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I mean, are we going to explore space, or what? There's a lot of issues we deal with, right? I get it, let's talk about 'em I guess but what's the point of dealing with these personal issues if it's getting in the way of doing what we're supposed to do? Which is explore space, amiright?
>Like...so take mating for example. There's the argument to be made there's a lot of people worrying, "How do I get a girlfriend," when commonly a great answer seems to be, "Go do what you love, go be a part of something amazing, build up your person and go do what it is you were destined to do, and when you're at your peak enjoying who you are, that's when you'll meet a special someone out in the field of doing what you love, that's when you will feel the most full and feel like you have the most to offer another person as a potential partner in life." So go do what you love, and build yourself up.
>So what is that? That thing you'd ultimately feel fulfilled doing? Making widgets? Selling widgets? Cleaning widgets? Marketing widgets? Making fancy illustrations of concept widgets, and then putting those fancy illustrations in a power point presentation with a logo you designed for the widget, with stock background music you paid a company for so the presentation had that extra POP, and you hire a model to stand next to the widget, and someone develops an app that takes a picture of your friend and replaces his head with a widget with his face on it, and programmers took time out of their day to make the app, and lawyers were paid to make sure no one steals the name of your widget, and ice trucks have to have special coolant gas canisters designed for them to keep the widgets cool while you ship them.
>I don't want to work for a contractor who designs spying technology for a nation state. I don't want to work for a company building bigger bombs, tastier Doritos, the next sugar-free soda, the next app for sharing media I find special, fundraising for a political party...I want to explore space plz. I don't want to take a red pill or learn how to brew my own beer or fill a bookshelf up with board games or blu rays or action figures, I want to explore space. I don't want to argue with a religious person or post pictures of my cat or look at a billion pictures of boobs, I want to explore space. Astronauts probably don't have any trouble getting laid. Do astronauts have existential crisis? It's a fair question...I'm trying to put myself in the shoes of a spaceman who feels moondust crunch underneath his space boots and asks himself, "What the am I doing with my life?"
I mean, where else is all this going? Do you take comfort in activities that make you feel like part of the human tradition? we've been doing for ages? Let's the out of space, instead, no one has done that yet.
>It doesn't really feel like its part of culture in a way we can easily participate...like I know where to go get a good brunch, I know where to find the best tacos in town, I know where to mentor a young kid or donate food or learn how to meditate or learn how to do web development, but I don't know where I could just go and somehow participate in "LET'S GO TO SPACE"
Maybe it's just me, right..."Hey dude, sounds like you should go in' figure out how to be a part of space, kuz ......there are people that do that already. So go be one of them." Butimean, I always look back and wish I was looking at the bigger picture. Efforts towards a small shallow thing or just doing it because I thought it was what I was supposed to do, but when I do these things for a while, suddenly I stop, and ask myself, like, "WTH am I doing? Shouldn't I be in space by now?" And I want to talk about it. Because if there's anything I've learned from Reddit, it's that if I ever come up with anything there's already dozens of other similar people all over the planet coming to similar conclusions.
>We're actually spending less on space? Budget reduction of space exploration? Cutting programs? It's 2013...WHY?
I've seen arguments that space exploration is "a waste of money"...think about that for a second...in the grand scheme of things, from the point of perspective from which we're thinking at a global level, as the human race...what IS a "waste" of "money"? If it's what we're supposed to end up doing anyway, don't you just DO it? Like I was listening to some story on NPR, and some politician talks about holding a special election. The question was actually brought up, "How much money is this election going to cost the taxpayers?" And I'm like...."HELLO, don't we need an elected official to hold this empty position? So if it's what we need to do then why does it matter how much it costs?" I think space exploration is the same way. It's what we're supposed to be doing. It's where manpower and brainpower are ultimately supposed to be focused. So can we focus on it? I just think it would be sweet to see space exploration explode by leaps and bounds during my lifetime. During my parents' lifetime, even.
>Maybe you don't work for NASA, but how could your expertise contribute to space exploration? Even if you design shoes, it could be said "well design space shoes"...toilets? Space toilets! Why contribute to the Wikipedia page forBugle Boy[1] when you could be contributing to the Wikipedia page for the CMB Cold Spot[2] ? Do they have Pacific Rim official branded LEGO sets yet? Are you on the team to come up with the LEGO build? Wouldn't you rather be exploring space? Do we need new flavors of Pop Tarts? Or do we need....SPACE POP TARTS?
