Is there religion out there?

[Blackleaf]

I don't "get" the whole vid game thing.  I never even liked PacMan.  "Gentleman Broncos" is "out there" hilarious.  Sam Rockwell.  11 for sure.  That's all I'll say.

At this point, it might be easier to list what things you do like and take it from there.

[etienne]

At this point, it might be easier to list what things you do like and take it from there.

I may do that, and I may just keep dissing idiotic, adolescent vid game playing.  Thanks.

[fencerider]

I suppose we might be saving the rest of the galaxy some trouble if we decide to just stay here for a while.... probably best that we stay here at least until we GROW UP.

Eventually technology will improve to the point that going out there won't be a massive undertaking just to get off the planet.

[Unbeliever]

I kind of wish humans would "get over" the whole outer space thing, except for enjoying the pretty pictures Hubble Telescope, etc, provides.  Benign satellites are a nice thing too.  But living out there?  Forget about it.  You DON'T want to live out there.  It's a bunch of fire and rocks moving at high speeds and there is this one small problem called, "no air"!  If you are on Mars and there's a storm, it is a ROCK STORM, with 200 mph winds!  Just ask Matt Damon.  The thought of spending billions to "seed space"with human colonies is just plain absurd.  But, unfortunately, the 'good' little capitalists are already having "asteroid wars" over "rights" to asteroid mining in our solar system.  Destroy the Earth, then go destroy outer space.  Capitalism, like religion, poisons everything.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid_mining

We already live in outer space - we're riding a spaceship through the cosmos. It's not artificial, but we could actually build those, too. There's plenty of material in the solar system to make our own artificial planets.

I admit, it wouldn't be easy, but it's possible, if we wanted or needed to badly enough:
The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space

[Unbeliever]

I'll watch 1941 before I ever watch ET again.

1941 - a movie that will live in infamy...

One of my favorite comedies! A laugh a minute! Slim Pickens was hilarious. The guys in the ferris wheel - classic.

[Solomon Zorn]

I suppose we might be saving the rest of the galaxy some trouble if we decide to just stay here for a while.... probably best that we stay here at least until we GROW UP.

If Gort tries to take us out, just remember, "Klaatu Barada Nikto."

Eventually technology will improve to the point that going out there won't be a massive undertaking just to get off the planet.

Why even waste our time, when we could simply...reach. Robots in space. We already have a well developed start, to what might be the ultimate economic symbiosis, of mankind and our machines: exploitation of extraterrestrial resources, with limited direct interaction from vulnerable humans.

Vast spacecraft, built to harvest asteroids, utilizing a crew of specialized machines, and similar set-ups, anywhere we can find something worth the trouble. No need for humans to risk their lives, when our tools can reach far beyond our fragile fleshy grasp. 

[Unbeliever]

If Gort tries to take us out, just remember, "Klaatu Barada Nikto."

Yeah, just don't forget the damned words!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgvXtexdgAM

[etienne]

We already live in outer space - we're riding a spaceship through the cosmos. It's not artificial, but we could actually build those, too. There's plenty of material in the solar system to make our own artificial planets.

I admit, it wouldn't be easy, but it's possible, if we wanted or needed to badly enough:
The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space

First of all, YOU won't build anything, they have these things called wage "workers" that do that.  Second, go for it, and good luck.  You DO realize that it costs them a few billion dollars and a giant lab to extract a 1/2 cup of H2O from moon rocks, right?  But np problem, air, water, not an issue....

[Baruch]

First of all, YOU won't build anything, they have these things called wage "workers" that do that.  Second, go for it, and good luck.  You DO realize that it costs them a few billion dollars and a giant lab to extract a 1/2 cup of H2O from moon rocks, right?  But np problem, air, water, not an issue....

With free fiat currency, paid for by the poverty of other nations, expenses are no problem ...

[etienne]

With free fiat currency, paid for by the poverty of other nations, expenses are no problem ...

Yeah, it's like that, public-->private, and imperialism.

[Baruch]

Yeah, it's like that, public-->private, and imperialism.

Humans are predatory.  Sorry you are meat on the table?  So ... you are the other White meat, or Dark?

[etienne]

Humans are predatory.  Sorry you are meat on the table?  So ... you are the other White meat, or Dark?

We are if we are hungry.

[Baruch]

We are if we are hungry.

We are always hungry, we just have creative ways to eat each other.

[etienne]

We are always hungry, we just have creative ways to eat each other.

If you are hungry, I recommend this over cannibalism:

[Baruch]

If you are hungry, I recommend this over cannibalism:

Only if the whiners are kosher ;-)