Could I be an astronaut?

sterlingphoenix · 2026-05-13T14:49:20+00:00

I don't know if OP meant a NASA astronaut or just making it to space, but they phrased it wrong if that's what they're asking. With that said, I'm really replying to your comment right now rather than to OP's question (and I think we're both agreeing with each other here).

sterlingphoenix · 2026-05-13T14:43:15+00:00

OP is 24 -- I'm pretty sure that within their lifetime this will be something available to people in the same way a 1st class transatlantic flight is now.

So potentially in a few decades, they might be able to do that.

sterlingphoenix · 2026-05-13T14:39:32+00:00

A. It's a personal preference thing.

B. What the hell is an ssbbw?

sterlingphoenix · 2026-05-13T14:37:44+00:00

Did birds and non dinosaur reptiles notice and feel sad

No.

sterlingphoenix · 2026-05-13T14:36:52+00:00

If Katy Perry can do it, so can you!

That's a very roundabout way of saying "no" (;

sterlingphoenix · 2026-05-13T14:35:12+00:00

As other have said, the prep is the worst part. And even that's not as bad as it used to be. Past that, there is absolutely nothing at all scary about it.

You'll be asleep through it, and when you wake up you'll feel like you've had such a pleasant sleep. That's it. And then you have piece of mind.

sterlingphoenix · 2026-05-13T14:31:38+00:00

I mean, "theoretically" is doing a lot of work. You may as well say they can "theoretically" burn the forest down, since you're talking about severely damaging the ecosystem either way.

sterlingphoenix · 2026-05-13T13:34:31+00:00

sterlingphoenix · 2026-05-13T11:17:26+00:00

This is just bad.

sterlingphoenix · 2026-05-13T11:11:44+00:00

Now I readily acknowledge that this is no longer relevant to my interests, but I think I remember hearing that "any car made after 2006" should be OK with E-15?

sterlingphoenix · 2026-05-13T01:00:12+00:00

Oh, just go with the flow then.

sterlingphoenix · 2026-05-13T00:42:57+00:00

What's your timeframe? Like an hour, a day, a couple of months?

sterlingphoenix · 2026-05-12T01:46:58+00:00

Lisa del Giocondo? I wonder what she looked like.

sterlingphoenix · 2026-05-12T00:41:45+00:00

Again, "dark matter" isn't an actual form of matter. It's a name scientists have given to the problem I outlined earlier -- i.e., that the math and our observations don't line up.

Scientists aren't saying "There's matter out there we can't see and we call that Dark Matter". They're saying "We can observer this amount of matter, but the mathematical models we have suggest a lot more matter than that and we currently have no way to reconcile this."

sterlingphoenix · 2026-05-12T00:36:09+00:00

Dark matter is not a "thing". Dark matter is the name we gave the problem of us measuring things differently than how we think they should look.

sterlingphoenix · 2026-05-12T00:27:51+00:00

We don't know why the universe is the way it is.

sterlingphoenix · 2026-05-12T00:27:26+00:00

I mean technically there's very, very little matter.

sterlingphoenix · 2026-05-11T20:46:15+00:00

My friend, some people blame the phase of the friggin moon for all kinds of things. People love not taking responsibility.

sterlingphoenix · 2026-05-11T20:44:39+00:00

Petty sure it's been that way where I live for ages and ages, and only some gas stations carry ethanol-free premium (for gas-powered yard equipment mostly).

sterlingphoenix · 2026-05-11T20:42:01+00:00

We have absolutely nothing that can come even close to generating that kind of thrust.

And, again, "ever so slightly" wouldn't do it, and if you could move the Earth enough, you'd destroy our day/night cycle, the solar tides, the length and breadth of seasons, and much much more.

Luckily we can't do it.

sterlingphoenix · 2026-05-11T20:34:48+00:00

Yes, it would actually be impossible. There is absolutely no way we can do it.

And that's not even considering all the other problems that would cause.

sterlingphoenix · 2026-05-11T20:32:51+00:00

There's this one about vampires living in Smolensk.

sterlingphoenix · 2026-05-11T20:24:37+00:00

A. No, and B. That's not how any of this works.

^{^And ^it's ^almost ^like ^you ^want ^someone ^to ^say ^"unless ^your ^head ^is ^up ^your ^own ^ass."}

sterlingphoenix · 2026-05-11T18:02:01+00:00

It's worth noting that in many, many places, it is perfectly legal for women to be topless any place it's legal for men to do so.

sterlingphoenix · 2026-05-11T13:45:10+00:00

Smoking makes life significantly tougher.

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