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What I meant about it being depressing is just simply the thought of us, 7 billionish, confined on that small orb to beating our chests at each other for our entire lives. Can you imagine how depressing it would be to go outside of the atmosphere and look down on it? I really think it would require some serious therapy to come back down. The fact that none of us can leave, except for a short trip into scary unknown death fields of space, and we have to put up with everyone else for our whole lives. And that's what it looks like from space: a peaceful little galaxy with stars.

Knowing that people are starving, committing harm, and parading around down there or eating and reproducing... not mindful of beyond the sky because we don't have any relevance to anything off this planet.

I just don't see how anyone could go out there, glance at the earth objectively, then return and carry on like everything's fine.

Go in to outer space and think to take a picture to put on your facebook and tweet to insignificant people "I'm in space lulz".

Nevertheless, they can and do carry on because they believe in something greater.

You can chalk that up to misplaced hope, but the fact is, they are doing impressive things in space, and you are feeling depressed, presumably in a basemant in the middle of nowhere. One of those two positions is more enviable than the other. And that's also looking at things objectively.

I'm not depressed or in a basemant. lol

I'm saying the picture is depressing, as it would be to be in space.

Edit: If I offended your astronaut family, I apologize.

And that same chest thumping is what put is up there in the first place.

You should choose the positive side in that we can get up there and can only go farther. While there are those with their head in the sand concerned with nothing more than causing harm to others for the betterment of self there are legions of people advancing the whole of humanity as you sit here depressed over ^ that. If you don't like it change it. Every little bit helps.

Again... I don't "sit here depressed".

I have no astronauts in my family. I'm not sure if that was a joke or not, but I'm not offended either way.

Anyway, my point stands. I'm sorry to hear that you find that video depressing, as I find it remarkably beautiful.

I don't dispute the beauty of space or the earth; the beauty is obvious. I was offering my perspective of what an astronaut must feel.

Lul I don't know what you're worried about, with the equivalent of a celestial sneeze we'd be dust. I understand not everything done on this planet by us is golden but why not appreciate our civilization as it appears from the heavens, its a view to admire we're stepped in its ugly truth day in and day out. sometimes the ugly pastels become a glorious arrangement when looked from afar no?

Obviously he doesn't feel that way or he wouldn't go to such great lengths to capture it in the first place.

Edit: Seriously. Your hypothetical astronaut must be the unhappiest one in the world. Or above it, anyway.

That's deep man

Edit: Haha, I used the wrong smiley. I'm keepin' it though!


Great video. Really beautiful! Now let's all Google Earth our houses!

So because an action has a possible side-effect of depression, people will automatically avoid it? Yeah... I usually see that in humanity.

I'm not saying it isn't awesome. I'm saying the reality check, the perspective, the detox, the "coming down", surely would be rough... would be depressing. I guess go do it and then let me know if I'm wrong.

No, we wont go much farther. More and more of the population are becoming apathetic husks, who only care about getting drunk, buying the latest ipod and watching tv.
Education systems are getting dumbed down, and there are plenty of other problems. I think humanity is pretty much, or was pretty much at its apex. From here, it will likely get worse, becuase the current culture isnt sustainable.