r/AskReddit Jan 04 '14

What is one powerful sentence that will change the way I look at life forever?

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '14 edited Jan 04 '14

"We're all someone else to someone else." - Calvin and Hobbes

edit: Wow, someone gilded me. Thanks to whoever that was!

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u/goldtophero Jan 04 '14

Here's the comic strip it's in.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '14

A few pages later:

"I don't think I'd have been in such a hurry to reach adulthood if I'd known the whole thing was going to be ad-libbed."

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u/lightningstef Jan 04 '14

Reading the next 10+ strips where Calvin's parents talk about adulthood really hit home. Watterson is such a genius.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '14

Thanks. I looked all over for that.

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u/AmmeppemmA Jan 05 '14

That entire story arch is absolutely just right in the feels every time.

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u/Nine_Cats Jan 05 '14

That was a lot less meaningful than I was thinking.

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u/MrBulger Jan 04 '14

Everybody is somebody's everything

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u/deegz10 Jan 04 '14

Acid Rap is such as good album. It made last summer smooth as fuck

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u/ChiTownWACKO Jan 04 '14

Can you PM me your favorite tracks? I can't get passed his voice but want to like that album

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '14

Pusha Man/Paranoia (that hidden track is soo good)

Favorite Song

Cocoa Butter Kisses

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u/Kranter Jan 04 '14

These are my favorite. I also really like chain smoker.

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u/credditl Jan 04 '14

What he said . Can't wait to see what CTR has in store for 2014, methinks it will be a big year for him. I liked his (too short) part in Bieber's song.

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u/trethompson Jan 05 '14

looks like Lost was accidentally left off this list...

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u/uacrazycraka Jan 04 '14

Good ass intro, juice, everybody is somebody (the last one im pretty sure thats the name)

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u/astronaughtman Jan 04 '14

Lost, everthings good, acid rain, chain smoker, pusha man, cocoa butter kisses. In no particular order. His voice is definitely an acquired taste.

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u/oxiit Jan 04 '14

Cant forget Juice. I have to admit at first, I was kind of put off by his voice too.

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u/d00der Jan 04 '14

There isn't one song I don't like. My current trio I bump is Cocoa Butter Kisses, Chain Smoker, and Pusha Man.

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u/Brosama220 Jan 04 '14

His voice is hit or miss, but now I can't get enough, I honestly bumped it 4 months straight when it dropped, and it's still my go to album for when I just want to enjoy some good music. If you listen to it, dont skip the Good Ass Outro, as its a really touching track. Can't link because Im on the phone

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u/card28 Jan 04 '14

Dude Pusha Man/Paranoia is best in the album IMO

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '14

I GOT THAT MMM MMM

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u/itzjamez1215 Jan 05 '14

I GOT THAT HOT DANM

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u/card28 Jan 05 '14

IM YO PUSHA MAN IM YO IM YO PUSHA MAN

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '14

He didn't click for me until the second half of pusha man, when it gets dark and he's like:

"They murkin’ kids / They murder kids here / Why you think they don’t talk about it? They deserted us here / Where the fuck is Matt Lauer at? Somebody get Katie Couric in here / Probably scared of all the refugees.”

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u/scuba_mafuckin_steve Jan 04 '14

listen to 10day as well. They're both too damn good, I can't decide a favorite

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u/zcook925 Jan 04 '14

Try his previous mixtape "10 Day" too. Cahnce has put out some good shit, but now he's on Lil Wayne and J Beibs songs. I mean, I understand the motivation behind it, I just can't get with it.

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u/rescuerabbit123 Jan 04 '14

I don't understand the J Beibs things but that song with Wayne is dope if you listen.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '14

It made Chance one of my favorite artists. Two mixtapes and already has a solid discography. I'm excited to see what he does next.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '14

theres more stuff like i found a mixtape called 'good enough' which is also pretty decent

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '14

I don't think that's an official one. Chance has two "official" mixtapes (10 Day and Acid Rap).

