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Showerthoughts

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I hope this doesn't sound negative, it is a thought that I had and just felt good about it. I'm nothing. I'm cosmic dust but I enjoyed my life. (lemmy.world)
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[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago (3 children)

why the need to grandiosity?

just dust

nothing cosmic about it. And not dust at all, just a human typing on a screen. There's a purity to dust that we shouldn't reclaim. Is the moon full tonight?

[–] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Everything heavier than lithium was created either in the heart of a star over it's lifetime, or during its death in a supernova. We really are cosmic dust, or as Carl Segan called it, "Star Stuff".

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

Tonight the moon is gorgeously gibbous!

[–] LostXOR@fedia.io 4 points 2 months ago

Nope, but tomorrow there's a lunar eclipse!