Elon turning the concept of space into the vanity project of a mentally unstable man child kinda sucks though. Makes it hard to give a shit knowing he is personally profitting from it.
Re:SpaceX – Starfall
by hackyhacky on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @08:21PM
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Not just profiting from it, but then reinvesting that money into subverting democracy
Re:SpaceX – Starfall
by _dark_matter_ on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @08:25PM
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*attempting to subvert democracy. But he may yet succeed.
I dunno, based on yesterday, the ROI on that seems to be kind of shit.
There's that one photo with a dummy driver in a red tesla and in the background you can see the earth. I think it's one of the best photos ever, part of it is the absurdity of the fact that it exists at all.
He denied it, but it was absolutely a reference to the opening sequence to the cult classic Heavy Metal.
We just need someone who can pass the purity test and then we can all celebrate these things. Until then we're not allowed to feel happy about it.
Seig heils do fail my purity test. I think the bar is reasonable and he has spectacularly failed to clear it.
Re:SpaceX – Starfall
by bamboozled on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @09:16PM
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Purity tests, the guy has indirectly killed hundreds of thousands if not millions of kids through the cancellation of US AID and you're calling this a "purity test", maybe go fuck yourself ?
Well that's not very kind.
Don’t clap if you can’t handle the back
Where have millions of children died because of lack of USAID funds?
2025 first year more kids die due to pullback in funding
https://goalkeepers.gatesfoundation.org/report/2025-report/#...
Re:SpaceX – Starfall
by bamboozled on Thursday November 05, 2026 @03:22AM
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If you take the food out of starving children's mouths, what do you think happens ?
https://www.developmentaid.org/news-stream/post/203683/us-ai...
Isn't it exhausting being like this?
It is exhausting to fight for what’s right but god bless the people who try.
You dont get exhausted clapping for a guy doing nazi salutes?
It's part of the religion, I guess.
Re:SpaceX – Starfall
by bamboozled on Thursday November 05, 2026 @03:18AM
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Like what, caring about the welfare of children ? I feel pretty energized about it really.
This comment is proof this forum is turning into Reddit.
Yeah. Can't figure out if they are real or bots.
Re:SpaceX – Starfall
by bamboozled on Thursday November 05, 2026 @05:05PM
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Maybe you're the robot who doesn't understand empathy ?
From a human perspective, it seems pretty robotic to be fine with pulling peoples healthcare, cancelling aid to poor children etc.
Check the mirror?
Yes, he turned space from an obscure realm of nerds into a cringe man-baby domain.
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> Here's the thing I might not love Elon or everything he does and there are plenty of things to disagree with him about and I won't comment on him as a person.... humanity once again reach out to the stars I could feel it deep in my bones the space race was starting again.
No need to caveat / apologize for things you admire.
But I remember watching live when they launched a Tesla into Orbit, was it dumb, was it pointless and potentially wasteful? Sure, but that moment seeing humanity once again reach out to the stars I could feel it deep in my bones the space race was starting again.
Sure have lots of problems down here but the eternally yearning of humanity to extend out our hands to grasp the cosmos, to touch heaven is a pursuit I think highly worthwhile.