• DarkDiamondK@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Okay am I dumb, or did I miss something. I’ve seen the race car guys around a bunch but I don’t get why they are here, please help

    • instamat@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      I think it’s the irony. A photo of a guy who drives around an oval for a living criticizing capitalism is an unusual choice.

  • Candelestine@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I’m no fan of the French Revolution, which just opened things up for Emperor Napoleon to take the reins and conquer most of Europe, and even take a crack at fighting the Russian winter with a bunch of guys that didn’t deserve to freeze to death…

    But this one was pretty funny anyway. lol

  • EvilEyedPanda@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    They’re so obsessed with buying up as much land as possible, I say we send them hurtling toward it from space, so they can become one with that which they love so much!

    • The Snark Urge@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Real talk, they know there’s enough mineral wealth in the asteroid belt that even some of it could make either A) everyone effectively rich or B) everyone a slave to their massive wealth forever. They’re voting with their rockets.

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        11 months ago

        That plus the land grab that always happens when a new unsettled area is colonized. Yeah the moon is a horrible place to live, but if you get a parcel of land for free, and a place to live safely there, I bet a lot of people would be tempted.

    • Grayox@lemmy.mlOP
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      11 months ago

      Nah that’s too lofty for them, i think in a just world they would have to produce labor like the rest of us, death and space is too kind a fate. (Not that labor is bad, but they think its a fate worse than death)

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    11 months ago

    Nah man a couple springs and a crank and you got yourself a bonafide space rated head separation apparatus.

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    11 months ago

    Please stop saying gravity when you mean G forces. There is nowhere in our known universe where gravity isn’t a factor. The reason you can experience 0 G forces in orbit is BECAUSE of gravity. You’re free falling to earth constantly because it’s pulling you in.

    0G’s is what you need want to say. Also microgravity is appropriate because it’s “low apparent gravitational forces.”

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      11 months ago

      It’s honestly disrespectful to assume people don’t already understand this. And that they aren’t simply using a commonly understood shorthand to convey a simple idea. It’s not a failure of their intelligence but rather of your ability to give people the grace they need to communicate an idea

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        11 months ago

        I didn’t degrade intelligence, just asking if we can stop using because it doesn’t help others who aren’t in the science space. I’m saying this in an open forum. Many people that say it do not understand this. They think that gravity is just absent. I was giving some context to help others.

        Hope this helps others! :)