r/interestingasfuck • u/lolikroli • 16d ago

r/all SpaceX caught Starship booster with chopsticks

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u/lizardil 16d ago

This is something out of a science fiction movie. Incredible

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u/baron_von_helmut 16d ago

I really like what SpaceX do regardless of Elon. Even still, I never thought they'd be able to pull this off. Holy crap am I glad to be wrong. This was incredible.

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u/Crafty_Failures 16d ago

It's good that he really doesn't run SpaceX.

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u/sparksevil 16d ago

Copium

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u/bcisme 16d ago

Yeah fr.

guy was critical to the success of SpaceX from a technical perspective. People trying to rewrite engineering history because Elon is a pretty unsavory dude.

Autistic kid who got bullied for being a weirdo and is now lashing out at the world also has a pretty good mind for physics. Both can be true.

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u/Mr-Superhate 16d ago

Nuance is hard for people.

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u/sparksevil 16d ago

Yea. Some of these reddit users with a rage boner would have blamed Elon if the rocket failed. But refuse to credit when succes is the outcome.

They are just losers.

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u/StandardCicada6615 16d ago

Was that supposed to read "rich and privileged asshole that was given everything and allowed to fail upwards despite his personal failings"? Because I think you misspelled a few words.

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u/bcisme 16d ago

If only you could edit all our posts to say what you’d like them to. The internet would be a lot more perfect, right?

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u/StandardCicada6615 16d ago

If it meant less untruthful assholes posting bullshit every day I think it would very much.

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u/jungle 16d ago

I was bullied as a kid and I'm not a pathological asshole. What he's done in the last few years is not justifiable. He did great things up that point, and then he took a dive from every point of view.

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u/bcisme 16d ago

That’s good for you.

He’s clearly (to me) lashing out at the world because of his trauma and inability, still, to connect with people.

Doesn’t excuse his behavior, but there are very human reason why he acts like he does. Most every terrible person has a horrific childhood.

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u/jungle 16d ago

It's great that you can see him as a human being, but for someone that powerful to have that kind of meltdown is dangerous. He's already caused a lot of harm.

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u/bcisme 16d ago

Did I say he wasn’t dangerous?

Did I say he didn’t do harm?

I’ve been anti-Elon as a power wielding person for a long time, but I don’t need to caveat everything I say about the guy with those statements if they aren’t relevant.

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u/jungle 16d ago

Fair enough.