# Are you the universe? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 29, 2019, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-the-universe/836243 "2019-06-29T00:04:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-the-universe/836243/81 "2019-07-02T13:54:38Z")
> [@mandala](#): > > \ …all my problems would be toast. \ I can’t make toast for shit! ---
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-the-universe/836243/82 "2019-07-02T14:26:06Z")
I am the Universal Remote. I make things happen. Or maybe I only think I do. What if I only think they happen but they really don’t? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-the-universe/836243/83 "2019-07-02T14:28:03Z")
^ How do you get anything done when you’re down in the sofa cushions, like that? ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-the-universe/836243/84 "2019-07-02T14:49:04Z")
I have AT&T U-Verse, does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-the-universe/836243/85 "2019-07-02T17:20:03Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Yeah. I’m a really terrific and great guy. > Hey, is that really a piece of fairy cake?’ I saw what you did there. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-the-universe/836243/86 "2019-07-02T19:44:23Z")
No, but I am a significant portion of downtown. > [@Kent Clark](#): > > I am he as you are he as you are me > And we are all together > > Goo goo g’joob Paul wasn’t the walrus! I was saying that to be nice, but [I was actually the walrus!](https://lyrics.az/national-lampoon/radio-dinner/magical-misery-tour.html) Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-the-universe/836243/87 "2019-07-02T19:48:44Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > No, but I am a significant portion of downtown. Paul wasn’t the walrus! I was saying that to be nice, but [I was actually the walrus!](https://lyrics.az/national-lampoon/radio-dinner/magical-misery-tour.html) > > Regards, > Shodan Didn’t you once say you were Spartacus? ---
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-the-universe/836243/88 "2019-07-02T19:51:07Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > ^ How do you get anything done when you’re down in the sofa cushions, like that? I have let go of the sofa cushions, once I realized they do not exist. ---
**Author:** ![TimfromNapa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@TimfromNapa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimfromNapa)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-the-universe/836243/89 "2019-07-02T21:19:07Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > No. When I pass gas, no stars are formed. Best answer possible:D ---
**Author:** ![TimfromNapa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@TimfromNapa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimfromNapa)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-the-universe/836243/90 "2019-07-02T21:21:54Z")
I like to sing along to Chris Bell’s song, “I am the Cosmos”. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![TimfromNapa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@TimfromNapa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimfromNapa)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-the-universe/836243/91 "2019-07-02T21:23:18Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Know what to kiss, and when. Know yourself. If you need help, call the FBI. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-the-universe/836243/92 "2019-07-02T22:05:41Z")
> [@TimfromNapa](#): > > I like to sing along to Chris Bell’s song, “I am the Cosmos”. Does that count? But are you also the wind? (Great great song btw.) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-the-universe/836243/93 "2019-07-02T22:47:36Z")
> [@TimfromNapa](#): > > Know yourself. If you need help, call the FBI. Rotate your tires. ---
**Author:** ![MarvinKitFox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@MarvinKitFox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarvinKitFox)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-the-universe/836243/94 "2019-07-03T07:55:15Z")
> [@Machinaforce](#): > > ARE YOU THE UNIVERSE? > I see this line tossed around a lot and to me there just doesn’t seem to be evidence that we are nothing but a body. Yet does the law of conservation of matter factor into this? This is about as fluffy as an ill-defined question can be. Just what are you asking? Some (not all) possibilities include: - Are you all that exists, the rest is just fiction, possibly of your mind?(metaphysical question) - Is each person a universe unto their own? (even more metaphysical question) - Is your body a complete closed system of its own? (biology, seeing a human body as a community of trillions of entities) - Is you body composed of star-stuff? (astrophysics…) Etc. Please restate just _which_ question you actually intended to ask. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-the-universe/836243/95 "2019-07-03T13:46:29Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Didn’t you once say you were Spartacus? _I’m_ Spartacus, and so is my wife. Or are we Brian…? ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-the-universe/836243/96 "2019-07-03T13:51:22Z")
I’m my wife, and so is the universe ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-the-universe/836243/97 "2019-07-03T13:51:22Z")
No, you’re Bwian. Wegards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-the-universe/836243/98 "2019-07-03T14:58:51Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > I’m my wife, and so is the universe My wife is so fat … ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-the-universe/836243/99 "2019-07-03T20:40:22Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > [I am he as you are he as you are me > And we are all together](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8biImWLtaI) [I know you know what you know but you should know by now that you’re not me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKezWLZqRik) ---
**Author:** ![Machinaforce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@Machinaforce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machinaforce)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-the-universe/836243/100 "2019-07-03T21:33:00Z")
Never mind guys, it turns out that isn’t true and the site that I got it from is a cult in disguise: [http://woomyung.com/meditation-method/meditation-method/](http://woomyung.com/meditation-method/meditation-method/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-the-universe/836243.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-the-universe/836243.md?page=6)