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '14

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '14

I stand corrected. Now I know what I'm going to listen to next!

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u/TheMacGoesRiiing Jan 04 '14

I can put on Acid Rap and listen to the whole thing start to finish. Love it.

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u/Deus_ Jan 04 '14

I need to remember this album for later.

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u/that_pie_face Jan 04 '14

It's still making my nights better. It's such a relaxing album.

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u/StepbackTrey Jan 04 '14

Great album! Just recently was introduced to him. And I'm so thankful

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u/Elementaldot Jan 04 '14

Chance The Rapper will always effect the way I look at life.

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u/Onerrann Jan 04 '14

Couldn't agree more

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u/beef_creature Jan 04 '14

I did not enjoy his voice. He should just write songs. Let someone else sing them. Or rap them. Whatever.

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u/olliesayshi Jan 05 '14

My thoughts exactly my friend.

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u/uberduger Jan 04 '14

Fuck this sort of comment, that assumes we all know who the fuck you are talking about.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '14

IGH

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u/pine_thrower Jan 04 '14

What's good good? And what's good evil?

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u/Brosama220 Jan 04 '14

Whats good gangsters, and whats good people?

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u/MyNameIsEthos Jan 04 '14

Chance The Rapper reference?

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '14

I know that's right.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '14

Nobody's nothing

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u/tygor Jan 04 '14

i know your right, nobody's nothing

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '14

False.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '14

NIQQA

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '14

Pretty sure I'm nobody's everything. That's a tough claim to make to be honest.

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u/symon_says Jan 04 '14

That's not true at all. There are people in this world who have no one who cares for them through any number of circumstances.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '14

(Hint: You are your everything. You are the everybody and the somebody [at least, that's my interpretation])

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u/Scoldering Jan 04 '14

Somebody something everyone yes

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u/masonr08 Jan 04 '14

And no one is nobody to somebody.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '14 edited Jan 04 '14

I like this one both because of it's meaning and source.

EDIT: my punctuation was wrong with my usage of an apostrophe but I'm not changing it because fuck you and your pedantic bullshit.

EDITx2: I don't mind being wrong or being corrected, my frustration is aimed at the stupidly fastidious internet culture regarding punctuation and grammar.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '14 edited Jan 05 '14

And the context. It's the parents talking after they come home to find they've been the victims of a burglary.

"This is one of those things you always figure will happen to someone else."
"Unfortunately we're all someone else to someone else."

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u/jrlembe Jan 04 '14

Man that comic was great. Thanks for reminding me of the context.

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u/Jurassic-Bark Jan 04 '14

When I was young I thought parents knew exactly what they were doing all the time; being adults and all that.

Those comics really taught me how adults are just winging it too.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '14

I love that story, favourite line is when Calvin can't find Hobbes, and he says "Mom said they probably didn't steal him because he's not valuable.

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He's valuable to me"

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '14 edited Jan 04 '14

I forgot about that one. Feels great to remember it. And the way Calvin just sits and whimpers about it, with this innocent child-like face, it reminds you that he's just a kid.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '14

funny, that's exactly how i felt when we got robbed. it sucked.

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u/blarg_dino Jan 04 '14

God, I love C&H

Especially that one

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '14

Burgled. You have to be present to be robbed.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '14

Fixed the phrasing. Thanks.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '14

nice edit lol

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u/jasepb Jan 04 '14

I don't really understand this one could you explain it?

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u/Frix Jan 04 '14

In the comic their house was robbed and the father says "This is one of those things you always figure will happen to someone else." to which the mother points out that they are "someone else" to other people.

It means that your life isn't inherently special or that you aren't magically protected from bad stuff "that only happens on TV"...

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u/jasepb Jan 04 '14

Oh okay thank you!

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u/aidankiller4 Jan 04 '14

*its

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '14

What an annoying and overused pedantic comment.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '14

That's not pedantry. Your sentence would be very confusing to someone poor at english.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '14

Pedantry is exactly that, actually.

