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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago

It's not his best work, but Mike Skinner made a song about it a decade or two ago. Like. Almost verbatim what you typed which is why I remembered it.

For billions of years since the outset of time

Every single one of your ancestors survived

Every single person on your Mum and Dad's side

Successfully looked after and passed onto new life

What are the chances of that like?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc9gIzRhrvY

Not like it's a bad song, it's just Mike fucking Skinner, so he's got a pretty high standard for one of his best songs.