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You Are The Universe Experiencing Itself (i.imgur.com)

submitted ago by CokeHeadRob

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[–]DesktopResizer 54 points55 points ago

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16:9 aspect: 1680x946

4:3 aspect: 1400x1050

5:4 aspect: 1313x1050

[–]YourNotFunny 24 points25 points ago

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Redditor for only 4 days? You need to stick around.

[–]CokeHeadRob[S] 8 points9 points ago

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You're a good man.

[–]nahmsayin 5 points6 points ago

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Bless you. Do you post on Earth/SkyPorn as well?

[–]DesktopResizer 0 points1 point ago

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Yes.

[–][deleted] 12 points13 points ago

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Is there a version of this without the text?

[–]Dorpan 12 points13 points ago

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http://i.imgur.com/Jjrna.jpg

Here you go

[–]monkeyfudge 6 points7 points ago

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The lower right hand corner annoys the hell out of me!

[–]andytuba 2 points3 points ago

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What, the little extra hill? That looks like something that could get photoshopped and filled in with more clouds, but I don't have the skills or the app.

[–]Tomarse 0 points1 point ago

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The shopping on this is a bit sloppy. If you look just above the centre of the image you can see a sharp erase on the atmosphere of the earth.

[–]ShibuBaka 2 points3 points ago

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Also, if that was the moon the Earth would be FUCKED

[–]andytuba 1 point2 points ago

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... just above ... the center ... not seeing it yet.

sorry, I'm not that great at dissecting shoopings. Could somebody do me a favor and draw on the image to point out the faults?

[–]123latapy 0 points1 point ago

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Thanks!

[–]ominousproportions 0 points1 point ago

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Next time, when possible, link back to the original artwork/submission for the following reasons:

  • The artist gets the exposure he/she deserves.
  • The viewer has the access to other works from the artists.
  • Many more resolutions available to ensure the wallpaper fits one's monitor.
  • The quality is the best available. This is often disregarded by "common folk", but upload sites like imgur damage the quality of the image due jpg artifact effect.

Thanks.

[–]zombienietzsche 5 points6 points ago

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http://taenaron.deviantart.com/art/Tranquility-201649284 This one's the original, uncropped.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Thank you!

[–]LegendofEva 8 points9 points ago

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YAY Pantheism!

[–]dabigua 6 points7 points ago

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...for about fifteen more seconds, at which point that asteroid enters the atmosphere.

[–]Sir_Meowsalot 2 points3 points ago

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If I were the astronaut on that asteroid heading to my destruction and the doom of all of Humanity I think I would go out saying, "Don't let anyone say I didn't go out with a bang!"

[–]FappingAsYouReadThis 0 points1 point ago

To bad no one would be left alive to remember such bad ass last words.

[–]andytuba 5 points6 points ago

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The text puts me in mind of the Asimov (?) story about a soul getting debriefed in between lives and being told that he/she is this person, and that, and in fact it is one soul that lives every single life in this universe (ostensibly to teach him/her/it to grow up as a soul).

[–]renrag242 1 point2 points ago

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It was called The Egg if I remember correctly

[–]andytuba 1 point2 points ago

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I believe you are right, thanks!

[–]CokeHeadRob[S] 0 points1 point ago

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Thank you for reminding me of that! Haven't read it in a while.

[–]slaizer 0 points1 point ago

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Is that really an Asimov story? Fuck, I've had that idea since I was 11 and I thought I was original. Goddamnit.

[–]andytuba 0 points1 point ago

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It's called The Egg and it's actually by Andy Weir. (It came up elsewhere on the reddit last week, too.)

[–]piedplatypus 4 points5 points ago

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I believe we have a winner for best desktop background ever.

[–]redshift2012 8 points9 points ago

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“Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves. Here’s Tom with the weather.”

  • Bill Hicks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXmzcroUmdU

[–]az78 2 points3 points ago

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who was the original artist? and do they have more work?

[–]CokeHeadRob[S] 0 points1 point ago

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No idea, just found the picture of Earth on here a while back.

[–]cxde 0 points1 point ago

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someone above said: http://taenaron.deviantart.com/art/Tranquility-201649284 This one's the original, uncropped.

[–]ominousproportions 0 points1 point ago

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Already linked, but linking it anyway.

[–]Tehfatzor 1 point2 points ago

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This is sweet!

[–]capavon23 1 point2 points ago

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Bill Hicks

[–]Doomdoomkittydoom 1 point2 points ago

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Not at the moment. The Universe can't experience itself with the cat in the room.

[–]epidemicz 1 point2 points ago

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A variation on one of my favorite Sagan quotes?

"We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."

[–]CokeHeadRob[S] 1 point2 points ago

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No, actually. Got it from a post on /r/atheism. There was a painting with the text "Is it not enough that you are the universe experiencing itself?" Apparently that's part of a larger quote.

[–]jansenvt 1 point2 points ago

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Any chance of a 1920x1200 version?

Awesome wallpaper

[–]Kasatka 1 point2 points ago

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I must say this is such an awesome wallpaper. How true.

[–]CokeHeadRob[S] -1 points0 points ago

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Thanks.

[–]colinodell 1 point2 points ago

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we are the universe destroying itself

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Can we get a 1080+ and over version?

[–]aryaf -2 points-1 points ago

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I never understood why people are compelled to ruin perfectly good art with text.

[–]andytuba 9 points10 points ago

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You do have the whole rest of the internet to find gorgeous pictures without text.

[–]LeviathanTech 3 points4 points ago

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At least on reddit it is a pretty good bet that you can ask for it without the text and actually get it!

[–]CokeHeadRob[S] 1 point2 points ago

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I didn't really ruin anything. That picture still exists, go find that copy.

[–]eddie_clowes 0 points1 point ago

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Mate, could you please tell me the font :) its so cool, well done :)

[–]CokeHeadRob[S] 0 points1 point ago

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I think I used Reboard.

[–]eddie_clowes 0 points1 point ago

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And how did you make it appear like that? Like basically see-through but amplifying the background??

[–]CokeHeadRob[S] 0 points1 point ago

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The font is actually not from that picture at all. What you do is get the text set up the way you want on its own layer, then take the image you want the font to look like and put that above it. Select all of the negative space on the text layer, then switch to the layer above it and delete what you have selected, then hide the text layer. The letters are basically a cutout of an image.

[–]CuedUp 0 points1 point ago

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I realize this is an old post, but another way to do it is to to Alt-click in between the two layers. This clips the top layer to the pixels underneath. This has the advantage of being non-destructive. Hope this helps you (or someone else reading this).

Thanks for the wallpaper though, it's gracing my desktop as I write this!

[–]CokeHeadRob[S] 0 points1 point ago

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I'm not sure if I follow you. I messed with that for a second and it didn't do what I wanted.

But you're welcome for the wallpaper! I love hearing that people use it. I got real pumped when I went to my friends house and 3 of them were using it.

[–]chromium24 -4 points-3 points ago

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Did a couple 1920x1080 versions with the text moved to a less horrible area and a different font. I kept the horrible hue change.

Noiseless

Noise, for Mass Effect fans

[–]CokeHeadRob[S] 6 points7 points ago

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I like mine better.

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