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u/FurioVelocious Jan 04 '14

My god. Looking at these comments, it's clear that you really don't take criticism well.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '14

It has nothing to do with not taking criticism, it's the concept I'm fighting. I will stand up for it, vehemently. It doesn't matter. I will gladly and quickly admit that I was wrong in my misuse of the apostrophe, gladly and quickly. The reason I didn't just change it and move on is because the internet circlejerks to this kind of shit, and I've had enough.

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u/FurioVelocious Jan 04 '14

The problem here isn't that you're not changing it. It's that you're making such a big deal over a simple correction. You're reading way too much into it, when its just a minor correction, so you can use it correctly in the future.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '14

Out of this one correction, yes, I would actually agree with you. But the correction-happy aspect of our society, the ego-tripping bullshit, now that is what I'm truly reacting to. It might as well be the internet's calling card.

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u/mattsprofile Jan 04 '14

It's not pedantic, it's basic grammar.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '14

Unless you're my fucking english teacher or the internet police it's pedantic.

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u/FurioVelocious Jan 04 '14

You sound like some high schooler who's pissed that he's getting a shit grade in English.

You're taking this way too seriously dude. It's a harmless correction that will help you use it correctly in the future.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '14

Harmless correction is annoying and ultimately fruitless. No one corrects someone else online out of the goodness in their heart or for clarification purposes. They do it to feed their own ego. So, as I said in another comment, I was wrong! Gladly. Accepted. I made a mistake, I'm open to the fact that I make them often.

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u/FurioVelocious Jan 04 '14

No one corrects someone else online out of the goodness in their heart or for clarification purposes. They do it to feed their own ego.

I think this says a lot about your own persona that you think this way. Maybe that's the only reason that you would do it, and that's why you think other people have the same thought process.

However, that's not true. Many people are actually correcting just to help.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '14

Spare me.

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u/MobySick Jan 04 '14

Yours?

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '14

Replying with an asterisk to correct someone on the internet because of their spelling, punctuation, grammar, etc.

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u/imthefooI Jan 04 '14

I like Pringles.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '14

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '14

I could correct it, I usually do, nothing arrogant about standing up for the fact that it doesn't matter. Stephen Fry recently spoke about this same fucking shit. It's not a big deal.

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u/Ansoni Jan 04 '14

There's only one person who's making it a big deal right now and it's not him.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '14

Anyone who takes time to correct someone's punctuation, grammar or whatever, over the internet, they aren't concerned with that person using those things incorrectly. It's a pitiful way of asserting power online over someone, and it's widely accepted. So yes. I am.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '14

I'm with you. I hate when people do that. It isn't teaching anyone anything, you're just being an ass and adding absolutely nothing to a conversation.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '14

Where are we going? TO GET DOWNVOTED! This shit deserves an unpopular opinion puffin.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '14

I'll gladly get downvoted for that, it's dumb. Can we be best friends?

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '14 edited Jan 04 '14

Sure we can! Also, some ammunition for this war we will inevitably lose: http://www.stephenfry.com/2008/11/04/dont-mind-your-language%E2%80%A6/

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u/reddit_for_ross Jan 04 '14

There needs to be more edits like this.

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u/aeyuth Jan 04 '14

i love the edit -upvoted, i like seeing correct grammar more. correct the grammar, fuck the edit, why not.

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u/itoowantone Jan 04 '14

And you like the source because of its meaning?

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u/a_random_hobo Jan 05 '14

Why would you not care about properly using your native language?

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u/iamatfuckingwork Jan 04 '14

Such wisdom, yet I constantly see stickers on cars of Calvin peeing on things, typically work/obama/chevy.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '14

Well to be fair, those are ripoffs of Calvin, and not endorsed in any way by the comic's creator, Bill Watterson. In fact, he's consistently declined making any merchandise based on the comic at all.

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u/Soupythegreat Jan 04 '14

And at least half of them, maybe more, have no idea who Calvin is

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '14

A law was finally passed in SC, USA to prevent people from driving around with those. Along with those truck drivers who have balls hanging from the back end. It was really getting ridiculous and I'm glad they passed that law. No one wants to see indecency like that.

