The "150 million years" just kind of hit me like a brick wall. I've already seen this website before, and the other lengths were much larger, but just for a second I imagined how long 150 million years is. Think about it. I'm only 20 years old. And the oldest person alive is maybe 114. If you multiplied my entire life by 5, you get the oldest person. Then you have to multiply that by one million. One million lives you have to live through in order to go that far. My entire life is only one fifth of one of those. 999,999 3/5 lives to go? Fuck.
My reactions in the order that they occurred: 1) that sure puts things in perspective 2) considering all that and the smallness of now and the smallness of me, I'd better be sure never to get too full of myself What about y'all. (Click OK+ until it all disappears. Notice that you can go always go "back" to today, but there is no "back" from "now.") 3) considering all that, how amazing it is that "I" am, and all the other "I"s that bound about