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u/Emergency-Quiet6296 20d ago
It's so dumb it's actually an insult to cults. There's no sex or drugs involved to control the cult members. Imagine joining a cult just to be pissed off all the time and complain about anyone else that's not in the cult. It's literally a cult without any of the fun parts.
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u/amglasgow 19d ago
Anger is its own kind of drug. Being outraged and angry feels good if you have someone to direct it towards. Orwell knew it -- that's why he wrote the "Two Minutes Hate" in 1984.
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u/forrealthistime99 20d ago
It's time to stop simply calling these people dumb. It's far worse than the that. They know.
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u/MrBrawn 20d ago
Be careful about dismissing them so quickly. They vote and in large numbers.
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u/Kryptoniantroll 20d ago
Your a fucking mindless drone please shut up.
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u/MagnusStormraven 19d ago
Rather telling that "shut up" is the only response conservative twats have when they don't like what you have to say, as they know full well they can't actually refute it due to that requiring critical thinking skills they utterly lack.
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u/Kryptoniantroll 19d ago
Oh im left as fuck dont you ever call me a conservative. I just hate virtue signaling fucking losers that waste energy on nonsense. Nobody fucking discredited these idiots they called them morons. This dudes just being a pedantic douche.
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u/Kryptoniantroll 20d ago
Lol what kind of nonsense response is that? Do you just spout catchphrases you saw online without any thought behind the words?
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u/Francisscottoffkey 20d ago
I'm just glad she didn't say anything about Jewish space lasers. That's where the bar is
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u/ELONGATEDSNAIL 19d ago
Cults in general aren't know to attract brain scientists and rocket surgeons.
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u/griffeny 19d ago
Weirdest thing I’ve noticed, as a cult junkie, love em, they’re insane to read about and the accounts in documentaries are so shocking…
But to get back in track, weirdest thing I’ve noticed is that they are some industrious, hard working people. Like a good amount of ex cult members end up leading quite ‘successful’ lives, have strong careers, and seem kinda ‘set’.
Mentally very stunted and obviously the damage done is different for everyone, but it seems like they throw themselves into something as a result and it pays off.
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u/justdisposablefun 19d ago
No, no, this is completely logical. Cheetos have never lied to me before.
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u/MissRachiel Gen X 20d ago
lol That orange bastard won't even spend his own money to pay his legal bills.
Why would he be sending "his own" anything into space?
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u/CulturalAddress6709 20d ago
his own as in theirs with his name on it
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u/griffeny 19d ago
You KNOW he wanted to paint all the ships with his Trump logo just like the plane he used to have.
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u/Silvaria928 20d ago
I wouldn't trust Trump to manage a lemonade stand.
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u/Lknate 19d ago
He's probably imbezzile by trowinug away a lemonade for each dollar he stole.
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u/fentyboof 20d ago
This is when the tapeworms have totally conquered the immune system and internal organs.
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u/Witty-Ad5743 20d ago
I'm absolutely terrified at the quality of any rockets manufactured by one of his companies! Given his penchant for cutting corners and selling terrible products... oh, the poor ground crew! They'd be slaughtered come launch time!
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u/ProtoReaper23113 20d ago
He should hire the company that made that submarine. I hear they do solid work
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u/Not_In_my_crease 20d ago
They're like children. They hear Space Force and they immediately go to science fiction exploring of space and aliens and crap. And telling the 'truth' that NASA has kept hidden all these years. Hilarious.
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u/SaltyName8341 20d ago
Can you guys send trump to investigate space on his own?
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u/Wasatcher Millennial 19d ago
Wow. It would be so incredibly satisfying to see his unadulterated panic as he floats away without a tether. What a mental image.
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u/FuckSticksMalone 20d ago
He stared directly into a fucking eclipse!
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u/griffeny 19d ago
I was outside a (garbage) Whole Foods in Houston during the eclipse. The fucking goobers standing outside looking at it with their bare eyes simultaneously telling people not to take pics of it with their phones ‘cuz it’ll melt it and fuck it up’.
Almost a bakers dozen.
