This post has been stewing for a while.
My last post about Fuller House is a prime example of posting to post. When I don’t post, it means I have nothing to write about. I went 3 days without a post and felt like I was letting the blog down. I watched Fuller House with the sole intent to write about it and that doesn’t make a good post. That’s doing a job.
I even published the piece without proofreading. I watched the episode and instead of taking notes I said I’d remember my good thoughts. I had at least 3 better than what I published thoughts and by the time I was done writing (and forgetting) it, I said, “who really cares about this pointless show?”
I didn’t care. My brain went to the fact that I’m alive during this age and in this spot right now. What if you were born around the bombings in Syria? The anaconda grip of North Korea? The starvation and corruption in Africa. I couldn’t have been born in a safer environment vs the other 90% of the world. Maybe 85%. I don’t think it’s quantifiable but America is probably the top destination and I grew up well off. Why did I get so lucky? Things are becoming much more real as I look at a global perspective.
There are 7 billion people on this planet. You aren’t unique. You are 1 out of 7 billion. Do you ever think about that? You were 1 of 25 in Kindergarten. 1 of 1,200 in high school. 1 of 35,000 in college. 1 out of 350 million in the USA. 1 out of 7 billion is unheard of. This idea is foreign to many people. The circle of life has been around for a long time which starts to put the vast amount of time vs the vast amount of people in perspective.
People die. I was going to do a post on celebrity deaths and came up with Ryan Dunn and Brandon Lee (Bruce Lee’s son) as dying way too young but there is no purpose to post it. Why is it that celebrities are huge draws? I go to reddit and view the celebrity tab instead of the normal people tab. Celebrities are the best of what they do. Think about the 7 billion number again. Most people are not celebrities. Most people work to make money and figure it out from there. I love the movie Office Space because it puts that into perspective. I could explain that viewpoint as well as Mike Judge and Peter Gibbons (Ron Livingston who never got as good a role) because it was a precise depiction of cube monkey. This last topic caught me rambling and I can’t tie this paragraph to my last one.
Think about Jesus for a second. Jesus happened around the year 33. Does that seem strange to anyone? 2,000 years ago, the son of God walked the Earth. The Earth is 4.5 billion years old and our civilization worship’s a character from 2,000 years ago. I believe the best word to describe faith is agnostic. Atheist is believing there is no god, agnostic leaves the possibility. It’s nice to have God or Jesus of Buddha or whoever people worship nowadays to live a straighter, more purposeful, life. In the end though, I’m not sure it’ll make much difference.
This idea of 1 of 7 billion seems to be on your mind a lot. You’re not alone in having the all encompassing thought of being insignificant. Howard Stern would tell you to see a therapist.
Life
29. Feb/My Brain/No Comments
There are 7 billion people on this planet. You aren’t unique. You are 1 out of 7 billion. Do you ever think about that?
The Worst Kind of People
20. Oct/My Brain/2 Comments
Self centered people are the worst on the planet. It’s if they don’t realize there are 7 billion other people occupying the same space this is certainly not reserved for them.
Let Africa Expand Your Mind
12. May/My Brain/No Comments
Common knowledge is that there are over 7 billion people in the world.
TC’s Takes on Topics
22. Oct/My Brain/No Comments
With 7 billion people in the world, it’s hard to view yourself as unique. The ratio of 1/7,000,000,000 gives a much better understanding of how inconsequential you are.
Do You Think About Life?
08. Jul/Off Topic/1 Comment
You are 1 of 7 billion people. Your specific life has no meaning whatsoever in the grand scheme of things.
Smart Thinking
07. Apr/My Brain, Tv/1 Comment
With 7 billion people on this planet, a lot of ideas are produced an only a miniscule amount of them are any good.
Traffic Qualms
23. Mar/Off Topic/No Comments
Traffic is something that with 7 billion people in the world, cannot be avoided.
Netflix Rockets Again
23. Jan/My Brain/3 Comments
With 7 billion people in the world, obviously not all potential customers, it’s easy to see that there is still plenty of room for growth.
Drawing the Religious Line
06. Nov/My Brain/1 Comment
You get 75 years on Earth and there are 7 billion other people doing the same thing you are doing.
Life Experience
03. Apr/My Life/4 Comments
I picture the Earth and the 6 or 7 billion people on it and wonder what others would write if they did this exercise.
America the Beautiful
06. Dec/My Brain/No Comments
With about 300 million people in the US, and the world population approaching 7 billion, that’s a little more than 4% of the general global population.
That doesn’t even get into the “we are not alone”.