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[–] Tb0n3@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

That nice and all, but some people are more interested in tangible things. Not something we'll never see or experience.

[–] Stamets@startrek.website 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And without space exploration and the quest for it, you wouldn't have a lot of those tangible things.

[–] Routhinator@startrek.website 13 points 1 year ago

Emergency blankets, grooved pavement, cell phone cameras, cordless vacuums, scratch proof glass, insoles, ear thermometers, GPS, invisible braces, memory foam, tap water filters, smoke detectors... List goes on.

[–] Wodge@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago
[–] voracitude@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Stuff out there impacts life here - sometimes literally - all the time. It's "cool" that you'd rather ignore it, but you're very wrong that we'll never see or have to deal with it in some fashion. Not to mention the scientific advances from observing the behaviour of something we previously thought couldn't exist.

[–] Sakychu@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That might be true, but that doesn't mean I have to get excited by that.

[–] voracitude@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It is true. Nobody said you have to get excited about it, but now I'm confused as to why you bothered replying, or even commenting in the first place.

[–] EmiliaTheHero@possumpat.io 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Nobody said you have to get excited about it

The title of the post is "Seriously. The fuck is wrong with you [for not caring about space]?"

[–] voracitude@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Oh yeah, it is! So then this person who is only interested in tangible things felt compelled to discuss this uh... intangible thing? Sounds like a troll.

[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

So what's wrong with you then

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 7 points 1 year ago

Man, I'm just trying to hustle enough to pay my rent...

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The subtext to that is if you don't find space fascinating, you probably don't have a very good imagination, or much going on between your ears.