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Title: Jeff Bezos went to space
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on July 20, 2021, 05:48:51 AM
Title: Re: Bezos flies to space in 15 minutes
Post by: bhank on July 20, 2021, 05:50:26 AM
I remember when I was a child and they decided to send a teacher into space. They stopped classes and brought us all into the auditorium to watch on TV. It did not end well
Title: Re: Bezos flies to space in 15 minutes
Post by: robcguns on July 20, 2021, 05:57:18 AM
With any luck the thing explodes.
Title: Re: Bezos flies to space in 15 minutes
Post by: LMV on July 20, 2021, 05:59:33 AM

i wonder if the crew is diverse enough
Title: Re: Bezos flies to space in 15 minutes
Post by: Royalty on July 20, 2021, 06:03:47 AM
I remember when I was a child and they decided to send a teacher into space. They stopped classes and brought us all into the auditorium to watch on TV. It did not end well

and some still wondering if that was an accident or not
Title: Re: Bezos flies to space in 15 minutes
Post by: Arthur Nus on July 20, 2021, 06:15:09 AM

lol it's a giant levitating penis  ;D
Title: Re: Bezos flies to space in 15 minutes
Post by: funk51 on July 20, 2021, 06:24:38 AM
 ::) ::) ::) ::) well worth it. at least he's putting his excess money into a good cause.
Title: Re: Bezos flies to space in 15 minutes
Post by: Body-Buildah on July 20, 2021, 06:27:38 AM
I remember when I was a child and they decided to send a teacher into space. They stopped classes and brought us all into the auditorium to watch on TV. It did not end well

Yup, at work they shoved us all into the cafe-room, break room to watch. BOOM...
Title: Re: Bezos flies to space in 15 minutes
Post by: El Diablo Blanco on July 20, 2021, 06:27:54 AM
He made it back in his giant dildo ship.  The entire time I was waiting for it to explode. Is that strange?
Title: Re: Bezos flies to space in 15 minutes
Post by: IroNat on July 20, 2021, 08:41:41 AM
The Russians always made ground landings.

Title: Re: Bezos flies to space in 15 minutes
Post by: SOMEPARTS on July 20, 2021, 09:13:09 AM
Bezos, Zuck, Musk and Gates....all state sponsored actors.

None of these guys are bright enough to be responsible for these giant operations.

Punchable face level 11 on Bezos...Paul Shaffer looking dork.
Title: Re: Bezos flies to space in 15 minutes
Post by: OlympiaGym on July 20, 2021, 10:35:35 AM
Bezos, Zuck, Musk and Gates....all state sponsored actors.

None of these guys are bright enough to be responsible for these giant operations.


Do you honestly believe this?
Title: Re: Bezos flies to space in 15 minutes
Post by: Andy Griffin on July 20, 2021, 10:48:38 AM
I remember when I was a child and they decided to send a teacher into space. They stopped classes and brought us all into the auditorium to watch on TV. It did not end well

Her last words to her family were, "You feed the dogs and I'll feed the fish."
Title: Re: Bezos flies to space in 15 minutes
Post by: Sissysquats on July 20, 2021, 10:51:44 AM
We already did this in the 1960’s using ancient tech. This isn’t much different than the Chinese copying something using computers that were light years ahead of the old stuff. Color me unimpressed.
Oh, they had bigger windows…..bfd
Title: Re: Bezos flies to space in 15 minutes
Post by: Coach is Back! on July 20, 2021, 11:44:29 AM
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Title: Re: Bezos flies to space in 15 minutes
Post by: Rusty Trombone on July 20, 2021, 12:25:50 PM
Bezos, Zuck, Musk and Gates....all state sponsored actors.

None of these guys are bright enough to be responsible for these giant operations.



Absolutely.
Title: Re: Bezos flies to space in 15 minutes
Post by: loco on July 20, 2021, 12:57:48 PM
We already did this in the 1960’s using ancient tech. This isn’t much different than the Chinese copying something using computers that were light years ahead of the old stuff. Color me unimpressed.
Oh, they had bigger windows…..bfd

This is new:

(https://i0.wp.com/boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/spacexfalcon.gif)

(https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/JR7ymlAAJ9PxnWLjcPLjtI-0wL8=/2x0:477x267/1600x900/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/49270193/landing.0.0.gif)
Title: Re: Bezos flies to space in 15 minutes
Post by: Bevo on July 20, 2021, 01:41:46 PM
With any luck the thing explodes.

