Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for May 12, 2016
Transcript:
Phoebe: Do unicorns know the meaning of life? Marigold: Life is without inherent meaning! We are specks in a cold, meaningless universe, hurting through nothingness on a blue pinprick. Phoebe: Coming from YOU, that's actually much easier to take. Marigold: It is easier to accept insignificance when one also has sparkles.
I’ve found that most humans simply won’t accept that life is without inherent meaning. The human race is too narcissistic to accept that, which is one of the reasons religion was invented (to bolster the idea that humans are the reason for the existence of our solar system).