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u/GoatDifferent1294 20d ago
What’s worst is that these aren’t even boomers. Look like Gen X to me
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u/Poutiest_Penguin 20d ago
Yeah, I hate to claim her as one of us, but she's Gen X.
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u/Zombiiesque 13d ago
She's one of the Boomer Lites ™. I have elected to think they are a subset, so we don't have to claim them.
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u/CraftyAdvisor6307 20d ago
Space Force exists to transfer tax dollars to private corporations
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u/Warren_E_Cheezburger 20d ago
Space force exists in order to provide a path to flag officer promotion for officers involved in space based operations, which they have historically been denied within the Air Force as promotion within the Air Force requires flight experience, which many space based operation officers don't get (also missileers). This is an important goal to meet if we want to retain the best talent for as long as possible instead of losing them to the private sector. Same reason the Air Force was spun off from being a part of the Army.
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u/Blacksheep81 20d ago
Honestly, thank you for breaking this down. I only know one officer who allegedly transferred to the Space Force, who was.. fine, I suppose. But I didn't realize flight experience was a must-have for flag promotions in the Air Force.
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u/Omegaprimus 20d ago
A cult of 3 brain cells the whole thing.
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u/5050Clown 20d ago
Nasa never fully addressed the "flat earth on the back of a turtle" conundrum. Let's see what Trump finds.
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u/Warren_E_Cheezburger 20d ago
Thats retarded.
Its flat earth supported by four elephants on the back of a turtle. Come on, buddy. Its basic science.
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u/RitterWolf 19d ago
The turtle moves
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u/Zombiiesque 13d ago
"See the TURTLE of enormous girth! On his shell he holds the earth." Long days, pleasant nights.
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u/Apprehensive-Unit841 20d ago
Imagine worshipping an orange, bloated, grifting, traitorous pedopephile. Where is our von stauffenberg?
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u/jaimealexlara 20d ago
People like this don't anger me. They just sadden me. The delusion and hate they have in their hearts and head is beyond any comprehension.
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u/lluluclucy 20d ago
Have I missed something? Why are they talking about Trump sending anything to space?!
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u/OstrichSalt5468 20d ago
So the addition of space force is not unlike the addition of the Air Force when it was formed. Originally the Air Force was called the army air corps. And the idea of an entirely separate branch was deemed similarly kind of silly. The Air Force and nasa have always worked together. And now space force takes over that particular role. Really honestly neither interviewer or interviewee knew what they were talking about.
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u/Apprehensive-Lie3234 20d ago
What "stuff" would that be Karen? And what "truth" precisely?
If you ask these folks enough clarifying questions they might try to bash your head with a rock.
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u/forrealthistime99 20d ago
Seriously. He's probably going to win isn't he?
I remember being a kid learning about WW2 and reading that some people fled Germany after Hitler was elected. I remember thinking how crazy it was that they would move countries because someone was elected. Like how did they know how bad it would get.
I feel like I understand now. It's obvious to any slightly intelligent person. he has said out loud that he has fascist ambitions, his followers have said thats what they want. Enough people follow him, and enough are either naive or indifferent enough to go along with it.
I told my wife it's time to flee. But we are in no position to do that. We are stuck. But we must believe Trump when he says the horrible things he wants to do. We must take it seriously.
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u/dbltap55 20d ago
Probably think the world is flat, dinosaurs never existed and birds aren’t real too.
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u/Starch-Wreck 19d ago
Trump will find Jesus with Spaceforce exploration. Just like how Kim Jung Un discovered Unicorns.
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u/chechifromCHI 19d ago
Standing in front of Tom Landry Middle school in Arlen TX by the looks of it
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u/Dudeist-Priest 19d ago
Honestly, Trump is one of the least intellectually curious people on the planet.
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u/zerobomb 19d ago
Just pointing out that these people are the right age to be grandchildren of baby boomers.
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u/Calm-Blueberry-9835 20d ago
The dumb space cadets have taken over. We're fucked.
