OFF TO THE SIDE A BIT

What all these dull science fiction writers don't realise is that there's only one parallel universe, identical in every way to this one. A real parallel universe. It's sorta off to the side a bit. Two parallel universes, running parallel to each other (8th dimensionally speaking), just carrying on identically. Ah, but for what purpose? Ah haaaaaa, that's where the clever bit comes in: they're 8th dimensional train tracks, see? Identical things parallel to each other, and a giant 8th dimensional train trundles along them back and forth from one end of existence to the other, carrying anyone who happens to be sufficiently dimensional to be able to exist on it (none of whom have fuckwad names like Vorgon of Queeg; this is astronomy, motherfucker: grab a telescope and you can see for yourself).

This universe and its twin are on the slow line. The 8th dimensional train travels along slowly, stopping frequently. It's only come by this way once since existence popped up uncontrollably like a morning erection (it wiped out the dinosaurs because their heads were sticking up too high and got ripped off by the undercarriage; smaller dinosaurs had their fragile ecosystem fucked with because all the big dinosaurs died out, and the rest, as they say, is complete made up bullshit). Other poor universes, not parallel to this one, and thus not parallel to that one, but which also run from one end of existence to the other, just on a different route, have the express lines, have 8th dimensional trains bombing along all the time, crushing life, ripping off heads, sending evolution back to go every few weeks. Bummer ummer. You thought life was futile? It is. We're on the meandering route, full of meaningless shit. Deal with it.

You can't comprehend these non-parallel universes. Other than the start and finish points, they have nothing in common with this universe. Having nothing in common means that they don't exist in relation to us at all. At all. They're not "like this one, but" or "exactly the opposite of...", they're beyond your and my comprehension. There is existence, and there is existence, and all you get to know about is your existence. 'Tis just the way it is. The closest we can come to comprehension is the most express of these universes, which goes from one end of existence to another in a straight line. All the other universes flap off along infinite dimensions, equally beyond our comprehension - although San San scientists know now that the 8th dimension has something to do with timetables. We're one of these, and because the dinosaurs haven't died out too recently, we can assume we're on one of the slow lines. That's all we know. That's all we can comprehend. Cool huh? (Of course on a grander scale the dinosaurs died out very recently, but what you failed to consider, fuckwad, is that these 8th dimensional trains fair bomb it along from one end of the universe to the other).

I guess what you're asking yourself is how I know this. Am I one of these eighth dimensional superbeings sorta beyond your comprehension, a form of god, a lesser form of god, a greater form of god? Jeez, get a fucking grip: I may be arrogant and egotistical, but I'm not so arrogant and egotistical to think I don't exist. I just made it up, and left it all confused because that just adds to the mystery. Duh. Worship it. It'll be fun. (Ooh a tacked on point, I feel so proud of myself).