Tbh, I don’t understand why people keep posting it here. We already know. Its preaching to the choir and I’ve seen it one million times at this point. I hope people are posting it in places where it actually matters lool

I still don’t know whether ANTIFA is supposed to be a left group, a right group. Or just some made up entity.

Right? That guy needs to chill out. Charlie Kirk was worth no more, and probably even less, than any of the other hundreds of people that die any and every day from gun violence. People on the Right have literally just discovered what America is all about, I guess?

lol

Right? Maybe these politicians need to step back and address the important issues, like what’s causing people to want to shoot them in the first place?

Yeah, I was going to make the same comment but saw this before I could post. We have Trump and his MAGA cronies to thank for this proliferation of political extremism. The extremists on the Right are going to keep stoking the fire and it looks like they’re motivating people to respond. I can only imagine this is what Trump wants in order to justify further crackdowns and witch hunts, like he’s done with the National Guard, ICE, etc.

Even as an American, I’m avoiding American products. Now. Please give me foreign option for 1/2 the price that will still last about as long.

Started reading this, but stopped pretty quick after I realized that you need to be bitching at someone else entirely.

Not persecuted enough for all the bullshit and self-righteousness they’ve caused

Chill bruh. The Americans here are most likely not even the ones that voted for that. And if you’re not American, why do you even care? Asshole lol

I had the same thought. There must have been more to the story. It was kinda damning tho that they didn’t really deny they were ICE. That would have been the one thing I definitely would have said if I weren’t ICE lol

The Bible is alright by me as long as people practice it in the privacy of their own homes and they keep it away from my kid. I don’t want them making 'em Christian or some other shit like that.

Haven’t been the same since I finished the game a few years ago. Andrew Prahlow dominated my Spotify playlist for two years following and now I have an emotional aversion to pulling the game open, after having played through it (and the DLC) three or six times over the course of 90+ hours gameplay.

10/10 would recommend lol

I had some friends I convinced to play through it and they just didn’t get anything out of it. Couldn’t believe it tbh

Living in the US. Before I buy anything, I do my best to check the manufacturer out to see that it comes from a blue state. Check on Goods Unite Us to find out if they donate more to Republicans or Democrats. I am postponing or self-performing tasks and work that would require a “trade”, since I’m guessing those people are more conservative anyways. Sorry to any reasonable peopIe I may be accidentally boycotting.

I know it’s not perfect, but its at least something.

I’m in the same boat. I’m into cars, and have a couple that I enjoy very thoroughly, but I’ve never been able to think of a name that sticks, even tho I’ve tried. I usually just refer to as “The Mazda” or whatever. Mayhe one day I’ll have a Jaguar, and will be able to refer to it as “The Jag” like Jeremy Clarkson haha

The worst part of getting “old” is that other people think you’re getting old. And the jokes about it, too. I’m generally physically healthy on account of gym and my bicycle, and I probably feel better now than when I was 25. Sorry I have wrinkles from laughing and smiling so much over the last few decades, society. Jeez

Are these the new American exports Trump has been pedaling his deals for?

I get it, you’re just trolling. There is no valid argument here; NASA is a government institution who’s intention is to serve the people through scientific advancement, not scrounge up a fucking profit. I literally just showed you that SpaceX is only more “efficient” by taking advantage of people, which is the complete opposite end of the spectrum from what government is supposed to do. They are not even competitors. They’re not even competing; SpaceX will never develop the technology that NASA did, that SpaceX relied on to be in business in the first place.

The original conversation wasn’t even about money, efficiency, or profit; it was about the ability to create and benefit society. Because SpaceX has a profit motive, it will never be able to create and innovate the same way NASA did; it’ll only ever be able to fulfill narrowly defined contacts. Because guess what? If it goes beyond that, it’ll basically be where NASA is and then you’ll be in here bitching about them too because they’re not “as efficient” as the people they’re paying to do a simple, narrowly defined task with overworked, inexperienced employees as they generate rampant environmental harm.

Reading directly from your source: one of NASA’s key drivers have been RELIABILITY, and a “non-industrial” culture. Of course both of these things drive cost up. “Industrial” cultures have eliminated creativity since Henry Ford introduced the assembly line at his plant–everyone has a single efficient responsibility and it makes everyone miserable as a result, leading to nobody giving a single damn at the end of the day.

In the same paragraph you linked: “The low Shuttle flight rate not only makes for inefficient use of personnel and facilities, it distorts the cost per flight calculations because of high fixed costs.” (Rutledge, 93-4063)” Meaning that if they had modified their program and product to launch more frequently like SpaceX does, then the costs would be much more favorable.

And also: "Another key factor in SpaceX’s low costs is its young, highly motivated workforce of top graduates willing to work significant unpaid overtime. " This is NOT a good thing–people shouldn’t have to slave away for their career. It’s also not sustainable, and it means that the work is being done by inexperienced individuals which leads to disasters like:

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/12/18/texas-space-x-lawsuit-tceq-pollution/, and

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/25/mexico-president-lawsuit-spacex-debris-rocket-explosions, and

https://www.businessinsider.com/spacex-starship-super-heavy-launch-destroyed-launchpad-volcano-sized-explosion-2023-11

They keep giving contracts to SpaceX because that’s the way the budgets are mandated from congress. They have X amount of money to distribute. Everything goes to generally the lowest bidder, and because there are only a handful of options, they have to keep using one contractor to produce their parts because it’s even more expensive to keep switching.

So drop the attitude. Usually the worst bidder gets the job, and it ends up costing more money after everything is said and done.

The whole point is that SpaceX’s contributions have been minimal… and have still been paid for by tax dollars anyways with all the contracts they’re getting. Their big thing is supposed to be reusable rockets… guess what, NASA already pioneered the concept of reusable spacecraft with their space shuttle.