#babble fish

Me: (Referencing Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) "I never understood how the babble fish was supposed to prove the existence of God..."

Mom: "Because it's a fish that translates every language in the universe if you put it in your ear."

Me: "Yeah..."

Mom: "It's a fish! The only way that could exist is if God created it. And on proving that, Man has proven God, who exists on faith and vanishes in a poof of logic."

Me: "But that doesn't prove the existence of God."

Mom: "It's a fish. How else could it exist?"

Me: "It could be biotech from an ancient space faring civilization, which died out. And as a fish it would automatically reproduce, and since it was useful species everywhere would be encouraged to keep it around."

Mom: "What? But it knows every language."

Me: "Yeah... so it's like a more advanced universal translator."

Mom: "Which is more likely?"

Me: "You didn't ask me that. You asked me how else a fish like that could exist. I've provided an alternative and therefore I have made belief in God based on faith again... Which means I've saved God."

Godfather: "Well then that was a productive conversation!"

I have learned so much from the writings, drawings, and films of complete strangers... and I am very grateful.

When I was a child, I wanted to look good. When I was a teen, I stopped caring about how I looked. When I became an adult, I realized that both younger versions would've thought I look nice.

I made a post about this a while ago, and have wanted to draw it out ever since. 

The whole 'can sting someone even after death' thing is cool too.

And so do you.