Even Elon doesn't want tariffs.
this post was submitted on 02 Jun 2025
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Can they really be called spaceships if they never get to space?
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.
Even worse worse, he named prior projects after Culture ship names. Whose author despised him.
I mean by that definition, Voyager is a starship, eventually.
Voyager I and II are probes, not ships.
A ship can transport people or goods, and I argue that data is a type of good.
Friendship transports a type of good.
There's that golden record, so there are physical goods as well.
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People going to space are called astronauts - in this context I see no problem with Starship.
Is cosmonaut filled with as much hubris?
Depends on interpretation. Cosmos is Greek for the universe
Tbf, they are travelling through the Universe. But so are all of us, so we're all equally cosmonauts.
Time travelers too
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technically, travelling on earth (or anywhere else in the universe), is travelling between stars, because we're likely to be between 2.
A car isn't a ocean cruiser just because it's always between two oceans
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Technically they’re fireworks.
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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Some do, some don't.
Half&half
The last one got into space ...and then caught on fire.
Which is impressive, as fire usually needs excess oxygen available.
Rockets carry oxygen (oxidizers) with them. It's kinda how they work.
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"Do you think that foreign students might have materially contributed to the creation of your spaceships?"
If this isn't the kind of stuff you're asking. You're doing it wrong.
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You know that you're in the right when you're ashamed to share your opinion publicly.
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.
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“Free speech absolutist”
To be fair, free speech should include the freedom not to speak.
Musk isn't playing fair though.
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This Exchange happened because MUSK is a BIG STRONG MAN and NOT a Snowflake!
in that case: what happened to your face? Did you fall and hit your head on one of your spaceships?
If a billionaire you know is suffering from mysterious falls, it's important to let someone know so they can laugh at them too
Or lead him to an open window...
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He's such a whiny bitch.
Fuck Elon Musk
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.
What if he lets soap drop in a prison?
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You can have any color you want as long as it is black.
I can't believe im saying this but even Ford was accidentally a better person than Musk.
I think you meant white....
Stainless steel?
Uhoh someliar hates being fact checked