11-09-2013, 11:47 AM
When I was younger I used to believe that the world was infinitely large. For some reason, I believed that the world was so large that there would be somebody doing the exact same thing as me, with the exact same background, at the exact same time... Maybe in a different language, but same social background, same sort of family, and same appearance.
I think it only really hit me how diverse people are once I began running a site about sprites, because at that point I could see that I was the only person that owned that website, with all those people on it - and now, there's only like, 5/6 sites about sprite rips, and I'm running the #1 spot... I never believed I would travel the world and meet so many amazing people, because I genuinely thought that the world was colossal... I think that this thought I had as a kid has helped me fathom the concept of alternative universes really well, and how there are an infinite number of universes where there assuredly is somebody who looks like me, doing the exact same thing, with the exact same background. It still blows my mind, but it's not something which confuses me at all.
What about you?
I think it only really hit me how diverse people are once I began running a site about sprites, because at that point I could see that I was the only person that owned that website, with all those people on it - and now, there's only like, 5/6 sites about sprite rips, and I'm running the #1 spot... I never believed I would travel the world and meet so many amazing people, because I genuinely thought that the world was colossal... I think that this thought I had as a kid has helped me fathom the concept of alternative universes really well, and how there are an infinite number of universes where there assuredly is somebody who looks like me, doing the exact same thing, with the exact same background. It still blows my mind, but it's not something which confuses me at all.
What about you?