Would be epic if it did, should Gates be on it as well
Title: Re: Bezos flies to space in 15 minutes
Post by: joswift on July 20, 2021, 01:43:55 PM
meanwhile on earth.......
(https://c3.iggcdn.com/indiegogo-media-prod-cld/image/upload/c_fill,w_695,g_auto,q_auto,dpr_2.6,f_auto,h_460/nbs52mmqebyeiruuuxx7)
Title: Re: Bezos flies to space in 15 minutes
Post by: IroNat on July 20, 2021, 02:30:30 PM
meanwhile on earth.......
(https://c3.iggcdn.com/indiegogo-media-prod-cld/image/upload/c_fill,w_695,g_auto,q_auto,dpr_2.6,f_auto,h_460/nbs52mmqebyeiruuuxx7)

Looks like Bhank if he skips a meal.
Title: Re: Bezos flies to space in 15 minutes
Post by: BlackMetallic on July 20, 2021, 04:17:14 PM
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Title: Re: Bezos flies to space in 15 minutes
Post by: Gregzs on July 20, 2021, 04:35:16 PM
He should have kept going.

Title: Re: Bezos flies to space in 15 minutes
Post by: Moontrane on July 20, 2021, 05:11:10 PM
This is new:

(https://i0.wp.com/boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/spacexfalcon.gif)

(https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/JR7ymlAAJ9PxnWLjcPLjtI-0wL8=/2x0:477x267/1600x900/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/49270193/landing.0.0.gif)

A few years old and it still takes my breath away.  :o
Title: Re: Bezos flies to space in 15 minutes
Post by: Jizmonkey on July 20, 2021, 05:39:29 PM
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Reminds me of this
Title: Re: Bezos flies to space in 15 minutes
Post by: Gregzs on July 20, 2021, 05:52:06 PM
(https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/217844316_10159199982121508_6433802116594394880_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=Duu2B2qjaFcAX8wxUuy&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-1.xx&oh=ae9b679a5286f64220d92e5aadbb8225&oe=60FBF40D)
Title: Re: Bezos flies to space in 15 minutes
Post by: Megalodon on July 20, 2021, 06:03:01 PM
"Bezos Landed, Thanked Amazon Workers And Shoppers For Paying, Gave Away $200 Million"


https://www.npr.org/2021/07/20/1018414444/bezos-landed-thanked-amazon-workers-and-shoppers-for-paying-gave-away-200-millio (https://www.npr.org/2021/07/20/1018414444/bezos-landed-thanked-amazon-workers-and-shoppers-for-paying-gave-away-200-millio)

^That headline has to be a slam, ironically from NPR. Amazon put 1000s of small businesses out of work, median income Amazon pays is only $29,000, has them slavishly packing boxes...and he gives away $200 million to basically BLM but he only, without spending a dime, verbally "thanks" his slaves and his customers, who made him rich.

All the $$$$ Bezos is 'giving away', and putting into his businesses to make himself more $$$, is $$$ that he isn't paying his employees slaves.
Title: Re: Bezos flies to space in 15 minutes
Post by: jude2 on July 20, 2021, 07:54:40 PM
He is so worried about Global warming and climate change ::)
Title: Re: Bezos flies to space in 15 minutes
Post by: SOMEPARTS on July 20, 2021, 08:03:00 PM
Do you honestly believe this?


About 75%, yeah.  ;)
Title: Re: Bezos flies to space in 15 minutes
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on July 21, 2021, 04:16:35 AM
(https://i.redd.it/l8nnxam00ic71.jpg)
Title: Re: Bezos flies to space in 15 minutes
Post by: TheAnimal on July 21, 2021, 04:20:26 AM
We need this. Capitalism works. Ayn Rand would be like, YES exactly. We can advance society through selfish motive of feeling weightless or whatever else is expected from a short glimpse of weightless. FACT. Bezos seemed really keen to expand OUR horizons in terms of space travel horizons post event interview. OUR. We all will benefit. China doesn't have private citizens doing this sort of thing of ours.
Title: Re: Bezos flies to space in 15 minutes
Post by: joswift on July 21, 2021, 04:24:24 AM
We need this. Capitalism works. Ayn Rand would be like, YES exactly. We can advance society through selfish motive of feeling weightless or whatever else is expected from a short glimpse of weightless. FACT. Bezos seemed really keen to expand OUR horizons in terms of space travel horizons post event interview. OUR. We all will benefit. China doesn't have private citizens doing this sort of thing of ours.
If we didnt live in a throwaway society we would stagnate and die
Title: Re: Bezos flies to space in 15 minutes
Post by: MAXX on July 21, 2021, 05:53:38 AM
We need this. Capitalism works. Ayn Rand would be like, YES exactly. We can advance society through selfish motive of feeling weightless or whatever else is expected from a short glimpse of weightless. FACT. Bezos seemed really keen to expand OUR horizons in terms of space travel horizons post event interview. OUR. We all will benefit. China doesn't have private citizens doing this sort of thing of ours.
My understanding is that he just wants to one-up Elon Musk all the time.  Apparentlythey are not friendly and have a kind of rivalry going.

