| Things that really fascinate you 09:26 - Jul 15 with 2807 views | KeithHaynes |
For me it’s ‘things that are left behind’ after you pass on.
Morbid ?
Not at all everything has a story, including books 😉
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| Things that really fascinate you on 11:12 - Jul 16 with 1204 views | Joesus_Of_Narbereth |
| Things that really fascinate you on 10:53 - Jul 16 by BryanSwan |
The fact that we are here at all as the people we are is fascinating to me. Obviously there are no real answers to how or why or what was before or after, but it is still pretty thought provoking. |
Yes. We’re just hurtling through a vast and infinite cosmos on a speck of dust we call Earth. We are the result of billions of years of chemical reactions, natural disasters and the shagging between various organisms. I myself personally beat 100 million other sperm in the race to the egg. All my other 100 million brothers and sisters were robbed of the chance of life by my amazing swimming prowess. Sorry folks. If any one of those other sperms got there first then I wouldn’t be here. Someone else would. They may be genetically similar to me but it wouldn’t be me. It probably would have been Clive, we were neck and neck going into the Fallopian tube. You would have hated him. He was a dick.
When you think of all the things that have happened fortuitously. If any one of your ancestors had had an accident or disease and died slightly earlier you wouldn’t be here. If your father hadn’t by complete chance met your mother you wouldn’t be here. The chance of any of us being here in the first place is absolutely tiny.
Or maybe God just clicked his fingers and “poof” there you are. You exist now.
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| Things that really fascinate you on 13:07 - Jul 16 with 1143 views | Wingstandwood |
Human perception and twisted logic with stuff like conspiracy theories, a case of the more proof there is to completely debunk an outlandish thought the more some people double down.
Yep! The tens of thousands required to either partake in 9-11 conspiracy, or to remain absolutely silent about it all, have for two decades ALL kept quiet, each and EVERYONE of em. [Post edited 16 Jul 2022 13:13]
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| Things that really fascinate you on 13:36 - Jul 16 with 1109 views | Catullus |
| Things that really fascinate you on 11:12 - Jul 16 by Joesus_Of_Narbereth |
Yes. We’re just hurtling through a vast and infinite cosmos on a speck of dust we call Earth. We are the result of billions of years of chemical reactions, natural disasters and the shagging between various organisms. I myself personally beat 100 million other sperm in the race to the egg. All my other 100 million brothers and sisters were robbed of the chance of life by my amazing swimming prowess. Sorry folks. If any one of those other sperms got there first then I wouldn’t be here. Someone else would. They may be genetically similar to me but it wouldn’t be me. It probably would have been Clive, we were neck and neck going into the Fallopian tube. You would have hated him. He was a dick.
When you think of all the things that have happened fortuitously. If any one of your ancestors had had an accident or disease and died slightly earlier you wouldn’t be here. If your father hadn’t by complete chance met your mother you wouldn’t be here. The chance of any of us being here in the first place is absolutely tiny.
Or maybe God just clicked his fingers and “poof” there you are. You exist now.
Which is the most amazing? |
When you think of all the things that have happened fortuitously. If any one of your ancestors had had an accident or disease and died slightly earlier you wouldn’t be here. If your father hadn’t by complete chance met your mother you wouldn’t be here. The chance of any of us being here in the first place is absolutely tiny.
Now that's an existential debate waiting to happen. I am who I am, because things happened they way they did I exist. If things had happened differently would I have happened? If history was changed an my parents met just 5 minutes later, would I still be me or would I be "Clive"? Or would I be Sarah Jane?
That's partly what fascinates me about history, change one small thing and the whole world could be entirely different, for better or worse. or maybe we'd have died out a long time back.
