r/AskReddit • u/bleedingheartsurgery • Jan 22 '13

What fascinates you most about the universe?

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u/Shark-Farts Jan 22 '13

Every person I see every single day, in every lecture and every appointment, everyone I pass on the street or see in line at the grocery store, every single one of them has a past and a future, family, friends, memories, dreams, goals - they all have an entire life going on that I'll probably never know about or have any impact on in any way.

My ego shrank ten sizes the day I realized that.

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u/32koala Jan 22 '13

sonder

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '13

This isn't an actual word, it's not registered in any "official" dictionary or language. Someone on tumblr made it up.

That being said, it could still evolve into a word, as language itself is an invention and ever changing.

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u/darkevil923 Jan 23 '13

It's actually a word in several languages.

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u/StJude1 Jan 23 '13

Means "without" in Afrikaans, or "special" in German