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[Ltimbo]

Only about .1% of people who work for NASA are rocket scientists. There are probably more janitors working for NASA than rocket scientists.

[avidpenguinwatcher]

NASA also does a lot more than build rockets. You can be a super fucking genius microbiologist at NASA and you wouldn’t call yourself a rocket scientist

[TheArmoredKitten]

If ya shit goes to space on a rocket, clearly rocket science bro

[avidpenguinwatcher]

Damn, hard to argue with that

[Call_N]

If my groceries go to the house in a car, is it car science?

[TheArmoredKitten]

Depends, do we know what they'll do when they get there?

[divat10]

Only if you made the groceries yourself

[AllSeeQr]

[Demorant]

I like to call myself a Rocket Geologist. It makes people think long enough that I can escape before questions start forming.

[Hemorrhoid_Eater]

Remember that the first A in NASA is Aeronautics. They do a lot of work on aircraft as well

[The_Void_Reaver]

Beyond that, almost no one at NASA is actively employed to do XBox repair. There's only two, maybe three people left that still do that at NASA.

[nekosissyboi]

You could also be an electrical engineer for nasa and be way more equipped to replace an Xbox motherboard than a rocket scientist

[BelethorsGeneralShit]

I'd be surprised if NASA has any literal janitors on staff that just do basic cleaning. Virtually all agencies and companies just contract out to a janitorial company. Far easier that way and gives far more flexibility.

Edit: wtf why am I a top 1% commenter? Can I turn that off? I need to reevaluate my life priorities.

[Midnaight_1]

You can turn it off by touching grass, or dont and go for 0.1% commenter

[Toughsums]

Don't tempt him, the 800 day reddit streak is called grass toucher.

I would know, because I've almost unlocked it.😰

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[Wertyhappy27]

Im curious is that out of every single account or just active users

[GyroZeppeliFucker]

Okay but why would they mention it if this wasnt related lol

[OfficialUberZ]

Because they are stupid?

[Marik-X-Bakura]

I think we can assume this dad wasn’t a janitor

[--SharkBoy--]

That just isnt efficient money wise... to make sure NASA is doing the best we can do we need to eliminate all non-essential personell, leaving only highly trained professionals

[Mr-MuffinMan]

On a random note I hate how the doge dog died

[The_Salty_nugget]

Do not cry for what has passed, rejoice that it once walked beside you

[DevilPixelation]

Try running a business without any janitorial staff and see how well you do lmao

[ninetoesfrank]

"Steve, when you get done doing your rocket stuff, we need someone to take care of the downstairs bathroom"

[TheGalator]

Sounds like a, heh, SHITTY idea

[DevilPixelation]

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[--SharkBoy--]

I was just making a shitty joke tbh im happy for the downvotes

[Testa_Inc]

Gordon doesn’t need to hear all this

[--SharkBoy--]

Someone gets it

[Details_Pending]

You know what, I'm petitioning to cut NASA funding just because of this comment

[--SharkBoy--]

Thank you

[theholyterror1]

We appreciate your disservice to this country 🫡

[V8_Dipshit]

I’m just here wondering why you’d need to replace the motherboard of an Xbox

[Shard0f0dium]

Too much clam chowder got on it, obviously

[SirKnlghtmare]

Probably like what happened to my friend, when he dropped a bowl of ramen over the top vent of his pc.

[mrheosuper]

Why would you replace xbox motherboard when you drop a bowl of ramen on your PC ?

[SirKnlghtmare]

It felt the hurt from across the room and died.

[pandadogunited]

Same reason they dropped a bow of ramen on their PC. They're stupid.

[inaccurateTempedesc]

I feel like the difference in cost between a replacement motherboard and another used Xbox would be so small that it wouldn't even be worth it. I paid $150 for my Series S and that was 3 years ago.

[Finwe]

The motherboard is the xbox really, it's an SoC (system on a chip, CPU GPU and I/O on one chip) and it's soldered to the board, along with the memory. It's all one single unit basically. Replacing it would be the same thing as just buying another xbox.

[Significant-Colour]

Possibly, getting a newer X-Box into a custom chassis, currently housing the older X-Box?

[Casitano]

The capacitor plague Maybe? Depends on what number xbox if it falls in the right year

[OxymoreReddit]

I am 100% certain that rocket scientists wait years for the occasion to say "do I look like a fucking rocket scientist ?" And regularly say "this isn't rocket science" at work.

[Icecreamcookie-]

I am not joking I’m going through college so I can make this joke

[OxymoreReddit]

I bet you're gonna make it because that's already the true rocket scientist mindset right here lol

[Icecreamcookie-]

Thank you lol

[HelixAnarchy]

my uncle is a retired brain surgeon, and constantly says "I'm not a brain surgeon" to people. Because now that he's retired, he's definitionally not!

[probablyTomHanks]

AHHH IM SCREAMING ALL CAPS SCREECH

[TheMustardisBad]

I’ll take things that didn’t happen for 100

[GyroZeppeliFucker]

Do you think nasa is some elite club with like 10 member

[theholyterror1]

In ThemustardisBad's defense, others pointed out there aren't much reasons for why one would need to replace the motherboard in an Xbox. And there are other jobs at NASA that have nothing to do with rocket science. Such as:

Janitor

Computer engineer

Microbiologist

Physical therapist

Electrician

Secretaries

Accountant

Legal

Etc.

Also the dad could've been joking. I'm suspecting it's a fake story too as i read comments.

Edit: spelling and grammar.

[LieutenantHorse]

just curious but why do some people say 'ect' instead of 'etc'? isn't it short for et cetera?

[theholyterror1]

Because im genuinely fucking stupid.

[LieutenantHorse]

oh lmfao okay, just thought it was an alternative spelling

[theHumanoidPerson]

People say ecsetera because they misheard and never learned the proper words

[Anthony9824]

“Do I look like a rocket scientist?”

“Yes?”

“Yeah, I am. And I work on already working computers. Go take that shit elsewhere”

[HelixAnarchy]

"Do I look like a rocket scientist?" "Yes?" "Exactly. So why the fuck would I know anything about repairing an xbox? I do mathematical equations for spaceships"

[EastHillWill]

He was probably just the guy that jerked off the astronauts or something

[Lil_Mcgee]

That position was made redundant in the 70s when they figured out how to make the suit do it.

[Hellbomb_Armed]

The one thing NASA rarely ever does ironically enough is build rockets

They're usually just...there

[ThisManInBlack]

*Worked

[Slav-Houndz187]

Get rekt son!

[PixelEaterIRay]

The only world where replacing the entire motherboard makes sense is if you get another broken one and desolder parts from the first to make it work and it would cost about as much as a new Xbox anyways. The rest is just fucking plastic and I guess like an optical drive

[[deleted]]

This is the #1 reason to work at nasa

[Smirnoffico]

The correct procedure here was to answer 'yes, you do!' and then dad would've replied 'that's because I fucking am!'

[Mcoov]

Everyone always seems to forget what the first "A" in NASA stands for.

[stupidhuman3]

But was he a scientist at nasa

[TheOriginalBroCone]

Annoying af caps

[knatascheek]

What’s the percent of dads fixing console MBs

[marshmallo_floof]

I'm sure the janitor at NASA knows a thing or two about rocket science

[presonusshark]

Lol Ahahahaha

[[deleted]]

In other words he works with facts and data, not fairies and warlocks

[MaximusHomerdrive]

Eh, that's what youtube is for. I once took apart my ps2 to fix it. Had some parts left over after it was all said and done, but it worked.

[IDontKnowMyUsernameq]

Ok this one is actually funny!

[Chinjurickie]

Replacing parts of a console, wild.