ericmortensen:

ekstasis:

kingcrow:

thedailywhat:

xkcd.

…And now I feel like an idiot because I’m crying.

Reminds me of the Ikea lamp ad, except this one doesn’t scold me for feeling sad.

I remember feeling really sad when Phoenix shut down. They’d done such a good job anthropomorphizing that little guy that my heart really broke reading its “farewell transmission from Mars.”

“But for now, it’s time for me to hunker down and brave…”

I don’t know whether it’s my love of science, robots, or whether I’m just a big damn softie, but that line killed me - just slayed me alive.

I feel about the same with the above comic. Maybe it’s me examining the universe from the perspective of so much distance, maybe it’s a fear of ever feeling so lost and quite literally alone, and maybe I just have a romanticized outlook on exploration. Whatever it is, I want to hug that robot and tell it that everything will be alright.