Want to wade into the snowy surf of the abyss? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid.
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The post Xitter web has spawned so many āesotericā right wing freaks, but thereās no appropriate sneer-space for them. Iām talking redscare-ish, reality challenged āculture criticsā who write about everything but understand nothing. Iām talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. Theyāre inescapable at this point, yet I donāt see them mocked (as much as they should be)
Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldnāt be surgeons because they didnāt believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I canāt escape them, I would love to sneer at them.
(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)
If you accept the imho insane idea that a Mars colony is worth building, using Luna as a stepping stone makes sense. You can debug a lot of issues with recycling, growing food, low gravity, slow resupply etc. with a faster feedback loop.
the virile space men will have plenty of nubile females to pump out babies
Weirdly, the moon might actually be more hostile that marsā¦ the dust is sharper, the gravity is lower, the radiation is worse, the nights are longer and colder, thereās less waterā¦
It is a much cheaper and quicker means of murdering a bunch of astronauts though, so it does have that going for it.
Thereās also a better chance that Elon exits the planet sooner.
He hasnāt even done a suborbital flight yet, has he? I donāt seem him being brave enough to even get as far as the moon, even assuming heās healthy enough.
Yeah he is one of the few space fan billionaires who actually didnt go up. Shows he at some level knows he is full of ahit.
Shhh, donāt tell him.
@rook my grandpa was working in the Rhine Basin and Siberia as a Coal miner under ground. I think this will be considered a holiday for your lungs compared to moon. :D
@rook @gerikson Yeah, but Mars has a lot more perchlorates, so watch your thyroids.
oh god is our childrensā 9/11 going to be a moon colony imploding
@hypnicjerk @rook ideally a colony composed solely of oligarchs and āAIā-driven sexbots / maids.
as usual, felon just has no imagination and is basing his silly plan straight off any number of scifi books. but some dipshit stan is of going to ecstatically praise him for this ārevolutionaryā āforward-thinkingā idea
iāve heard they like to read sf, they might want to read heinleinās luna stories and miss the point entirely
You could also technically do all of that debugging before you even get to the moon, though. Also has the added benefit of not dying if something goes awry.