We are not the main characters

44 thoughts on “We are not the main characters”

1. drugs

2. On the other hand, the mass of our built environment has exceeded the total biomass of all plants, animals, etc.

   Humans have forever and irrevocably shaped the narrative.

3. There’s nothing more comforting than that reminder. Thank you John.

4. What does biomass have to do with it? So far as we know it, no other life form has had an original thought or uttered a single word. Without consciousness, there is no story. Just saying.

5. I am the main character

6. I kind of disagree here John

   We are the only ones with the sentience and intelligence to truly understand what a "story" is. Life and nature is just meaningless processes. Humans make it a "story". I'm happy for us to adapt nature to fit us better, so long as we don't destroy it.

7. Faaccttsss

8. Being a small part is humbling, but it's important to remember that we are far from insignificant. The main character of almost any story is only a small part of their own far grander world, that's where the journey begins.

9. Which brings to question…..
   If i became president of the world. Would i still not be he main character

10. I just farded

11. Complicated way of saying “touch grass”

12. Hi John!

    I like the video but I don't agree with it.

13. I'm the main character fighting the following main characters elsewhere of this world, it's like a crossover TV show made to get a higher ratings for both creators of each show.

14. Someone play a Midwest emo riff over this

15. If I'm being real I don't get what this mentality like actually means. Like I feel like it's saying something but that something isn't super useful in my mind. Not that you shouldn't partake in it, I just don't see it's value I guess

16. The main character isn't the mob, he/she is the special one that sticks out.

17. Hank: Look at this cool thing humans did!
    John: Humans are merely a rounding error.
    The Greens are the perfect Yin and Yang.

18. That's deep

19. I just wanted to say I'm glad you post things like this online. Thank you.

20. When I look at the universe, I tend to realize that most of it is entirely made of nebulae and stars, some of it is made of heavier elements made by stars, and some of it is made of supermassive black holes—which are collapsed stars. Only a small fraction of the remainder of the universe that we’ve ever observed is alive, and all of it is made of star dust. It seems to tell me that among the universe’s emergent properties, life isn’t the main character; stars are.

21. The main character is, by definition, alone, against a swarm of mediocre NPCs and occasional villains.
    So yeah, we are definitely the main characters.

22. Honestly I love that thought. It's so freeing

23. Very Inspiring on both a mental and spiritual level! 🙂

24. One way I love to remind myself how small I am is to go up onto a mountain (in my case, the granite-covered White Mountains, mostly) and look out at the large swath of trees and rivers

25. I entertain myself with the thought of being a minor villain that is part of a league that conflicts with other leagues, and so I just decide to do a 'good deed' every once in a while to feel and appear less villainous than the other minor villains. 🙃

26. I try to be the best supporting character that I can every day!

27. As a Leo who loves outdoors, I needed to hear that.

28. Well plants and bacteria are less than 1% of Earth's mass

29. Thank you, John.

30. 96% of mammals biomass is humans and human maintained animals, so we have the main character of the mammal faction.

31. I am formed of water

32. I really hope you outbid your brother on that map

33. Everyone is their own protagonist. We can't choose what type of character we play in the story of others. This was true in BC, this is true for mycelium.

34. Goddammit I love you and your brother
    It's not normal to be not, not normal

35. i love these videos, Johns little introspective corner ❤

36. Who made the rule that the main character has to take up most of the space or resources?

37. Jesus Christ is the main character of the story😊✝️💖

38. So true. Sometimes I need to go outside and just step in some mud puddles and listen to frogs and see how close to a goose I can get before it notices me and then run away because I just remembered how mean geese are and I am not about to get beaten by a bird in a fight. It's the little moments that matter.

39. That's beautiful… Much love to u & your brother 💕

40. no I'm pretty sure John Green is the main character here

41. We’re not the main character, coelacanths are.

42. the leafless branches reminded me of your book "turtles all the way down" because aza still has has her late dad's phone and the photos there are those dead branches forming irregular polygons out of the sky.

43. The main character isn’t the most normal thing though. It’s usually the least.

44. You always know what to say to get me out of my head

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