One thing that annoys me is when people talk about events that changed the course of history because that's rampant BS, the things that happened ARE the course of history, nothing was changed. |  |
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| Things that really fascinate you on 15:10 - Jul 16 with 1092 views | Whiterockin |
| Things that really fascinate you on 13:36 - Jul 16 by Catullus |
When you think of all the things that have happened fortuitously. If any one of your ancestors had had an accident or disease and died slightly earlier you wouldn’t be here. If your father hadn’t by complete chance met your mother you wouldn’t be here. The chance of any of us being here in the first place is absolutely tiny.
Now that's an existential debate waiting to happen. I am who I am, because things happened they way they did I exist. If things had happened differently would I have happened? If history was changed an my parents met just 5 minutes later, would I still be me or would I be "Clive"? Or would I be Sarah Jane?
That's partly what fascinates me about history, change one small thing and the whole world could be entirely different, for better or worse. or maybe we'd have died out a long time back.
One thing that annoys me is when people talk about events that changed the course of history because that's rampant BS, the things that happened ARE the course of history, nothing was changed. |
If we weren't here as ourselves we would be here as someone else. |  | | |
| Things that really fascinate you on 15:52 - Jul 16 with 1069 views | Joesus_Of_Narbereth |
| Things that really fascinate you on 13:36 - Jul 16 by Catullus |
When you think of all the things that have happened fortuitously. If any one of your ancestors had had an accident or disease and died slightly earlier you wouldn’t be here. If your father hadn’t by complete chance met your mother you wouldn’t be here. The chance of any of us being here in the first place is absolutely tiny.
Now that's an existential debate waiting to happen. I am who I am, because things happened they way they did I exist. If things had happened differently would I have happened? If history was changed an my parents met just 5 minutes later, would I still be me or would I be "Clive"? Or would I be Sarah Jane?
That's partly what fascinates me about history, change one small thing and the whole world could be entirely different, for better or worse. or maybe we'd have died out a long time back.
One thing that annoys me is when people talk about events that changed the course of history because that's rampant BS, the things that happened ARE the course of history, nothing was changed. |
Yeah the butterfly effect. And it goes back all the way to the beginning of life. If that first catfish hadn’t decided to crawl out of the sea for some reason none of us would be here. Life has been through so many evolutionary bottlenecks that were catastrophic at the time but without them we would never have existed at all. If that asteroid hadn’t hit the planet 65 million years ago in a one in a trillion event the dinosaurs and their descendants would probably still be the dominant species on the planet. Mammals never would have taken over otherwise.
I also find it fascinating that nine species of human existed at the same time and they were all significantly faster and stronger than us, yet we persist and they are extinct. That generally goes against all the rules. Usually the bigger, faster, stronger species prevails. A lot of them also used tools and built primitive weapons, with their superior physical advantage they should have wiped the floor with us really. | |
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| Things that really fascinate you on 16:58 - Jul 16 with 1033 views | jojaca |
| Things that really fascinate you on 15:52 - Jul 16 by Joesus_Of_Narbereth |
Yeah the butterfly effect. And it goes back all the way to the beginning of life. If that first catfish hadn’t decided to crawl out of the sea for some reason none of us would be here. Life has been through so many evolutionary bottlenecks that were catastrophic at the time but without them we would never have existed at all. If that asteroid hadn’t hit the planet 65 million years ago in a one in a trillion event the dinosaurs and their descendants would probably still be the dominant species on the planet. Mammals never would have taken over otherwise.
I also find it fascinating that nine species of human existed at the same time and they were all significantly faster and stronger than us, yet we persist and they are extinct. That generally goes against all the rules. Usually the bigger, faster, stronger species prevails. A lot of them also used tools and built primitive weapons, with their superior physical advantage they should have wiped the floor with us really. |
A lot of theories there? |  |
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| Things that really fascinate you on 17:24 - Jul 16 with 1020 views | Catullus |
| Things that really fascinate you on 15:52 - Jul 16 by Joesus_Of_Narbereth |
Yeah the butterfly effect. And it goes back all the way to the beginning of life. If that first catfish hadn’t decided to crawl out of the sea for some reason none of us would be here. Life has been through so many evolutionary bottlenecks that were catastrophic at the time but without them we would never have existed at all. If that asteroid hadn’t hit the planet 65 million years ago in a one in a trillion event the dinosaurs and their descendants would probably still be the dominant species on the planet. Mammals never would have taken over otherwise.
