Comment on The Sounds of Silence

eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• FosterMolasses@leminal.space ⁨42⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

  maga

  astronauts

  You haven’t seen the illiterate statistics for them yet have you lol

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• Vupware@lemmy.zip ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  You assume incorrectly. I’ve been watching the stream for days. They named their craft Integrity, for fuck’s sake. They have been promoting messages of unity and global cooperation for the betterment of ALL humankind. Does that sound MAGA to you?

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  • punkfungus@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I was watching live when Trump called in, and the astronauts were clearly trying to emphasize the benefits of diversity and co-operation, and I’m quite sure none of that sunk in. Trump was too busy mispronouncing names, not knowing the difference between the name of the mission and the name of the craft, big noting his own role in funding NASA (while his administration has been actively attacking NASA) and generally waffling on because he likes to listen to himself speak.

    The next call after that also had the NASA director comment something like “I’m sure this call won’t be as special as that last one” whereupon commander Wiseman burst out laughing so I’m pretty confident those involved in the mission are not in Trump’s camp. Which is to be expected, because their jobs require them to be humans with functioning brains.

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    • flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Thanks for the synopsis - you’ve saved me a few braincells

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• NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Astronauts are highly educated and trained individuals. Not a single MAGA ding dong is qualified to go into space.

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  • starlinguk@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The Russian scientists on the ISS are all Putin fans, though.

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    • remon@ani.social ⁨41⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      Or pretend to be, at least. Then they “accidental” had to much yellow material left over and their space suits turned out blue and yellow …

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• starlinguk@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Russian astronauts have to be ardent Putin supporters (and they’re not allowed to talk to others on the ISS) but US astronauts don’t have to be MAGAts. Yet.

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