Personally I think Musk is much more likable than Bezos. Bezos is just a petty arsehole and opportunist that got a break with his online store/company
Title: Re: Bezos flies to space in 15 minutes
Post by: GymnJuice on July 21, 2021, 06:01:29 AM
We need this. Capitalism works. Ayn Rand would be like, YES exactly. We can advance society through selfish motive of feeling weightless or whatever else is expected from a short glimpse of weightless. FACT. Bezos seemed really keen to expand OUR horizons in terms of space travel horizons post event interview. OUR. We all will benefit. China doesn't have private citizens doing this sort of thing of ours.

John Galt is the mastermind behind all of this, not Bezos.   ;D
Title: Re: Bezos flies to space in 15 minutes
Post by: Grape Ape on July 21, 2021, 06:04:45 AM
Bezos is just a petty arsehole and opportunist that got a break with his online store/company

He drove the business model that changed the way the entire country shops, even when it was bleeding money at the beginning.  When companies were focused on profit/profit/profit, it wasn't even in his top 15 priorities.

Maybe he's a douchebag, most guys who are uber-successful can be, but it's disingenuous to say they just got lucky, or aren't smart enough to do this, as was mentioned earlier.

Title: Re: Bezos flies to space in 15 minutes
Post by: SOMEPARTS on July 21, 2021, 06:19:14 AM
He drove the business model that changed the way the entire country shops, even when it was bleeding money at the beginning.  When companies were focused on profit/profit/profit, it wasn't even in his top 15 priorities.

Maybe he's a douchebag, most guys who are uber-successful can be, but it's disingenuous to say they just got lucky, or aren't smart enough to do this, as was mentioned earlier.


He stole the idea from a professor who owned a communist bookstore....the "everything store".

It is an activist business model with so many conflicts of interest being ignored it's not even funny.

What is going on now with information age/tech concentrating wealth among too few people is similar to what happened in the industrial revolution. If you know your history you know how that went.





Title: Re: Bezos flies to space in 15 minutes
Post by: Grape Ape on July 21, 2021, 08:12:47 AM

He stole the idea from a professor who owned a communist bookstore....the "everything store".

It is an activist business model with so many conflicts of interest being ignored it's not even funny.

What is going on now with information age/tech concentrating wealth among too few people is similar to what happened in the industrial revolution. If you know your history you know how that went.

I don't disagree with any of these points.

But it has less to do with luck or a perceived lack of intelligence.

Just have to give credit where it's due.

Musk/Bezos/Gates are all game changers, super smart, and super driven.

Out of all of them, Gates pisses me off the most promoting this processed meat alternative garbage, all while looking like shit.

At least Bezos and Musk got on the gas and worked out.
Title: Re: Bezos flies to space in 15 minutes
Post by: Humble Narcissist on July 21, 2021, 09:03:16 AM

He stole the idea from a professor who owned a communist bookstore....the "everything store".

It is an activist business model with so many conflicts of interest being ignored it's not even funny.

What is going on now with information age/tech concentrating wealth among too few people is similar to what happened in the industrial revolution. If you know your history you know how that went.
Yeah, the standard of living and life expectancy went up for everyone.
Title: Re: Bezos flies to space in 15 minutes
Post by: SOMEPARTS on July 21, 2021, 10:31:06 AM
Yeah, the standard of living and life expectancy went up for everyone.


Temporarily. We are trading our future for cheap slave labor garbage.

Amazon = millions of tiny NAFTA transactions every day.

I could write a MattC post on this but I will resist the urge.
Title: Re: Jeff Bezos went to space
Post by: deadz on July 21, 2021, 12:32:43 PM
Whoooooo caresssszzzzz
Title: Re: Bezos flies to space in 15 minutes
Post by: loco on July 21, 2021, 01:14:54 PM
What is going on now with information age/tech concentrating wealth among too few people is similar to what happened in the industrial revolution. If you know your history you know how that went.

Yes, it made developed nations what they are today as opposed to turd world shitte holes.
Title: Re: Bezos flies to space in 15 minutes
Post by: SOMEPARTS on July 21, 2021, 04:05:06 PM
Yes, it made developed nations what they are today as opposed to turd world shitte holes.


I was of course referring to the Great Depression. If history is to repeat itself, so be it.

