I mean I was being glib with my PS5 comment but considering that we're all basically on hospice and there's very little hope for anyone, I do think that it's better to invest in bread and circuses than, say, real estate development
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And maybe science is circus enough for some people?
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Replying to @phyphor @Nymphomachy and
You: The world is dying so we might as well just give up and enjoy ourselves. Scientists: *enjoy themselves by doing science* You: Not like that! People: *enjoy the science show* You: You know you're just supporting an orthodoxy you've had inculcated in you from childhood ...
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yeah I'm pissed off about organizations *with responsibilities* that have huge war chests putting that money toward a very esoteric and fleeting circus when there's still millions of people going without BREAD, thank you for playing
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And they can eat PlayStations? That was your original point and you've said you're not moving the goalposts so I just want to check.
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Replying to @phyphor @Nymphomachy and
Also, you're getting annoyed at NASA spending money on space missions, when there's other things you prefer the money to be spent on. But I don't see why that's the fault of NASA, especially when the money isn't real.
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jesus fuck this is the problem with you in this argument you just, really, really, want for space travel to be a good thing that you can enjoy, you are pure "Let People Enjoy Things", repeatedly, and any time anything is inconvenient to that it just disappears like manpower
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Replying to @Nymphomachy @phyphor and
I don't actually give a fuck about money. Capitalism is bullshit. Money isn't real. Overcommodification disgusts me. What I care about is what money represents, what REAL, tangible energy goes into shitty projects like this that provide no justifiable returns for 99% of humanity
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Well I dunno Do you feel that way about the NEA (like Rush Limbaugh did, or at least pretended to) Their operating budget is a good 1/2 order of magnitude lower than NASA's but it's still bread and circuses
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Nymphomachy and
If you throw some artist a $50k check so he can dip crucifixes in jars of urine and take photos for a year that is not, in actual serious federal budget terms, any amount of money at all But shit obviously there are people who will be like "Why can't *I* get that $50k"
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"Why couldn't you take that $50k and buy a bunch of kids lunch for a day" "Well... the funding streams for those two things aren't even connected" "Why the fuck should I care about that" Etc etc
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Nymphomachy and
Well yes why am I not given 50k to immerse things in urine
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Replying to @Cybren @arthur_affect and
Why I think we should all get 50k to drench things in any bodily fluid we like provided it was harvested ethically
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