I also find it fascinating that nine species of human existed at the same time and they were all significantly faster and stronger than us, yet we persist and they are extinct. That generally goes against all the rules. Usually the bigger, faster, stronger species prevails. A lot of them also used tools and built primitive weapons, with their superior physical advantage they should have wiped the floor with us really. |
Being bigger and stronger often wins it out in sheer animalistic terms but being cleverer obviously has advantges too. | |
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| Things that really fascinate you on 13:30 - Jul 17 with 929 views | Joesus_Of_Narbereth |
| Things that really fascinate you on 16:58 - Jul 16 by jojaca |
A lot of theories there? |
They’re theories based on a lot of scientific consensus in fairness. The dinosaurs were some of the most successful species who ever lived, they were the dominant group on this planet for over 150 million years. There’s no reason to think they wouldn’t have still been here if it wasn’t for that asteroid. They’d probably be a lot smaller and evolved into different things due to climate change and other factors but it was their sudden absence that paved the way for birds and mammals to thrive. And there are a lot of groups from that period who survived, crocodilians etc. which have barely changed, they are still dominant. | |
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| Things that really fascinate you on 13:40 - Jul 17 with 919 views | Joesus_Of_Narbereth |
| Things that really fascinate you on 17:24 - Jul 16 by Catullus |
Being bigger and stronger often wins it out in sheer animalistic terms but being cleverer obviously has advantges too. |
Perhaps. The most likely explanation is that viruses brought by Homo sapiens out of Africa (which homo sapien had a resistance to) completely ravaged through the other populations which have homo sapien a massive numerical advantage. But we’ll probably never know the truth. | |
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| Things that really fascinate you on 13:55 - Jul 17 with 906 views | Treforys_Jack |
Time !!! Where does it go ?  |  | | |
| Things that really fascinate you on 14:11 - Jul 17 with 894 views | Joesus_Of_Narbereth |
| Things that really fascinate you on 13:55 - Jul 17 by Treforys_Jack |
Time !!! Where does it go ? |
And why does it speed up when we get older? | |
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| Things that really fascinate you on 14:46 - Jul 17 with 868 views | Catullus |
| Things that really fascinate you on 13:55 - Jul 17 by Treforys_Jack |
Time !!! Where does it go ? |
Into black holes. | |
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| Things that really fascinate you on 17:18 - Jul 17 with 848 views | Treforys_Jack |
And where does space end ? And if it does end, what is there after it ? | | | |
| Things that really fascinate you on 17:59 - Jul 17 with 834 views | Wingstandwood |
| Things that really fascinate you on 17:18 - Jul 17 by Treforys_Jack |
And where does space end ? And if it does end, what is there after it ? |
That is something really crazy to ponder! I've often thought about that one myself because if space was blocked off by solid-mass that's the universe's equivalent of a brick wall then that would have to go beyond space itself. So surely it must be infinite and goes on forever without end.
I would love to see a few guys on magic mushroom's debate that one? | |
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| Things that really fascinate you on 18:04 - Jul 17 with 829 views | Catullus |
| Things that really fascinate you on 14:11 - Jul 17 by Joesus_Of_Narbereth |
And why does it speed up when we get older? |
It's when you look backwards, that's when time seems to really warp. I think of some things that go waaaay back and they seem like yesterday, I can remember some thigs vividly from when I was 6/7 and yet there are some things from last week that are a blur. | |
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| Things that really fascinate you on 18:22 - Jul 17 with 813 views | Jack123 |
| Things that really fascinate you on 11:12 - Jul 16 by Joesus_Of_Narbereth |
Yes. We’re just hurtling through a vast and infinite cosmos on a speck of dust we call Earth. We are the result of billions of years of chemical reactions, natural disasters and the shagging between various organisms. I myself personally beat 100 million other sperm in the race to the egg. All my other 100 million brothers and sisters were robbed of the chance of life by my amazing swimming prowess. Sorry folks. If any one of those other sperms got there first then I wouldn’t be here. Someone else would. They may be genetically similar to me but it wouldn’t be me. It probably would have been Clive, we were neck and neck going into the Fallopian tube. You would have hated him. He was a dick.
