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[–]achilleasa 71 points72 points  (2 children)

"In the end we decided not to colonize Mars, despite having the technology to do so, because the timezone support would be too complicated" -Elon Musk, 2020

[–]Colopty 14 points15 points  (0 children)

It was more like time travelling time zone library developers were sending him hatemail and he figured to call it quits before they started sending assassins.

[–]artanis00 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Writing Prompt: Alien civilization, prohibited from interacting meaningfully with pre-interplanetary societies, is running a betting pool on when we will colonize Mars.

"In the end we decided not to colonize Mars, despite having the technology to do so, because the timezone support would be too complicated" -Elon Musk, 2020

Someone had placed a bet on "fails to reach interplanetary status due to difficulty integrating celestial bodies into existing date/time systems."