one of my favorite comics to this day.

iamapizza · 6 months

I submitted a Milky Way version of this the other day: http://i.imgur.com/keVCd.jpg

Angry_Grammarian · 6 months

A man said to the universe:

“Sir, I exist!"

“However,” replied the universe,

“The fact has not created in me

“A sense of obligation.”

Stephen Crane (1871-1900)

vtbeavens · 6 months

There will never be a comic that matches Calvin and Hobbes.

It's unpossible.

yust · 6 months

I made this into a 1920x1080 wallpaper

scrazen · 6 months

Original Strip (HD Scan)

stelliferous · 6 months

Aren't we the Universe anyway? I've never felt like an insignificant speck. I always see myself as part of the massive thing. It feel good.

CoonerPooner · 6 months

I've been depressed lately but this made me feel better. We're all just specks of dust. We don't matter, so what is the point of worrying?

Sneak_peek · 6 months

This one is pretty good.

quivering · 6 months

The universe is a warm and complicated place ... it's just there's lots of space in between.

beskurrd · 6 months

I wiped my laptop monitor a few times when this loaded up...

IamMitch · 6 months

Reminds me of my friend's background.

shucklak · 6 months

When I was 11 I read this and asked my mom if I could go outside and do the same thing. She said yes and I did. I remember a dog started barking in reply.

fingersquid · 6 months

This is now my facebook cover photo.

_jb · 6 months

Whenever you think a dust speck is insignificant, remember what it feels like when one is in your eye.

fickle_my_heart · 6 months

i cant help but be extremely depressed by this truth totally get why people turn to religion...its so comforting but also very cowardly

viiScorp · 6 months

Yes, lets compare physical matter with physical matter that has a conscious. Sure in terms of an objective purpose or physically compared to the rest of the universe, humans are nearly nothing. But let us not forget, that while evolution probably isn't limited to earth, the existence of consciousness so far is pretty special and extraordinary.

Since value must be applied to things but conscious creatures, we are by definition the most valuable things in the universe. It'd say it's pretty special, and in its own way, significant.

TL;DR: Humans are significant in the rare gift of consciousness, even though by physical standards we appear to be nothing.

TL;DR 2: People are subjectively worth a ton, objectively, nothing compared to the universe.

con42scientist · 6 months

While this is awesome, what the fuck does this have to do with atheism?

snoopycool · 6 months

This is actually my desktop wallpaper.

mb595x · 6 months

C&H is an amazing comic strip.

JohnAbruzzi · 6 months

I need to explain this to the kids at school who think the world revolves around them.

armour56 · 6 months

New wallpaper

Gamer_152 · 6 months

While I understand the feeling of seeming small in a large universe, I've never understood why significance is meant to be measured by the amount of space we occupy.

overused_ellipsis · 6 months

I'm being brave - cells are significant to the body as humans are significant to Earth... as Earth is significant to the Galaxy... and so on.

Schrodinger420 · 6 months

I read this comic when I was very young, and I remember feeling a sense of awe at such a realization. Calvin and Hobbes was a comic that I really felt gave me the push down the road of scientific skepticism. I should also point out that I studied physics and astronomy in undergrad so this comic in particular peaked my interest.

dissonance_Incarnate · 6 months

A man said to the universe:

“Sir, I exist!"

“However,” replied the universe,

“The fact has not created in me

“A sense of obligation.”

Stephen Crane

William_Shpieley · 6 months

I dragged this picture upwards to enlarge, because, you know, it goes upwards.

Lizardizzle · 6 months

I never understood this one as a kid. I thought Calvin was trying to say that he was yelling AT a dust speck. I was confused.

theillinestvillain · 6 months

New Wallpaper

lambseathams · 6 months

Thank you. I've been wanting to change my desktop.

adaramichelle · 6 months

upvote for anything calvin and hobbes.

DobyClark · 6 months

This is now my desktop background. Dont forget, none of this matters!!

bunnyish · 6 months

Thanks for the new desktop background.

Tanory07 · 6 months

You think you're insignifficant? Think about how the dust specks must feel!

brumbrum21 · 6 months

This is now my Facebook timeline cover photo

What_isGoingOn · 6 months

and i have found a new desktop background, thanks

RideMTBepically · 6 months

My favorite comic, the best present I've received was the complete collection.

fnupvote89 · 6 months

If you zoom in and out on this picture by clicking and holding and dragging your mouse in and out, it looks like the stars twinkle.

jpaul3211 · 6 months

Yes, but the significance of life arising from life-less atoms, to me, seems significant. There are also arrangements of atoms that can somehow reflect upon themselves through neural and chemical pathways. Perhaps I'm wrong and this type of thing is common among the stars.

ahennem · 6 months

This shall be my new wallpaper!

tubig · 5 months

The comic is sorta amusing, but it's flawed if the idea is that a dust speck isn't significant. You don't need to be large to be significant. And as far as life is considered, life is significant because you give it significance, and when you give it significance, you become significant. i.e. I'm not too happy with this pessimistic illogical narrow-minded viewpoint on life and I reject it, and by rejecting it, I make the comic insignificant

GrimmRevelation · 5 months

My new wallpaper

SoulOfGinger · 5 months

Dust spec? Be lucky if he was a quark's quark.

Bunyungtung · 6 months

What makes you think we're even that significant.

Kuzzo · 6 months

Am I the only one who read "Scientific" and was confused?

salsadiablo · 6 months

i don't get it

Wilhelm_Stark · 6 months

Jesus you people are depressing. I'm an Atheist too, but at least I have a sense of self worth.


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