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Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

All of this anti-space doomerism is really pissing me off.

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roguetrick@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
A rat done bit my sister Nell

With whitey on the moon

Her face and arms began to swell

And whitey’s on the moon

I can’t pay no doctor bills

But whitey’s on the moon

Ten years from now I’ll be payin’ still

While whitey’s on the moon

The man just upped my rent last night

Cause whitey’s on the moon

No hot water, no toilets, no lights

But whitey’s on the moon

I wonder why he’s upping me?

Cause whitey’s on the moon?

Well I was already giving him fifty a week

With whitey on the moon

Taxes taking my whole damn check

Junkies making me a nervous wreck

The price of food is going up

And as if all that shit wasn’t enough:

A rat done bit my sister Nell

With whitey on the moon

Her face and arm began to swell

And whitey’s on the moon

Was all that money I made last year

For whitey on the moon?

How come I ain’t got no money here?

Hmm! Whitey’s on the moon

Y’know I just 'bout had my fill

Of whitey on the moon

I think I’ll send these doctor bills

Airmail special

To whitey on the moon

Whitey on the Moon - Gil Scott-Heron
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- Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Did you know that when a cell is copying its DNA the enzyme that unzips that DNA doesn’t just start in one place, but rather unzip multiple parts of the same strand at the same time?
  
  Pretending that doing one thing is stopping us from doing other things is an incredibly idiotic way of thinking about the way progress is made.
  
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VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I am very much pro space exploration, but the current plans many companies present for Mars colonies just seem like they would add very little value, while bringing tremendous danger and strife for the inhabitants, should anything ever be built.

I think we need to separate legitimate interest in space and related technology from bullshit marketing with scifi flavour.

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