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Shageletic posted:Isn't there a climate change thread? There isn't a consensus on creating one.
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PupsOfWar posted:let's spread rumors about how The Earth will soon explode, Krypton-style We can put all the telephone sanitizers on ark B
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MC Nietzche posted:So should we build space stations a la Babylon 5? Yeah basically. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernal_sphere http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_torus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O%27Neill_cylinder Once you get to an O'Neill Cylinder you can put giant gently caress-off engines on it and you'll have an instant generational ship for interstellar travel.
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Apr 14, 2015 18:58
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Reminder that the Rand Paul Comic Book hits stands this week.
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Radish posted:The jokes on you guys, the rich are just going to take their jobs to Mars with them and we'll be left here without knowing how to work for money. Hopefully they will return and we will be so grateful and willing to learn their capitalist ways.
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Apr 14, 2015 18:59
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Yes, because the plight of the poor is a solvable problem while space colonization is basically a fantasy.
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Apr 14, 2015 19:01
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zoux posted:Reminder that the Rand Paul Comic Book hits stands this week. 
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Apr 14, 2015 19:04
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site posted:He looks like the villain Our hero Hillary being interrogated for a tragedy she had nothing to do with by the evil government politician seeking power.
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Apr 14, 2015 19:08
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A Winner is Jew posted:Yeah basically.
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Apr 14, 2015 19:08
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Zeitgueist posted:Isn't there some startup that's essentially doing this with mars? They've got no vehicles built (so no testing) and no idea how they're going to get them there but boy howdy they're sure they're going to do it within the next decade just throw money at their kickstarter to be part of the effort!* *to burn a giant pile of money and maybe even kill some people stupid enough to go along with this lunacy because they do have volunteers and ideas guys
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Apr 14, 2015 19:09
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What is that mounted on the technical in the last panel? It looks like a WW2-vintage AA gun.
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Munkeymon posted:They've got no vehicles built (so no testing) and no idea how they're going to get them there but boy howdy they're sure they're going to do it within the next decade just throw money at their kickstarter to be part of the effort!* What if you had a pile of money so large it reached to Mars?
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MC Nietzche posted:Let he who does still play WoW cast the first stone at these loving nerds. In my defense with how grind-ey and content-less it is these days it is more like working in a cubicle than playing a video game.
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Apr 14, 2015 19:11
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zoux posted:What if you had a pile of money so large it reached to Mars? You would be the Koch brothers
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Rhesus Pieces posted:Splackt? Budda Buddah Budda Buddah
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paranoid randroid posted:Aqua Budda Aqua Buddah Aqua Budda Aqua Buddah
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Apr 14, 2015 19:13
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zoux posted:What if you had a pile of money so large it reached to Mars? A Russian satellite would collide with and steal it, finally enabling Full Communism.
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Apr 14, 2015 19:13
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Poe's Law is hitting me like a shovel to the face right now.
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Brannock posted:Two planets better than one, at least. A Martian elevator should be easier to build as well. Counterpoint: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goh2x_G0ct4
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Apr 14, 2015 19:15
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haveblue posted:What is that mounted on the technical in the last panel? It looks like a WW2-vintage AA gun. Looks like a ZPU of some variety, presuming it's based on any actual gun at all.
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haveblue posted:What is that mounted on the technical in the last panel? It looks like a WW2-vintage AA gun. What do you want! Our Clan is strong! Bolt it down and Ready!
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haveblue posted:What is that mounted on the technical in the last panel? It looks like a WW2-vintage AA gun. It's based on the ZU-23-2. Really common to put those on pickup trucks to give them more firepower than just a machine gun on a tripod.
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Apr 14, 2015 19:19
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Fried Chicken posted:Sticking a solitary explorer in a tin can for forty-something years is merely cruel and unusual, but doing it to an entire city for several centuries probably qualifies as a crime against humanity Well it's that or when the colonies eventually declare their independence they all build giant robot suits to fight on their behalf.
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Apr 14, 2015 19:19
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haveblue posted:What is that mounted on the technical in the last panel? It looks like a WW2-vintage AA gun. It's a Russian anti-aircraft autocannon. They're all over the place in the ME.
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Apr 14, 2015 19:21
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Apr 14, 2015 19:22
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A Winner is Jew posted:Well it's that or when the colonies eventually declare their independence they all build giant robot suits to fight on their behalf. I dream of a future where the plot from Target Earth becomes a reality.
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Apr 14, 2015 19:23
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He was talkin' bout Gundam, ya philistine.
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Target Earth is the more obscure and thus cooler reference. 
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Apr 14, 2015 19:27
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Brannock posted:Do you think the future of human civilization is less important than the plight of the poor? Dubstep Jesus posted:Yes, because the plight of the poor is a solvable problem while space colonization is basically a fantasy.
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Apr 14, 2015 19:27
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Birac Uboma has two B's Marco Rubio has one B
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Apr 14, 2015 19:27
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withak posted:"Birac Uboma" has one "O", "Marco Rubio" has two. Good God that is a horrific attempt at an anagram. A shame because it would have been a Sensible Chuckle if it had worked. Marco Bubia.
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Imagine  furiously scribbling over the chalkboard before figuring out the anagram.I haven't seen Rubio and Obama in the same room before in person. Is Rubio Obama? Why is nobody asking these questions?
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Apr 14, 2015 19:32
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zoux posted:What if you had a pile of money so large it reached to Mars? Unfortunately, if you printout the entire GWP in USD and stack them you're only 1/10th of the way there. Maybe RUB would work...
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Nothing will ever beat "My Ultimate Ayn Rand Porn"
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Good luck implementing full communism. I'm sure it'll be worth our squandered future.
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Brannock posted:Good luck implementing full communism. I'm sure it'll be worth our squandered future. Actually you're right, believing in space exploration as the solution to humanity's problems is the true accelerationist position. Burn the Earth for our space dreams!
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