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Kajiimagi · 2025-08-15T01:56:45-0400

ToeMissile said:
Makes me a little sad (and excited?)to think one day an experience that will be like taking a 2 hr flight today.

Yeah but not in our life time*. I was excited to think we would all get to experience people on Mars in our life time. Technically I saw people on the moon but the program ended when I was 2 , so I was more concerned with potty training I guess.
But with all the NASA will be this, and NASA will be that and NASA will do this, I've given up hope.

*Unless you are really really fucking rich.

Lambourne · 2025-08-15T02:30:53-0400

ToeMissile said:
Makes me a little sad (and excited?)to think one day an experience that will be like taking a 2 hr flight today.

I was thinking that on a recent flight. I'm looking out the window somewhere over Northern Canada at all this majestic frozen wasteland and thinking how this experience was completely unattainable for anyone until the 20th century. Look around and see a hundred other people looking at brainrot on a screen. Then the flight attendant made everyone shut the window shades so people could watch their brainrot better.

People have no idea how good they have it and cast aside things their ancestors would have given a fortune for.

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