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Astronauts drop tool bag into orbit that you can see with binoculars

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Re: Astronauts drop tool bag into orbit that you can see with binoculars

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Post by fritzo »

nerdponx wrote: post #66
yieldcrv wrote: post #56

> "The white, satchel-like tool bag slipped away from two astronauts during a rare, all-female spacewalk." Could have left that in drafts

Apparently the howling masses love it when a woman messes up in space. Try to hold your lunch down while reading the comments here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPV9QpC1JtU

Honest question: are the authors tactically baiting the masses and thereby diverting attention from more difficult to answer questions like budget (at the expense of gender equality), or are they really this crude, nothing deeper?

EDIT I mean are they trying to elicit responses like "more men in space" to prevent responses like "less space more healthcare"?

Re: Astronauts drop tool bag into orbit that you can see with binoculars

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Post by dotnet00 »

fritzo wrote: post #111
nerdponx wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apparently the howling masses love it when a woman messes up in space. Try to hold your lunch down while reading the comments here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPV9QpC1JtU

Honest question: are the authors tactically baiting the masses and thereby diverting attention from more difficult to answer questions like budget (at the expense of gender equality), or are they really this crude, nothing deeper? EDIT I mean are they trying to elicit responses like "more men in space" to prevent responses like "less space more healthcare"?

I don't think it's either. The PR machine was screaming loudly about the astronauts' gender coming up to the spacewalk. So, it just carried over.

It'd be weird to start trying to cover that up just because people might make jokes some find distasteful.

Re: Astronauts drop tool bag into orbit that you can see with binoculars

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Post by adhesive_wombat »

em-bee wrote: post #94
adhesive_wombat wrote: post #80

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You think a Lego piece is expensive, you should see the total capital outlay required to make an apple pie from scratch!

details on the apple pie here: https://recursiverecipes.schollz.com/recipe/apple-pie?amount... discussion of that site: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37885636

Store-bought soil?! Granny Sagan would have conniptions!

Re: Astronauts drop tool bag into orbit that you can see with binoculars

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Post by pugworthy »

9dev wrote: post #84
nerdponx wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apparently the howling masses love it when a woman messes up in space. Try to hold your lunch down while reading the comments here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPV9QpC1JtU

Oh wow, you’re right. That’s some first class misogynistic bullshit in pretty much every single comment.

It’s here too in a few subtle “wink wink” ways.

Re: Astronauts drop tool bag into orbit that you can see with binoculars

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Post by e-clinton »

dclowd9901 wrote: post #90
kube-system wrote: post #54

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The 10mm reference is a meme. It is the most common size when working on a vehicle and is frequently misplaced. Although it's kind of strange to see that type of writing in USA Today... I thought I was reading Jalopnik or something.

Not strange at all. USA Today has always been basic news writing for basic people.

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