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Re:Starship will attempt a launch this weekend by camillomiller on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @02:44AM (#38260249)
No, because I profoundly dislike this species-thinking anthropic suprematism in a world that we take as ours without any critical thinking. And now this goes beyond the world. It’s a long-termist wet dream that requires one very simple assumption: that Musk’s billions are better spent on gigantic male energy space penises than in making this actual earth a better place. And if you’re disassociating this venture from the violent narcissistic and inadequate man who’s founding it, well it says a lot about your values too.
Re:Starship will attempt a launch this weekend by peyton on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @03:02AM (#38260352)
Isn’t SpaceX where a lot of his billions came from?
Re:Starship will attempt a launch this weekend by concordDance on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @04:38AM (#38261076)
"Violent"?
Re:Starship will attempt a launch this weekend by camillomiller on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @07:08AM (#38262282)
Yes, his language, attitude, and retributive actions (firing, doxxing, reposting hate content) are absolutely framable as violent.
Re:Starship will attempt a launch this weekend by concordDance on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @08:38AM (#38263134)
Ah,I'd forgotten about the recent orwellian trend to redefine heavily loaded words to have extra meanings that cover things you dislike.

On a related note, could you please stop your violent behavior? It makes me feel very unsafe and leads to genocide.

Re:Starship will attempt a launch this weekend by Dig1t on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @10:31AM (#38264472)
"anything I disagree with is hateful violence"

Come on, you are doing more harm than good by watering down what those words mean.

saying words != violence

firing someone != violence

retweeting something != violence

Re:Starship will attempt a launch this weekend by johnthewise on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @06:11AM (#38261798)
Tesla is making the world a better place by pushing EV adoption around the world. Have you done anything better for the world today, yet alone for its future? Starlink is pretty neat as well, he could fail going to Mars and all that and he still would be remembered for what he has done for the world today.
Re:Starship will attempt a launch this weekend by camillomiller on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @07:07AM (#38262274)
Wow, this comment comes straight from the Musk-simping manual. It has it all:

- unsubstantiated claim of how Musk efforts are a net positive for society (based on what metrics and what science, exactly?) - ad hominem against the commenter asking aggressively “what have you done to make the world a better place”. Btw the answer to that is: I am a vegetarian since 20 years and I take loving care of my immediate human-connections. - closes it off by giving for granted that Mars exploration is, for some other unsubstantiated reason, a net positive for society.

You people scare me.

Re:Starship will attempt a launch this weekend by Dig1t on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @10:28AM (#38264425)
I have great internet connectivity because of Starlink, before that was available we were treated like garbage by traditional internet companies and we had basically no options. Now my family can enjoy the awesome benefits of the internet: Youtube, gaming, help with school. It's a direct positive for me and my entire community, and I personally appreciate it all the time. I'm not simping, it's just awesome.
Re:Starship will attempt a launch this weekend by creaturemachine on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @03:53PM (#38269584)
You forgot Dogecoin.
Re:Starship will attempt a launch this weekend by local_crmdgeon on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @01:14PM (#38267154)
This statement reflects a worldview that sounds deeply unpleasant. You might consider therapy, logging off, the gym etc.