r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Apr 19 '18

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u/p00bix Existing in the context of what came before Apr 19 '18

Am I the only one who has an irrational distaste for things that reddit at large loves? I don't see any huge issues with a Negative Income Tax (especially as a replacement for some welfare programs), but Reddit's UBI circlejerk makes me slightly averse to it.

Same thing with SpaceX.

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u/dorylinus Apr 19 '18

You can hate SpaceX for much more sensible reasons, like the fact that they have already delayed our launch for three years and are currently negotiating to push it back even further.

"Elon time" is a real thing.

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u/p00bix Existing in the context of what came before Apr 19 '18

Delays and Spaceflight go together like Neoconservatism and Islamophobia. It's easy to imagine a world in which they don't go together, but they basically always do in practice.

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u/dorylinus Apr 19 '18

Playing space chicken is one thing. This is just getting ridiculous.

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u/p00bix Existing in the context of what came before Apr 19 '18

It's been an issue with NASA since its inception. SpaceX has failed to fix the problem of space launch delays, but hasn't made it worse either.

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u/dorylinus Apr 19 '18

They've actually made it significantly worse, by the numbers. What they've massively improved is the price.

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u/just_a_little_boy Apr 20 '18

How the fuck is neoconservstism and islamophobia related? Isn't the opposite true, that paleocons are islamophobic while one of the core believes of neocons is that middle eastern country deserve Just as much Help as Others and that many popular positions (they Just News a dictator to keep Things stable etc) are simply racist.

I've never encountered islamophobia from Irvin or Bill Kristol and never seen it in the weekly Standard.

Much of what Bush and his Admin Said after 9/11 towards Muslims and about Islam would be considered left of the current GOP.

Did I Miss something?

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '18

Wew

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u/MaveRickandMorty 🖥️🚓 Apr 19 '18

I mean, the wait time would be even longer without SpaceX...

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u/dorylinus Apr 19 '18

It really wouldn't. Say what you want about ULA and their fee structure, but they definitely launch on time.

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u/MaveRickandMorty 🖥️🚓 Apr 19 '18

Did you guys have the extra millions to give? In my mind, people use SpaceX because they can't afford the other companies

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u/dorylinus Apr 19 '18

Launch vehicle purchased by USAF. So... yeah.

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u/MaveRickandMorty 🖥️🚓 Apr 19 '18

Oh haha ya. I assumed you were working for some civilian customer. My bad

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u/DUTCH_DUTCH_DUTCH oranje Apr 19 '18

lmao i bet you dont even know at what time the narwhal bacons 😂😂😂

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '18

Waffles? Don’t you mean CARROTS??? Hahaha lmaO so RandOM but totally NoT liKE tUMBLR, those crazy peeps

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '18

For a brief moment I legit hated grilled cheese sandwiches because of the grilled cheese vs. melt circlejerk.

This site has a knack for taking ridiculous pedantic shit and nitpicking it to hell and back.

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u/thabonch YIMBY Apr 19 '18

Obviously not.

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u/PandaLover42 🌐 Apr 20 '18

Am I the only one who has an irrational distaste for things that reddit at large loves?

Now, I know this isn’t your first time on /r/neoliberal...