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A comment on SpaceX’s first crewed spacecraft launch cleared to proceed for May 27 target.

Re:SpaceX’s first crewed spacecraft launch cleared to procee... by ogre_codes on Friday May 22, 2020 @07:34PM (#23278325)
Elon Musk is a jerk, no seriously... the shit he does is often crazy stupid.

But he's also awesome and moved some seriously overdue technologies forward when others have faltered.

This is amazing and I'm so glad to see launches back in the hands of people who are working to push space travel forward.

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Re:SpaceX’s first crewed spacecraft launch cleared to procee... by fermienrico on Friday May 22, 2020 @08:03PM (#23278515)
Folks, please respond here why you are downvoting this comment. I don't like Elon's personality but I like his vision. Not sure what else people are bent up on, would be nice to get some perspective of why people don't like him and vision.
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Re:SpaceX’s first crewed spacecraft launch cleared to procee... by coldtea on Friday May 22, 2020 @08:20PM (#23278607)
>Folks, please respond here why you are downvoting this comment.

Probably because of its inelegant wording. Jerk, etc...

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Re:SpaceX’s first crewed spacecraft launch cleared to procee... by fma on Friday May 22, 2020 @11:13PM (#23279553)
He has an eccentric personality to say the least. I don't think any other CEO would Tweet their stock price is too high...or name their child X Æ A-12.
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Re:SpaceX’s first crewed spacecraft launch cleared to procee... by scrumbledober on Saturday May 23, 2020 @08:44AM (#23282470)
Or respond to criticism by calling someone he doesn't know anything about a pedophile.
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Re:SpaceX’s first crewed spacecraft launch cleared to procee... by ALittleLight on Friday May 22, 2020 @07:52PM (#23278454)
I don't think it's fair to call him a jerk. If you had everything you've ever tweeted or said scrutinized by large numbers of antagonists you may find that critics fixate on a few of your not-quite-best moments too.
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Re:SpaceX’s first crewed spacecraft launch cleared to procee... by gonzo41 on Friday May 22, 2020 @08:03PM (#23278519)
Do you not remember his cave diver / submarine attacks on twitter?

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50667553

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Re:SpaceX’s first crewed spacecraft launch cleared to procee... by ALittleLight on Friday May 22, 2020 @09:42PM (#23279058)
He insulted a guy who insulted him. It's not a good thing, but hardly justifies judging an entire person.

Have you ever said an inappropriate thing about someone you were arguing with who got on your nerves?

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Re:SpaceX’s first crewed spacecraft launch cleared to procee... by jml7c5 on Sunday May 24, 2020 @12:10AM (#23289008)
The combination of "Thailand (sus)", and "bet ya a signed dollar it's true" makes it clear he was accusing the guy of pedophilia. That's way beyond just an insult.
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Re:SpaceX’s first crewed spacecraft launch cleared to procee... by dntbnmpls on Friday May 22, 2020 @09:29PM (#23278992)
> Do you not remember his cave diver / submarine attacks on twitter?

A jury sided with Musk over the "pedo guy"...

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-musk-lawsuit-idUSKBN1YA13...

And most sane people would side with Musk over some pathetic old guy who goes to thailand to exploit the poor people there. Don't you agree?

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