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Chazwozel
Well by that logic you shouldn't go anywhere. Ever. Just go to work and sit at home, day in and day out.
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Well by that logic you shouldn't go anywhere. Ever. Just go to work and sit at home, day in and day out.[/QUOTE]
That's pretty much what I do, yeah.
GasBandit
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What would I do in Europe? Just look at a bunch of old buildings and get yelled at by smelly people? Then I probably wouldn't go.
Edit - damn, Chaz beat me to it. Didn't see there was a second page.
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Chazwozel
Well by that logic you shouldn't go anywhere. Ever. Just go to work and sit at home, day in and day out.[/QUOTE]
That's pretty much what I do, yeah.[/QUOTE]
Dude... don't take this personally, you can live how ever you deem to be fit. But I did that, I'd have jumped off a bridge long ago.
North_Ranger
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Gas, you've never made me happier than you have nowWhat would I do in Europe? Just look at a bunch of old buildings and get yelled at by smelly people? Then I probably wouldn't go.
Well by that logic you shouldn't go anywhere. Ever. Just go to work and sit at home, day in and day out.[/QUOTE]
That's pretty much what I do, yeah.[/QUOTE]
Dude... don't take this personally, you can live how ever you deem to be fit. But I did that, I'd have jumped off a bridge long ago.[/QUOTE]
No offense taken, I know my lifestyle isn't for everybody, and I know that there will be people who look upon it with scorn. But if I cared, I wouldn't have posted.
Anyway, I personally would probably not go into space just to stare at the Earth from orbit.
I think it's reasonable to have some concerns about how much it costs, danger to your life, etc., but the poll doesn't say, "If NASA could send you up right now, with no training, no safety measures, no space suit, on a 30 year-old, poorly-serviced space shuttle that randomly interchanges imperial and metric calculations in its navigation system and runs solely on the unsanctified blood of ten thousand abandoned puppies, would you do it?"
The way it's phrased, I can assume that the puppies will at least be sanctified.
The way it's phrased, I can assume that the puppies will at least be sanctified.
Well by that logic you shouldn't go anywhere. Ever. Just go to work and sit at home, day in and day out.[/QUOTE]
No, by that logic he would do something meaningful on Earth instead of spending an hour in orbit in first gen space tourist technology. He didn't say (in this post, at least) he would do anything, just not anything for the sake of having done it. Hedonism seems like an empty goal, really.
Well by that logic you shouldn't go anywhere. Ever. Just go to work and sit at home, day in and day out.[/QUOTE]
That's pretty much what I do, yeah.[/QUOTE]
While I would still go into space given the opportunity. I must say other than that i don't really have much desire to go and explore places. I am content to go to work and come home. Sure I go out on occasions with friends but I like my home and I find it restful to be there.
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Chazwozel
Well by that logic you shouldn't go anywhere. Ever. Just go to work and sit at home, day in and day out.[/QUOTE]
No, by that logic he would do something meaningful on Earth instead of spending an hour in orbit in first gen space tourist technology. He didn't say (in this post, at least) he would do anything, just not anything for the sake of having done it. Hedonism seems like an empty goal, really.[/QUOTE]
I'm not advocating hedonism as a life philosophy, but if you get an opportunity to do something that you've never done before, you should take it. If someone came into my lab right now and offered me a free skydiving trip, I'd flip my boss off and tell him I'd be back tomorrow morning.
Captain Kirk fo' life!
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rabbitgod
Yeah, I'd be all up in that vacuum.
GasBandit
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Gas, you've never made me happier than you have nowWhat would I do in Europe? Just look at a bunch of old buildings and get yelled at by smelly people? Then I probably wouldn't go.
[/QUOTE]Are all europeans oblivious to sarcasm, or just the extremely smelly scandinavian ones?
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Chazwozel
Gas, you've never made me happier than you have nowWhat would I do in Europe? Just look at a bunch of old buildings and get yelled at by smelly people? Then I probably wouldn't go.
[/QUOTE]Are all europeans oblivious to sarcasm, or just the extremely smelly scandinavian ones?[/QUOTE]
Finland's not a part of real Europe. They're kinda like a northern Turkey.