The two eras are not completely alike. Industrial Revolution led to a higher standard of living by making basics of life easier. Most of this consumer tech stuff is really to the point where people are serving it and the technocrats rather than being served by it. The problem is the efficiencies of an automated society to this level leaves you asking why there are so many people...which is why Gates speaks about pandemics and eugenics for the last decade I would assume.



Title: Re: Bezos flies to space in 15 minutes
Post by: Humble Narcissist on July 22, 2021, 03:03:02 AM

I was of course referring to the Great Depression. If history is to repeat itself, so be it.

The two eras are not completely alike. Industrial Revolution led to a higher standard of living by making basics of life easier. Most of this consumer tech stuff is really to the point where people are serving it and the technocrats rather than being served by it. The problem is the efficiencies of an automated society to this level leaves you asking why there are so many people...which is why Gates speaks about pandemics and eugenics for the last decade I would assume.
You made the comparison.
Title: Re: Bezos flies to space in 15 minutes
Post by: OneMoreRep on July 22, 2021, 03:27:24 AM
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=673592.0;attach=1315627;image)

A rocket that looks like a giant penis was sent to outer space with Bezos in it. Does that make him the equivalent of jizz?

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E6ymm60X0AsNRqS.jpg)

"1"
Title: Re: Bezos flies to space in 15 minutes
Post by: Kwon on July 22, 2021, 08:26:21 AM
Do you honestly believe this?

It's the truth.


It's not a question of if x or y believes it.
Title: Re: Bezos flies to space in 15 minutes
Post by: Taffin on July 23, 2021, 04:39:40 PM
Her last words to her family were, "You feed the dogs and I'll feed the fish."

(http://media.giphy.com/media/Z2S9zF7Y7e6Sk/giphy.gif)
Title: Re: Bezos flies to space in 15 minutes
Post by: B_B_C on July 24, 2021, 06:26:34 AM
A rocket that looks like a giant penis was sent to outer space with Bezos in it. Does that make him the equivalent of jizz?


"1"

Jizz is more honest and useful
Title: Re: Bezos flies to space in 15 minutes
Post by: ProudVirgin69 on July 24, 2021, 10:34:44 AM
We need this. Capitalism works. Ayn Rand would be like, YES exactly. We can advance society through selfish motive of feeling weightless or whatever else is expected from a short glimpse of weightless. FACT. Bezos seemed really keen to expand OUR horizons in terms of space travel horizons post event interview. OUR. We all will benefit. China doesn't have private citizens doing this sort of thing of ours.

lmao how does society benefit in the slightest?  Nothing groundbreaking, he didn't even make it into orbit  It's just some rich guy checking something off his bucket list.
Title: Re: Jeff Bezos went to space
Post by: Walter Sobchak on July 24, 2021, 11:05:13 AM
Fitness Frenzy posting about Jeff Bezos’ “rocket”.
Title: Re: Bezos flies to space in 15 minutes
Post by: DanM on July 24, 2021, 11:20:47 AM
We need this. Capitalism works. Ayn Rand would be like, YES exactly. We can advance society through selfish motive of feeling weightless or whatever else is expected from a short glimpse of weightless. FACT. Bezos seemed really keen to expand OUR horizons in terms of space travel horizons post event interview. OUR. We all will benefit. China doesn't have private citizens doing this sort of thing of ours.

Capitalism is great as far as driving innovation through competition, however as long as the incentive for this innovation comes by greed, power and wealth we are standing on a rotten foundation

As technology advances and we are able to alter our environment to ever greater degrees there's a good chance we will innovate right to our doom if continuing to serve those incentives 
Title: Re: Jeff Bezos went to space
Post by: Flexacon on July 24, 2021, 12:08:26 PM
Billionaires are pissed

Jeff Bezos and Sir Richard Branson not yet astronauts, US says

In a move that pours cold water on the dreams of a few billionaire space explorers, the US has tightened its definition of the word "astronaut".

New Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) rules say astronaut hopefuls must be part of the flight crew and make contributions to space flight safety.

That means Jeff Bezos and Sir Richard Branson may not yet be astronauts in the eyes of the US government.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57950149
Title: Re: Jeff Bezos went to space
Post by: Humble Narcissist on July 24, 2021, 12:49:32 PM
Like they actually were in space anyway. ::)
Title: Re: Jeff Bezos went to space
Post by: Andy Griffin on July 24, 2021, 04:52:50 PM
I can just see various workplaces now being divided over this "issue" ... people who can barely afford to take an Uber to the mall arguing over whether these two pickle smoochers "really went to space" or not. 
Title: Re: Jeff Bezos went to space
Post by: Fortress on July 25, 2021, 07:44:17 PM
He rode in his ship, one perfectly designed to look like a giant metal cock.

Awe-inspiring achievement.