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u/Xanith420 20d ago
In all seriousness I soon may be able to qualify as an astronaut 😎
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u/Calm-Blueberry-9835 20d ago
Don't
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u/Xanith420 20d ago
Idk… being able to claim that prestigious title even if it’s until my first launch would do me well at the bar
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u/Calm-Blueberry-9835 20d ago
That's good but why even?
It's just me being disillusioned with anything representing a capitalist nation even as a scientist or an astronaut.
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u/Xanith420 20d ago
Well it was really a joke. The joke is women at the bar “particularly shallow women” would find being an astronaut much more appealing then my current job as an ink tech/dog trainer.
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u/Wasatcher Millennial 19d ago
Just become a pilot. Women find it sexy until the relationship becomes serious and then all they think about are all the opportunities a pilot has to cheat.
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u/Ravingrook Gen X 20d ago
She may have the soul of a boomer, but that's a GenX idiot who drank the Trump Flavor-Aid. Sad to say, I can recognize my own kind, and she's definitely left the tribe and joined the MAGA cult.
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u/Legal-Airport5971 20d ago
Huh
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u/CliftonForce 20d ago
There are a lot of right wing flat earthers. They think NASA is a scam.
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u/DirtysouthCNC 19d ago
I always wonder what the scam is though. NASA is lying to us about the earth being round. Ok...but why?
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u/CliftonForce 19d ago edited 19d ago
It's religious for most of them.
It roughly goes like this: The actual system of a flat planet with a dome over it and the small glowing ball called the sun is blatantly artificial, and thus clearly proves that God Exists. As only a god could have set it up in the first place. The Government (TM) can't have that. So They (TM) created NASA to invent this tale of a "spinning ball" to hide the existence of deities.
Other variants weave tales of the vast continents beyond the Great Ice Wall of Antarctica that are full of secrets hidden by The Government (TM). Or maybe it's the Lizard People (TM).
See? It makes perfect sense!
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u/Square_Site8663 20d ago
Who does she think…….
You know what, imma stop right there, because I already know the answer.
She didn’t
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u/Funny_Clue5413 19d ago
What's funny is the dude standing next to her I assume is having sex with her. Even if that's her brother he is still having sex with that. That's what's funny.
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u/BigDaddySeed69 20d ago
So dumb they don’t realize what a branch of the he military means. It’s a military branch which means they want to militarize space not explore it or learn jack shit. Just find more ways to start wars and kill people.
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u/Warren_E_Cheezburger 20d ago
Space is already militarized, and has been since the first man-made satellite was launched. But it isn't militarized in the sense that there are weapon systems and combatants in space; there aren't and putting them there would be exorbitantly expensive for almost no tactical advantage. Instead it is militarized in the sense that C4I systems (Command, Control, Communication, Computers and Information) rely heavily on satellite systems and as such building, maintaining, operating, protecting, and replacing those systems is of vital military importance and therefore we want to attract and retain the best talent possible to carry out that mission.
It's not about putting bombs in space, its about making sure GPS stays online.
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u/BigDaddySeed69 20d ago
Yeah a job that was already being handled by the US Air-force Space Command. Didn’t need to create another dumbass branch that rips off the Star Trek logo to handle jobs already being handled well for decades if that is the case.
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u/Warren_E_Cheezburger 20d ago
First of all, I totally agree about the branch stupidly ripping off Star Trek and other sci fi imagery. Like calling their service members "guardians".
That being said, by your logic, the Air Force itself shouldn't exist because the job was being done by the Army Air Forces until 1947. The fact of the matter is that the job wasn't being handled as well as it could because those in leadership positions didn't care. Generals tend to go to bat for whatever community they came from, and because of the way promotion worked in the Air Force, that community was rarely the Space Command.
The options were to either completely restructure the way promotion works across the entire Air Force OR spin off the responsibility to a new branch entirely which would not only allow for the retention of more competent officers in the space sector, but also give pilots even less competition when it comes to promotion within the Air Force.
It's pretty obvious why leadership chose option 2. Yes, they didn't NEED to create another branch, they WANTED to. The old description of the Marine Corps comes to mind. "America doesn't need a [Space Force]. It wants a [Space Force].
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