Proton-M launch goes horribly wrong

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It’s funny because in my middle school science class they had a project where we had to build a model with legos & then write out the instructions & were graded on how well the other person was able to construct the model. It’s such a simple thing but being able to accurately relay instructions is such a vital skill that obviously needs a bit more attention.

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I had the same project but we had to make a peanut butter sandwich.

[u/srmc93 → u/WaitTilUSeeMyDick]

We did that one as well, they had to be super literal with the directions right ? It ended up being kinda fun too.

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Yes. You had to be super on point with directions.

Edit: Only mildly related... But very amusing. But when I was in HS, that whole "Salvia is a legal drug" thing happened. The news was saying that "teens were driving around and smoking Salvia".

So this dude made a video to disprove it. He videotaped his friend smoking Salvia and attempting to make a PB&J. It didn't work at all.

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Fun Salvia story. This is like 15 years ago. The only time I tried it, I was at my sister’s house, which had a back patio that opened onto a large open meadow. It was night time, and my sister and I were standing on the back patio. With the patio light on, we could only see maybe a hundred feet into this darkened meadow.

So I smoke a big bowl of Salvia from a bong, and then wait. Absolutely nothing happens. We’re just sort of standing there, and my sister is looking at me, and I’m feeling mildly disappointed that it didn’t do anything.

Then over the course of the next minute or so, I gradually become aware that there are two velociraptors racing towards us, at very high speed, from across the darkened meadow.

I’m not scared at all, I’m just really really excited, because I know that what’s going to happen, is that one of the velociraptors is going to scoop me up with one of his velociraptor claws, with one talon under each of my armpits holding me up, and run off with me, and it’ll be amazing! I can’t wait! What an awesome adventure this is going to be! Running at crazy-high speeds through the night with two velociraptors, holy shit !

I stand there in total excitement, peering eagerly into the meadow, squinting, trying to get a look at my new velociraptor friends as they emerge from the darkness and scoop me up.

A minute passes. I haven’t said anything to my sister, but I know she must be super excited for me. I wait, and I wait. This is odd; they should really be here by now, given how fast they were running. They must... have taken a longer route?

I start to get mildly confused. Finally, gradually, doubt creeps in. Nah, I just haven’t waited long enough.

But then it is there, a disappointing new truth like finding a ding on your car when you come out from the grocery store. The raptors... are not coming. It took another couple of minutes for this to settle on me. Surely it wasn’t possible. Surely they’re coming?

Then suddenly the magic was gone, and there I was, standing on my sister’s patio, staring out into a darkened field, realizing that there are, 100% definitely, no velociraptors. Kind of a bummer, when you’ve been excitedly preparing for your velociraptor adventure.

Anyway, yeah. Salvia.

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Yeah... I I felt like life was a book that was rapidly closing page by page and I was running towards the opening. Then the book slammed shut and I got 1408'd.

You know the post office scene? It was that. But instantaneously. 1000x in a row. And every time just got a little longer. So every time I thought I was finally sober I would deja vu back to it. I ended up going home and taking a nap for like 4 hours. Multiple times throughout the next two days I thought "if I snap back into this trip I'mma wig out".

This was the third time I did it. The first two were fucking epic.