I've become a bit obsessed with the apocalypse lately. My roommates are always creating environmental doomsday scenarios, so I decided to immerse myself in movies and whatnot. (I've just started.)
Mostly for amusement -- but even then, people don't like to hear about it. Almost everyone suggests I find another distraction.
My cousin for instance. He (more blunt than most) said, "Maybe you should take some time off to get a little perspective on things."
"A quarter of all mammals could go extinct in the next 30 years," I said, as matter-of-fact as I could. "Isn't that perspective?"
Isn't it?
Since then, though, I've been trying to get perspective. "Is this the big picture?" I'll ask myself. "Is that the big picture?"
So I thought I'd ask you all: what do YOU think is the big picture?
My nominations follow...
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