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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

Why is everyone saying "she did not call herself an astronaut" when the meme never states that?

In interviews she was called an astronaut and that is the point this meme is making. One of the other women (Gale something) does call herself an astronaut, so theres that.

This meme is about the out of touch media coverage around the event, not what Katy did not even say.

With that said, I understand the emotional reactions given what is happening in America. Women that worked in NASA are being erased from history at the same time this stunt happens, its infuriating.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Like, three minutes in one go? Not spread out over your lifetime?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Nobody can dictate what an astronaut is and isn't. The FAA and NASA specifically wanted it to be this way so culture wars and shit posts like this wouldn't happen. 😮‍💨 Idk why people forget that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Do you get tired of being like this?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Do you get something from asking this open ended unanswerable question? Are you intending to invoke some sort of internal dialog within me? Or do you mean to imply that there's inherently some value in this senseless article and argument that is so true that both I and the very inventors of the term and field of science are both wrong for acknowledging the senselessness of gate keeping in this way? Your question only spawns more, none of them particularly worth asking but I do find occasionally myself with an abundance of wasteable time whilst I oversee progress bars.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Not bothering to read your comment past the first line, I can tell my question had the intended effect.

So, yes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

🤷‍♂️ Enjoy me living in your thoughts rent free I guess?

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't recall Perry claiming she was an astronaut.

This stunt, however, is a colossal tone-deaf, obscenely expensive, wasteful PR stunt while millions of people are terrified about their economic futures. That money could have gone to much better use.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The person who interviewed her after getting back to earth said she was an astronaut now.. teo very tone deaf dumb morons who played banter back and forth.. Katy didnt correct the woman and was enjoying being akin to an astronaut title and thats why she is being dragged... And she deserves it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If that's what happened then I don't think saying she called herself an astronaut is fair, but I also don't believe she or Gale deserve any grace after this ordeal. "Have you been to space? Go to space."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Go read the last part of my comment again slowly... Its the fact that Katy accepted the title until the backlash in the midst of the DEI fiasco and real female astronauts who had their names removed from public views a day before

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Go read the part where I said I don't believe she deserves any grace again slowly.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Noted. Thanks.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

An upvote isn't enough, this is fucking funny.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

If an upvote isnt enough, you can use lemmysilver (with ! at the start)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wait what? How do I do that?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

How is telling people about lemmysilver such a great method of getting votes

I have not made any posts since the bot got created, i have not tried to do or say anything to get votes, yet i am on the leaderboard

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

This is news to me! Thank you

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Shame DOGE did not calculate the fuel load.

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