like this always make me even more amazed that we exist at all and wonder why nothing even remotely close to us has been discovered. Just gets the brain into overdrive.

  I’m having a Carl Sagan moment as I read this.
  And yes, I agree.
  There is life out there. Somewhere . . .
  ~m

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• archiearchive says:

  July 12, 2008 at 5:22 am

  And all of that is up there – waiting to fall on top of us – - -

  I used to think the same thing about a huge liquor store in our area.
  They stored all their excess booze on the second floor. (this place was big)
  Yoiks!
  ~m

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