full disclosure: I didn't know about the NHS thing
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 23:11 (five years ago) link
wait is Musk Sir Miles Axlerod or The Underminer. pick a movie.
― Sufjan Grafton, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 23:12 (five years ago) link
wtf r u talking about
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 23:14 (five years ago) link
attempting to undermine public transpo projects in the pursuit of selling lousy cars is pretty bad― lag∞n, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 10:06 AM (nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 10:06 AM (nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
But in the best traditions of the auto Indy which is about the only thing he hasn’t learnt from carmakers.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Tuesday, 11 December 2018 23:19 (five years ago) link
I guess my point, as such, was that the only thing he's really *achieved* has been his line of fancy cars. Everything else has been sort of a pipe dream work in progress that seems more talk than payoff, as of yet. That is to say, I understand that Space x is a thing, but I don't understand what that thing is. To privatize space travel?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 23:26 (five years ago) link
mostly
(I'm in favor of space travel+research fwiw)
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 23:27 (five years ago) link
lol you guys are such haters.
― DJI, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 23:27 (five years ago) link
Space x’s number one thing is to earn money by putting things into orbit.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Tuesday, 11 December 2018 23:28 (five years ago) link
If he wants to build rockets, that's cool, but it really does seem most directly a guy with money does things for other people with money project, unless one factors in the abstract potential benefits of future space travel. I agree that space travel and research is mostly a good thing, but I'm not sure how good it is in the hands of a select few with the money to do it. For example, who owns the fruit of research financed by Space X?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 23:30 (five years ago) link
Which is to say, at the rate we're going Elon Musk will mostly be known as the guy that owns the moon.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 23:32 (five years ago) link
afaik they aren't financing any research, so not to worry!
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 23:32 (five years ago) link
space travel and research is childish and dumb actually
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 23:32 (five years ago) link
no more so than sports
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 11 December 2018 23:33 (five years ago) link
you use the garbage we throw into orbit every day. spacex puts more garbage that you use into orbit more cheaply than everyone else by reusing the rockets, which they manage to land back on earth after launch.
― Sufjan Grafton, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 23:34 (five years ago) link
sports is way better than space travel
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 23:34 (five years ago) link
spacex might still be a shit business model. new forbes article about that today. nba is a good business model. not paying college players probably the best business model.
― Sufjan Grafton, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 23:35 (five years ago) link
them's fightin words
also stupid words
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 23:36 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cLOBHEON20
― DJI, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 23:36 (five years ago) link
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, December 11, 2018 6:36 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
wow try growing up then get back to me
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 23:38 (five years ago) link
typed out a semi-drunk rant about sports vs Musk but then decided it was just easier to use the FP
― I Accept the Word of Santa (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 11 December 2018 23:39 (five years ago) link
for mere earthbound clods like us, sure. but sports are also childish and dumb. I mean that in a good way
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 11 December 2018 23:39 (five years ago) link
sports and space travel are both run by tech billionaires
― Sufjan Grafton, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 23:39 (five years ago) link
however, steph curry does not believe we've landed on the moon
― Sufjan Grafton, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 23:40 (five years ago) link
sports has athletes who can dunk space travel has what some smelly nerds
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 23:40 (five years ago) link
Space Jam
― Sufjan Grafton, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 23:41 (five years ago) link
just going to throw that out there
sounds like someone's never seen a little movie called SPACE JAM
lol xp
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 23:42 (five years ago) link
there is a basketball jones and then there is tracy morgan's astronaut jones
― Sufjan Grafton, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 23:43 (five years ago) link
umm actually i saw space jam in the theater plz think before u post
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 23:43 (five years ago) link
you didn't see cars 2 or incredibles 2, though
― Sufjan Grafton, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 23:44 (five years ago) link
i saw the incredibles 1
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 23:45 (five years ago) link
Note that in Space Jam it was the Monstars who were doing the space travel in an attempt to enslave Earth not an argument for the goodness of space travel tbh
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Tuesday, 11 December 2018 23:45 (five years ago) link
anyway space travel and sports are both fun activities by definition, since they are hard to do and there's no reason to do them
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Tuesday, 11 December 2018 23:46 (five years ago) link
humans shdnt go to space its not for us
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 23:48 (five years ago) link
fine, you can stay behind
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 23:48 (five years ago) link
if god had meant us to go into space he would've put us in space
― I Accept the Word of Santa (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 11 December 2018 23:48 (five years ago) link
space is cursed just like the new york knicks
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 23:49 (five years ago) link
the one exception is elon musk shd def go to mars and stay there
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 23:50 (five years ago) link
hey have you ever thought about how, like, we already *are* in space, man
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 23:51 (five years ago) link
no JD & The Straight Shot in space. 1 point for space.
― Sufjan Grafton, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 23:51 (five years ago) link
no were on earth our home, the trash planet
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 23:51 (five years ago) link
unlike Sanpaku I believe it's important that all humanity perish on this rock made of garbage
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Tuesday, 11 December 2018 23:52 (five years ago) link
i'm not going as far as all humanity but i have a list
― I Accept the Word of Santa (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 11 December 2018 23:52 (five years ago) link
it's important to determine how far out our tail of garbage might reach
― Sufjan Grafton, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 23:53 (five years ago) link
our best garbage (Voyager) will most likely outlast every trace of human civilization on earth
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 23:59 (five years ago) link
i thought that plastic bag in american beauty was supposed to be our "best garbage"
― Sufjan Grafton, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 00:04 (five years ago) link
I would never call Kevin Spacey best anything
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 00:24 (five years ago) link
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, December 11, 2018 4:24 PM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Sufjan Grafton, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 00:28 (five years ago) link
the only good reason to go to space is to kill god
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 00:29 (five years ago) link
Been there, done that:
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZTE2NTE0YmYtNTE3YS00NzFmLWJmMDMtZWQ5Njg5NDBmNTFiXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTQxNzMzNDI@._V1_.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 00:30 (five years ago) link