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Microblog Memes

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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

RULES:

  1. Your post must be a screen capture of a microblog-type post that includes the UI of the site it came from, preferably also including the avatar and username of the original poster. Including relevant comments made to the original post is encouraged.
  2. Your post, included comments, or your title/comment should include some kind of commentary or remark on the subject of the screen capture. Your title must include at least one word relevant to your post.
  3. You are encouraged to provide a link back to the source of your screen capture in the body of your post.
  4. Current politics and news are allowed, but discouraged. There MUST be some kind of human commentary/reaction included (either by the original poster or you). Just news articles or headlines will be deleted.
  5. Doctored posts/images and AI are allowed, but discouraged. You MUST indicate this in your post (even if you didn't originally know). If an image is found to be fabricated or edited in any way and it is not properly labeled, it will be deleted.
  6. Absolutely no NSFL content.
  7. Be nice. Don't take anything personally. Take political debates to the appropriate communities. Take personal disagreements & arguments to private messages.
  8. No advertising, brand promotion, or guerrilla marketing.

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[–] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Probably would’ve been cheaper, faster, and better engineered if they did though. The reason NASA doesn’t do it is PR.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 7 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

NASA funding is dependent on public opinion (well it was until recently). Blowing up rockets gets people really upset when they think it's their tax dollars.

Somehow SpaceX has convinced people it's a private company and not funded by government contracts and taxes.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

Blowing up rockets gets people really upset when they think it’s their tax dollars.

I love spaceflight and what the Artemis II accomplished, but it came with an absolutely staggering price tag. It cost a bit more than $50 Billion to design including both the rocket and the Orion capsule. It costs $1Billion each time it launches too. We only bought enough parts for 4 flights of the rocket, and we've now used 2 of those.

[–] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Because it’s not…? They get the contracts because they’re the cheapest option, and these days they make more money through Starlink anyways.

And who else should CRS have gone to? Lockheed Martin and Boeing?