Kid says to me, "You play baseball? What position? Left out?" and gets a big laugh from the rest of the class. Kid is only one person out of 6.792 billion humans on this planet. This planet is only one-eighth of the solar system, whose sun is one of two billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy. Put it that way, the comment loses it's importance.
In Jodi Picoult's "House Rules," a humorous exchange occurs when a kid teases the narrator about playing baseball by asking if the position is "left out," provoking laughter from classmates. This moment exemplifies how even a seemingly significant comment can hold little weight in the grand scheme of things.
The narrator reflects on the vastness of existence, considering the child as just one of billions of people on Earth, and Earth itself as merely a small part of the solar system, which contains countless stars in the Milky Way. This perspective diminishes the impact of the teasing remark, reminding us of our relative insignificance in the universe.
