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[-] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 188 points 2 weeks ago

Can they really be called spaceships if they never get to space?

[-] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 110 points 2 weeks ago

Even worse - he named his space vessels 'Starship' - implying that they have the ability to travel between stars.

They will study this man's narcissism in future history classes alongside Trump. The era of the ego.

[-] smiletolerantly@awful.systems 22 points 2 weeks ago

Even worse worse, he named prior projects after Culture ship names. Whose author despised him.

[-] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 weeks ago

I mean by that definition, Voyager is a starship, eventually.

[-] moody@lemmings.world 19 points 2 weeks ago

Voyager I and II are probes, not ships.

[-] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 weeks ago

A ship can transport people or goods, and I argue that data is a type of good.

[-] Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

Friendship transports a type of good.

[-] Rooskie91@discuss.online 5 points 2 weeks ago

There's that golden record, so there are physical goods as well.

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[-] angrystego@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

People going to space are called astronauts - in this context I see no problem with Starship.

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[-] resipsaloquitur@lemm.ee 44 points 2 weeks ago

Technically they’re fireworks.

[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

Steamships don't sail on steam, but they're called steamships anyway because they have steam in them. Elon Musk's spaceships don't use up every bit of volume contained within them, therefore they contain space.

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[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago
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[-] GraniteM@lemmy.world 152 points 2 weeks ago

"Do you think that foreign students might have materially contributed to the creation of your spaceships?"

[-] Deflated0ne@lemmy.world 42 points 1 week ago

If this isn't the kind of stuff you're asking. You're doing it wrong.

[-] Snowclone@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago

The press is very deeply beholden to wealth.

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[-] gaja@lemm.ee 135 points 2 weeks ago

You know that you're in the right when you're ashamed to share your opinion publicly.

[-] qarbone@lemmy.world 25 points 2 weeks ago

You're not wrong but we've already had enough fascists not feeling ashamed to air heinous ideas publicly in the US. Shame isn't a good, universal metric because some people don't feel it and will weaponize that.

[-] SCmSTR 6 points 2 weeks ago

You're right, groupthink is definitely the way to go. And everybody loves bring harassed.

Not saying Musk is right here, but.... Not great logic.

[-] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

It doesn’t require group think to understand Nazis are bad for everyone that isn’t a nazi.

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[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 113 points 2 weeks ago

“Free speech absolutist”

[-] Halosheep@lemm.ee 45 points 1 week ago

To be fair, free speech should include the freedom not to speak.

[-] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago

He should fucking exercise it more

[-] Pnut@lemm.ee 18 points 1 week ago

Musk isn't playing fair though.

[-] Snowclone@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

I agree he doesn't have to answer, but if you're supposed to be REALLY into free speech which largely means freedom of the press, you probably wouldn't be into giving the press huge stipulations on what questions they are allowed to ask or not.

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in that case: what happened to your face? Did you fall and hit your head on one of your spaceships?

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 32 points 2 weeks ago

If a billionaire you know is suffering from mysterious falls, it's important to let someone know so they can laugh at them too

[-] D_C@lemm.ee 10 points 2 weeks ago

Or lead him to an open window...

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[-] boaratio@lemmy.world 67 points 2 weeks ago

He's such a whiny bitch.

[-] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 46 points 2 weeks ago

"Please stick to making me look good"

[-] logos@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago

No. Well... No.

[-] RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world 37 points 2 weeks ago

No. No, no, no. Under no circumstances should anyone fuck Elon Musk. I cannot emphasize this enough. Elon Musk should be left alone to go fuck himself.

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[-] graycube@lemmy.world 35 points 2 weeks ago

You can have any color you want as long as it is black.

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[-] Redex68@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week ago
[-] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

They're correct. But neither is he a space or engineering expert, so maybe we should just ignore his opinions on those things entirely as well.

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[-] Eww@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

He isn't a government expert either, so why TF is he fucking with our government?

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[-] PartyAt15thAndSummit@lemmy.zip 19 points 1 week ago

"So... about your spaceships. Would you allow foreign kids on them?"

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[-] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago

Nazi coward gonna Nazi cower.

[-] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago

Guys let's try to keep the discussion about Rampart

[-] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

This was somewhat gutsy of the reporter to ask, but when Elmo dodged like that he should have said, "Well I guess that's the interview over. We'll just air this clip and get about 10 million views. Should pay for our time here nicely." And then left the Nazi prick to sit and stew in his own shit.

[-] Smoogs@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

Uhoh someliar hates being fact checked

[-] wildcardology@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

All he knows about spaceships he learned from "The Dictator" movie.

https://youtube.com/shorts/pTKCQQbeY88

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[-] PanArab@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago

White settlers from South Africa are refugees though.

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