I guess what I'm saying is, look up at the stars one night and just think about space for a few seconds. Uh, as men, I guess. Let's do the space thing. I just wanted to be a voice that said that to you...man. Space.
>What was it Teddy Roosevelt said about space exploration? Ah I couldn't find the quote. Anyways. Space. I'm serious, guys. Space.
OR go write that power rangers fan fiction or whatever. Or explore space. Or to take another shower. Or go explore spaaaaccccccce. Just putting it out there.
>I was in /r/iwantout[3] and a lot of people are wondering, "Where should I go? Thailand? Spain? China?" How about space? Put a pin in it. Go write down 10 of your problems you have to deal with right now. Bump down the number 10 item off the list and replace it with, "Find out how do I space?" Stop worrying about what that guy said about you at work and start worrying how you're going to get your ass into space.
>What if there are able space aliens? What if aliens have better LSD? What if there are aliens made out of LSD, and when you shake hands with them your minds meld and you mind one another for eternity in an instant? What if there's space pets that are way cooler than dogs or cats? What if you meet your wife while you are on break from your job, welding space ? All the things that are going to happen to you, the common human stories of striving and struggling and overcoming and proving yourself and making friends and learning how to be professional and learning how to manage different people with different beliefs and plan projects and balance budgets...can they be space budgets? Space projects! SPACE PEOPLE! Space friends.
Space friends.
Space.
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>>So you work at a men's clothing store. Why? Because someone is going to walk in some day and he wants you to make him look damn good. He's going to a fundraising gala to raise money for space exploration.
>>"UM, WELL, ACTUALLY JAVA ALREADY HAS CLOSURES---" HEY HEY HEY, hey. Hey. Hey. Close your laptop, go outside, and look up at the stars. Or star. Depending on the time.
>>"Clearly epistemology is the bedrock of philosophy." Wow, you're so interesting. Thanks for getting me that much closer to being in space.
>>The Royal Tenenbaums....<Like>....Fight Club....<Like>....Superbad....<Like>.... *Sigh* "Are we in space yet?"
>>"I was listening to Joe Rogan talking about drugs the other day, he had this guy on the podcast that---" "Dude, hold that thought. I just thought of something. Here, hold this." "What are you doing?" "I just got hit with a wicked space daydream, and it's good, I need to focus on it. Yeah. YEAH. I'm motorboating boobs in zero gravity. Boobs in zero gravity. Just think of it." "Open your eyes, you're freakin' me out."
>>Why are you publishing that text book to teach kids about reptiles? So they'll be better prepared for when they encounter space snakes some day.
Why are you doing your taxes? We've got to trudge through whatever logistical it takes to get the hang of how humans can ultimately collectively finance giant space projects.
Why are you trying out for the star role in that play? Because there are men and women working hard on trying to figure out space, and it ing burns them out, because SPACE IS HARD, and they need a little R&R on the weekend and a good laugh and a good performance. So get your lines right. For space.
Right now someone's calling a suicide hotline. He's super depressed because he's trying to fund space research and no one gives a . Everyone would rather talk about misogyny in the 21st century or vaccinations or gay rights or gun control or Islam or abortion or Oprah, but no one wants to give him space bucks, so his project and his dream will die. Are you on the other end of the line, talking him down so he can get your ass into space?
"Can you believe that guy? What a weirdo." "You mean Dave? What's wrong with Dave, he's a sweetheart." "I donno. He just kept talking about space the whole evening. Kinda gay. Anyway, let's , babe. Time to get down." "I'm not DTF. I'm DTS. I want to go to space. With Dave." "Cockblocked by the ASTRODESIRES of some UGLY MOOK?!? NOOOOOO"
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I mean, are we going to explore space, or what? There's a lot of issues we deal with, right? I get it, let's talk about 'em I guess but what's the point of dealing with these personal issues if it's getting in the way of doing what we're supposed to do? Which is explore space, amiright?
>Like...so take mating for example. There's the argument to be made there's a lot of people worrying, "How do I get a girlfriend," when commonly a great answer seems to be, "Go do what you love, go be a part of something amazing, build up your person and go do what it is you were destined to do, and when you're at your peak enjoying who you are, that's when you'll meet a special someone out in the field of doing what you love, that's when you will feel the most full and feel like you have the most to offer another person as a potential partner in life." So go do what you love, and build yourself up.