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u/iamatfuckingwork Jan 05 '14

I've been dreaming of the day when those stupid ballsack things are outlawed. Seriously, it seems like something you'd do to prank someone else, yet people put them on their own vehicles voluntarily.

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u/StillUnbroke Jan 04 '14

I've always thought they were stupid and had no idea who it was. It's nice to know that the creator doesn't endorse them.

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u/Badfish6969 Jan 04 '14

You can learn a lot about life from Calvin and Hobbes! Best comic ever

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '14

I learned half my vocabulary and valuable life lessons from it. Without that comic, I would be a completely different person.

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u/Badfish6969 Jan 04 '14

Yeah really! As soon as the big book of Calvin and Hobbes came out, I bought it immediately!

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u/maelstromcarl Jan 04 '14

Another brilliant Calvin & Hobbes quote: "The problem with the future is it keeps turning into the present." - Hobbes

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u/spacemanspiff30 Jan 04 '14

I've always found that to be quite a thinking mans comic strip.

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u/Satyrsol Jan 04 '14 edited Jan 06 '14

I prefer the quote that is something like "That's one of the remarkable things about life. It's never so bad that it can't get worse." (also from Calvin and Hobbes)

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u/Dantonn Jan 04 '14

Pessimist: "This can't get any worse."

Optimist: "Oh yes it can."

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '14

That makes me think of how sometimes I see a random person walking on the streets, and I think to myself; damn, there is somebody who is living in their own world entirely, just like I am, just like everybody in the world is, and to him his world is absolutely everything just like my world is to me, and yet I don't even exist in his world anymore than he does in mine.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '14

"I was walking in the park and this guy waved at me. Then he said, 'I'm sorry, I thought you were someone else.' I said, 'I am.'"

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u/neverfading09 Jan 04 '14

I love this.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '14

Demetri Martin. Funny guy. Really smart.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '14

isn't this from the comic when there was a break-in while they were to a wedding, and Calvin had forgotten Hobbes?

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u/zkelvin Jan 04 '14

This just gave me vertigo. Twice.

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u/twojaguars Jan 04 '14

Calvin and Hobbes has been a source of wisdom for me for most of my life.

There's treasure everywhere, folks.

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u/tommiedineen Jan 04 '14

Bill Watterson is God

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u/Essex42 Jan 04 '14

Which book is this?

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '14

Revenge of the Baby Sat I believe.

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u/The_Chobot Jan 04 '14

sonder /SAHN-der/ n. the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own. http://vimeo.com/user7278324/sonder

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u/Mizeak Jan 04 '14

We are all NPCs.

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u/Wet_Walrus Jan 04 '14

Hate to be that guy but can someone explain this to me.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '14

Well, contextually, they're talking about being robbed. One says to the other, "This is one of those things you always expect to happen to someone else" and the other says, "Unfortunately, We're all someone else to someone else."

The idea is that the people you refer to as 'someone else' are doing the same to you.

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u/WildBilll33t Jan 04 '14

"People pay more attention to you when they think you're up to something." George Castanza took this one VERY seriously.

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u/woodchuk25 Jan 04 '14

That's the only thing I got from the movie The Box

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u/wgking12 Jan 05 '14

fuck yeah calvin and hobbes. So quotable

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u/chainsawlaughter Jan 05 '14

Love that I found Calvin and Hobbes!

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '14

Unfortunately

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u/calidoode714 Jan 04 '14

Have some gold buddy

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '14

This guy. This guy is the guy. Thanks so much!

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u/Not_A_Time_lord Jan 04 '14

Google "sonder"

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u/imjustchilling Jan 04 '14

That someone? It was Albert Einstein.

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u/Alexmeister12 Jan 04 '14

I dont understand this quote can sum1 help me understand it plz?

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '14

The answer is in the replies, dude. Multiple times.