When you think of all the things that have happened fortuitously. If any one of your ancestors had had an accident or disease and died slightly earlier you wouldn’t be here. If your father hadn’t by complete chance met your mother you wouldn’t be here. The chance of any of us being here in the first place is absolutely tiny.
Or maybe God just clicked his fingers and “poof” there you are. You exist now.
Which is the most amazing? |
Bonkers when put like that, I just cant understand how as a sperm I ended up fertilising that egg, why was I so quick and beat every other? Would I still be me, if somebody just beat me? |  |
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| Things that really fascinate you on 19:03 - Jul 17 with 788 views | britferry |
Nipples - she could be done up to the 9s with really expensive jewelry on but if they're hard, thats all I see  | |
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| Things that really fascinate you on 19:14 - Jul 17 with 778 views | Catullus |
| Things that really fascinate you on 19:03 - Jul 17 by britferry |
Nipples - she could be done up to the 9s with really expensive jewelry on but if they're hard, thats all I see |
She? Nicola Sturgeon? | |
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| Things that really fascinate you on 00:47 - Jul 18 with 734 views | britferry |
| Things that really fascinate you on 19:14 - Jul 17 by Catullus |
She? Nicola Sturgeon? |
She'd get my vote, couldn't give 2 hoots what she was talking about, my eyes would be focused elsewhere | |
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| Things that really fascinate you on 01:46 - Jul 18 with 716 views | Jack123 |
| Things that really fascinate you on 19:03 - Jul 17 by britferry |
Nipples - she could be done up to the 9s with really expensive jewelry on but if they're hard, thats all I see |
 Crickey lmao | |
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| Things that really fascinate you on 07:51 - Jul 18 with 675 views | swan65split |
| Things that really fascinate you on 17:59 - Jul 17 by Wingstandwood |
That is something really crazy to ponder! I've often thought about that one myself because if space was blocked off by solid-mass that's the universe's equivalent of a brick wall then that would have to go beyond space itself. So surely it must be infinite and goes on forever without end.
I would love to see a few guys on magic mushroom's debate that one? |
7.50 am I dont think I should have read that one...... |  | | |
| Things that really fascinate you on 12:41 - Jul 18 with 633 views | Treforys_Jack |
| Things that really fascinate you on 17:59 - Jul 17 by Wingstandwood |
That is something really crazy to ponder! I've often thought about that one myself because if space was blocked off by solid-mass that's the universe's equivalent of a brick wall then that would have to go beyond space itself. So surely it must be infinite and goes on forever without end.
I would love to see a few guys on magic mushroom's debate that one? |
Aye, me too, like why does a 2 litre bottle of coke cost £1.50 and a 1 litre bottle cost £1,70. | | | |
| Things that really fascinate you on 12:50 - Jul 18 with 630 views | Joesus_Of_Narbereth |
| Things that really fascinate you on 12:41 - Jul 18 by Treforys_Jack |
Aye, me too, like why does a 2 litre bottle of coke cost £1.50 and a 1 litre bottle cost £1,70. |
Sooper dooper deal innit? | |
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| Things that really fascinate you on 13:59 - Jul 18 with 593 views | Treforys_Jack |
| Things that really fascinate you on 12:50 - Jul 18 by Joesus_Of_Narbereth |
Sooper dooper deal innit? |
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