>So what is that? That thing you'd ultimately feel fulfilled doing? Making widgets? Selling widgets? Cleaning widgets? Marketing widgets? Making fancy illustrations of concept widgets, and then putting those fancy illustrations in a power point presentation with a logo you designed for the widget, with stock background music you paid a company for so the presentation had that extra POP, and you hire a model to stand next to the widget, and someone develops an app that takes a picture of your friend and replaces his head with a widget with his face on it, and programmers took time out of their day to make the app, and lawyers were paid to make sure no one steals the name of your widget, and ice trucks have to have special coolant gas canisters designed for them to keep the widgets cool while you ship them.
>I don't want to work for a contractor who designs spying technology for a nation state. I don't want to work for a company building bigger bombs, tastier Doritos, the next sugar-free soda, the next app for sharing media I find special, fundraising for a political party...I want to explore space plz. I don't want to take a red pill or learn how to brew my own beer or fill a bookshelf up with board games or blu rays or action figures, I want to explore space. I don't want to argue with a religious person or post pictures of my cat or look at a billion pictures of boobs, I want to explore space. Astronauts probably don't have any trouble getting laid. Do astronauts have existential crisis? It's a fair question...I'm trying to put myself in the shoes of a spaceman who feels moondust crunch underneath his space boots and asks himself, "What the am I doing with my life?"
I mean, where else is all this going? Do you take comfort in activities that make you feel like part of the human tradition? we've been doing for ages? Let's the out of space, instead, no one has done that yet.
>It doesn't really feel like its part of culture in a way we can easily participate...like I know where to go get a good brunch, I know where to find the best tacos in town, I know where to mentor a young kid or donate food or learn how to meditate or learn how to do web development, but I don't know where I could just go and somehow participate in "LET'S GO TO SPACE"
Maybe it's just me, right..."Hey dude, sounds like you should go in' figure out how to be a part of space, kuz ......there are people that do that already. So go be one of them." Butimean, I always look back and wish I was looking at the bigger picture. Efforts towards a small shallow thing or just doing it because I thought it was what I was supposed to do, but when I do these things for a while, suddenly I stop, and ask myself, like, "WTH am I doing? Shouldn't I be in space by now?" And I want to talk about it. Because if there's anything I've learned from Reddit, it's that if I ever come up with anything there's already dozens of other similar people all over the planet coming to similar conclusions.
>We're actually spending less on space? Budget reduction of space exploration? Cutting programs? It's 2013...WHY?
I've seen arguments that space exploration is "a waste of money"...think about that for a second...in the grand scheme of things, from the point of perspective from which we're thinking at a global level, as the human race...what IS a "waste" of "money"? If it's what we're supposed to end up doing anyway, don't you just DO it? Like I was listening to some story on NPR, and some politician talks about holding a special election. The question was actually brought up, "How much money is this election going to cost the taxpayers?" And I'm like...."HELLO, don't we need an elected official to hold this empty position? So if it's what we need to do then why does it matter how much it costs?" I think space exploration is the same way. It's what we're supposed to be doing. It's where manpower and brainpower are ultimately supposed to be focused. So can we focus on it? I just think it would be sweet to see space exploration explode by leaps and bounds during my lifetime. During my parents' lifetime, even.
>Maybe you don't work for NASA, but how could your expertise contribute to space exploration? Even if you design shoes, it could be said "well design space shoes"...toilets? Space toilets! Why contribute to the Wikipedia page forBugle Boy[1] when you could be contributing to the Wikipedia page for the CMB Cold Spot[2] ? Do they have Pacific Rim official branded LEGO sets yet? Are you on the team to come up with the LEGO build? Wouldn't you rather be exploring space? Do we need new flavors of Pop Tarts? Or do we need....SPACE POP TARTS?
I guess what I'm saying is, look up at the stars one night and just think about space for a few seconds. Uh, as men, I guess. Let's do the space thing. I just wanted to be a voice that said that to you...man. Space.
>What was it Teddy Roosevelt said about space exploration? Ah I couldn't find the quote. Anyways. Space. I'm serious, guys. Space.