Well by that logic you shouldn't go anywhere. Ever. Just go to work and sit at home, day in and day out.[/QUOTE]
No, by that logic he would do something meaningful on Earth instead of spending an hour in orbit in first gen space tourist technology. He didn't say (in this post, at least) he would do anything, just not anything for the sake of having done it. Hedonism seems like an empty goal, really.[/QUOTE]
I'm not advocating hedonism as a life philosophy, but if you get an opportunity to do something that you've never done before, you should take it. If someone came into my lab right now and offered me a free skydiving trip, I'd flip my boss off and tell him I'd be back tomorrow morning.
Captain Kirk fo' life![/QUOTE]
Well, I question that new opportunities should be taken, as if requisite. Why? Yes, new experiences and all that but that doesn't seem to justify making it a must do kind of thing.
(Off to class I go...)
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Kitty Sinatra
There's puppy sacrifice involved? Then my answer changes to *purrrrrrr*
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Chibibar
I'm with Chaz on this one. If someone offer me free skydiving, space exploration or something like that. I would go do it. Mainly such things can get pretty expensive and I have to plan ahead to do it myself (someday) there is NO way I can afford a space flight on my budget
North_Ranger
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Gas, you've never made me happier than you have nowWhat would I do in Europe? Just look at a bunch of old buildings and get yelled at by smelly people? Then I probably wouldn't go.
[/QUOTE]Are all europeans oblivious to sarcasm, or just the extremely smelly scandinavian ones?[/QUOTE]
Not anymore than bean-fed Texans are to the significance of modern-day pictograms, or 'smilies' as people often call them.
Also, for your information, I smell frickin' fine
GasBandit
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Gas, you've never made me happier than you have nowWhat would I do in Europe? Just look at a bunch of old buildings and get yelled at by smelly people? Then I probably wouldn't go.
[/QUOTE]Are all europeans oblivious to sarcasm, or just the extremely smelly scandinavian ones?[/QUOTE]
Not anymore than bean-fed Texans are to the significance of modern-day pictograms, or 'smilies' as people often call them.
Also, for your information, I smell frickin' fine
[/QUOTE]You're mixing your stereotypes - beans are for mexicans. Texans are all about meat. Apparently, their own feces are for the finnish. "smiley face."
North_Ranger
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I would challenge that opinion if I could actually believe you capable of finding Finland on a map
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Texas, Mexico, what's the difference? You can't see the fence from spaceYou're mixing your stereotypes - beans are for mexicans. Texans are all about meat. Apparently, their own feces are for the finnish. "smiley face."
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Chazwozel
I'm not from South Carolina.
GasBandit
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Texas, Mexico, what's the difference? You can't see the fence from spaceYou're mixing your stereotypes - beans are for mexicans. Texans are all about meat. Apparently, their own feces are for the finnish. "smiley face."
[/QUOTE]Actually, you can. it's called the RIO GRANDE RIVER, mister uneducated stinky hairball. "smiley face."
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Alucard
Um guys get back on topic.
*jabs the intercom button* "Detail security we have a local disturbance in the immediate vicinity" "Set phasers to stun. If they show resistance. Extreme force is permitted."
*jabs the intercom button* "Detail security we have a local disturbance in the immediate vicinity" "Set phasers to stun. If they show resistance. Extreme force is permitted."
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Chazwozel
Also permitted, sex with any sexy green aliens.
I'm not so interested in space, but I'd leap at the chance to be on another planet. Of course I'd go if someone was going to take me into space anyways, really.
So I guess what I'm trying to say here is "yes".
So I guess what I'm trying to say here is "yes".
I would jump at the chance, I've wanted to see Earth from orbit since I was like, 3. To actually see for myself the billions of stars, the surface of the moon, and who knows what else.
North_Ranger
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In all honesty, besides the notions that I'm not in the physical fitness to go to space and the fact that any number of things could go wrong once in space, there's one horror that nobody's mentioned:
Taking a dump in space.
Taking a dump in space.
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Dusty668
Hell yes, They wouldn't even need to bring me back.
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BoringMetaphor
This is the sort of response I was hoping for
Nuts to those people who refuse eh
Nuts to those people who refuse eh
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Alucard
Too keep in tandem in with the theme of this thread posting this.
Know its Enterprise but I get chills every time I watch it.
Know its Enterprise but I get chills every time I watch it.
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