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The Sounds of Silence (mander.xyz)

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[-] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 208 points 3 weeks ago

In space, no one can hear your cringe

[-] perishthethought@piefed.social 49 points 3 weeks ago

... but we can see it.

[-] Alberat@lemmy.world 177 points 3 weeks ago

"oh you're breaking up i think we're going through a tunnel"

[-] testaccount372920@piefed.zip 33 points 3 weeks ago

After 30 seconds of akward silence they asked if the connection was okay, it was beautiful to see

[-] GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 25 points 3 weeks ago

"Wait I think there is someone outside the airlock, we will go and check!"

[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

Maybe they've got some Farscape episodes on their computers. Probably watching them enviously.

[-] BanMe@lemmy.world 152 points 3 weeks ago

Apparently they just let Trump talk and didn't respond for a full minute and Trump was like "anyway you're the best" and they still didn't respond and Trump's people ended the call.

The astronauts gave him the silent treatment. They could clearly hear him.

[-] dev_null@lemmy.ml 116 points 3 weeks ago

I watched it live, they did respond to his direct questions, but at some point Trump went into a monologue that didn't end in a question, and they didn't say anything back, keeping a silence going for an awkward amount of time until Houston asked if they are still on the line and they confirmed that yeah they heard everything. And said nothing else.

[-] Muehe@lemmy.ml 49 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Nah other way around. The astronauts asked a NASA administrator if they are still on the line or if there was a handover. Then Tump replied "I am, yes, I am".

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[-] quips@slrpnk.net 17 points 3 weeks ago

Yes they were actually very polite, they knew they were speaking with a demented narcissist.

[-] agingelderly@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

Pedophile

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[-] EvilFonzy@lemmy.world 137 points 3 weeks ago

He's asking how young the girls in space are, and they're thinking about all of the Sci-Fi movies where the Earth blows up and astronauts have to watch it go.

[-] northendtrooper@lemmy.ca 121 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah the NASA twitch stream had to swap to emojis only.

[-] kn33@lemmy.world 78 points 3 weeks ago

🤡🤡🤡

[-] danekrae@lemmy.world 55 points 3 weeks ago

🐔

🌮

[-] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 3 weeks ago

I need a clip desperately of the chat

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[-] RattlerSix@lemmy.world 81 points 3 weeks ago

I wouldn't have gone to the moon if I were them. You know they'll have to meet the president after they get back. It's not worth it.

[-] Azzu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I'm not sure if "have to" is true. I'm sure they could refuse. The consequences might include not being an astronaut, but that's probably the same as your option.

[-] mimavox@piefed.social 8 points 3 weeks ago

I would have stayed in moon orbit.

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[-] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 65 points 3 weeks ago

Luckiest folks in the human race. Furthest from Trump.

[-] Soup@lemmy.world 60 points 3 weeks ago

Furthest from Trump and yet were told they needed to be on a direct call with him. Apparently even being in space isn’t enough.

[-] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

They could presumably be within 300 miles of him.

[-] lengau@midwest.social 11 points 3 weeks ago

As of this writing they're still over 300,000 km away from the Earth. https://artemis.cdnspace.ca/

[-] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

Doh they’re going to the moon! I was thinking the ISS.

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[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 50 points 3 weeks ago

The two on the left imagining just never going back to earth

[-] FreddiesLantern@leminal.space 48 points 3 weeks ago

We feel you mister astronaut. The entire planet is with you.

[-] smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 38 points 3 weeks ago

The mission may be called Integrity, but this part was pure Endurance.

[-] Slein4273@feddit.org 9 points 3 weeks ago

Correction: The mission is called Artemis 2. Integrity is the callsign the Orion capsule was given by its crew.

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[-] JetpackJackson@feddit.org 27 points 3 weeks ago

Am I gonna regret asking

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 33 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LEf2ykgUrWI

Probably the best speech he's ever made tbh.

[-] Speiser0@feddit.org 13 points 3 weeks ago

The good part of the speech took about 60 seconds, FYI. (Way longer than in that video.)

(https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2741491172 9:38:05)

[-] JetpackJackson@feddit.org 9 points 3 weeks ago

Wow that was surprisingly... tame?

[-] PolarPirate@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 weeks ago

I think they were expecting more lol

[-] LadyButterfly@reddthat.com 27 points 3 weeks ago

I'd like to commend Trump for lowering himself to talk to a woman and shudder A Black

[-] P1k1e@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

Funnily enough. There's no woman nor person of color farther away from him than these two.

[-] LadyButterfly@reddthat.com 20 points 3 weeks ago

Lucky, lucky people

[-] chunes@lemmy.world 26 points 3 weeks ago

Me when astronauts start blathering about the bible:

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[-] testaccount789@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 weeks ago

Also, Trump referring to Jeremy Hansen:

And the 4 brave astronauts of Artemis II are our modern-day, you really are modern-day pioneers, all of you. And one of them happens to be a neighbor. You know who that is, right? You have a special person over there, a neighbor. And, uh, we like our neighbor.

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