OR go write that power rangers fan fiction or whatever. Or explore space. Or to take another shower. Or go explore spaaaaccccccce. Just putting it out there.
>I was in /r/iwantout[3] and a lot of people are wondering, "Where should I go? Thailand? Spain? China?" How about space? Put a pin in it. Go write down 10 of your problems you have to deal with right now. Bump down the number 10 item off the list and replace it with, "Find out how do I space?" Stop worrying about what that guy said about you at work and start worrying how you're going to get your ass into space.
>What if there are able space aliens? What if aliens have better LSD? What if there are aliens made out of LSD, and when you shake hands with them your minds meld and you mind one another for eternity in an instant? What if there's space pets that are way cooler than dogs or cats? What if you meet your wife while you are on break from your job, welding space ? All the things that are going to happen to you, the common human stories of striving and struggling and overcoming and proving yourself and making friends and learning how to be professional and learning how to manage different people with different beliefs and plan projects and balance budgets...can they be space budgets? Space projects! SPACE PEOPLE! Space friends.
Space friends.
Space.
---
>>So you work at a men's clothing store. Why? Because someone is going to walk in some day and he wants you to make him look damn good. He's going to a fundraising gala to raise money for space exploration.
>>"UM, WELL, ACTUALLY JAVA ALREADY HAS CLOSURES---" HEY HEY HEY, hey. Hey. Hey. Close your laptop, go outside, and look up at the stars. Or star. Depending on the time.
>>"Clearly epistemology is the bedrock of philosophy." Wow, you're so interesting. Thanks for getting me that much closer to being in space.
>>The Royal Tenenbaums....<Like>....Fight Club....<Like>....Superbad....<Like>.... *Sigh* "Are we in space yet?"
>>"I was listening to Joe Rogan talking about drugs the other day, he had this guy on the podcast that---" "Dude, hold that thought. I just thought of something. Here, hold this." "What are you doing?" "I just got hit with a wicked space daydream, and it's good, I need to focus on it. Yeah. YEAH. I'm motorboating boobs in zero gravity. Boobs in zero gravity. Just think of it." "Open your eyes, you're freakin' me out."
>>Why are you publishing that text book to teach kids about reptiles? So they'll be better prepared for when they encounter space snakes some day.
Why are you doing your taxes? We've got to trudge through whatever logistical it takes to get the hang of how humans can ultimately collectively finance giant space projects.
Why are you trying out for the star role in that play? Because there are men and women working hard on trying to figure out space, and it ing burns them out, because SPACE IS HARD, and they need a little R&R on the weekend and a good laugh and a good performance. So get your lines right. For space.
Right now someone's calling a suicide hotline. He's super depressed because he's trying to fund space research and no one gives a . Everyone would rather talk about misogyny in the 21st century or vaccinations or gay rights or gun control or Islam or abortion or Oprah, but no one wants to give him space bucks, so his project and his dream will die. Are you on the other end of the line, talking him down so he can get your ass into space?
"Can you believe that guy? What a weirdo." "You mean Dave? What's wrong with Dave, he's a sweetheart." "I donno. He just kept talking about space the whole evening. Kinda gay. Anyway, let's , babe. Time to get down." "I'm not DTF. I'm DTS. I want to go to space. With Dave." "Cockblocked by the ASTRODESIRES of some UGLY MOOK?!? NOOOOOO"
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>"Dave, just that the hell are you doing?"
>"Banging your mom"
>"That's a mirage, you moron, you're dry-humping sand"
>"Paul, in times like these, you gotta be ready to screw anything! I mean, anything!"
>"Yeah, right... do that five more minutes and maybe you find water..."
>"No water! Survivor Dave doesn't need oxygenated hydrogen to survive!'
>"Okay then, I'll leave you here with Sand-y , but I'm leaving the desert"
>"Suit yourself, you don't know what you're losing"
>"Dave, just that the hell are you doing?"
>"Banging your mom"
>"That's a mirage, you moron, you're dry-humping sand"
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>"Yeah, right... do that five more minutes and maybe you find water..."
>"No water! Survivor Dave doesn't need oxygenated hydrogen to survive!'
>"Okay then, I'll leave you here with Sand-y , but I'm leaving the desert"
>"Suit yourself, you don't know what you're losing"
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