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Guadaloopy

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  1. I'm not trying to be a dick, but answering a stretched truth with another stretched truth doesn't solve anything or help anyone. Trump is not ordering a new effort. Trump's kayfabe is that he is riding in to "save the day", when in fact the very thing that he is proposing (SpaceX flight to retrieve them) has been in planning and execution since at least August. NASA's claim that the astronauts are "not stranded" is nearly as bad. It's bullshit semantics. The astronauts were supposed to be home nearly 8 months ago. It's perfectly fine to say that these astronauts are not abandoned, and it's perfectly fine for NASA to frame it internally that these astronauts are not stranded. But to communicate that publicly diminishes the organization. It's just spin.
  2. Completely agree. It was a mutually beneficial extension. As things played out, the Astros extracted significant value out of that contract. That's what I mean by "gave." From strictly a $$$/WAR perspective, Bregs gave the organization more than it paid for.
  3. Man… y’all some ungrateful assholes turning on Bregs like this. He’s a top tier Astro player in Astro history, simply for being a key element of both WS winning seasons. Don’t try to wedge in every lovable Astro ahead of him. Put some respeck on the man’s name. What’s happening now is just business. He already gave the organization a discount on some of his prime seasons once.
  4. You got the wrong guy, my dude. I'm on your side.
  5. I was told that no one would suggest that I sell my Tesla to prove I am not a nazi supporter, and also that I was being defensive and distracting for suggesting that people were saying that.
  6. I have neither the time nor inclination to find a screen cap of the exact same thing happening to a KC receiver without it being flagged.
  7. They ain't doing it for KC. And they aren't doing it specifically because they like Mahomes. They ARE being super ticky-tacky when it comes to protecting one of the biggest stars in the game who coincidentally has about half a billion invested in him. As far as the spots... that shit happens for home teams all of the time. It is a documented, data-driven fact that referees fudge close calls in the home team's favor across all levels of all sports.
  8. Would have been "A Manning as QB1."
  9. Do better. Something like “I despise Hitler, but we wouldn’t have made it to the moon without the V-2 program” would be more analogous to my position. I can imagine saying in 20 years “Musk was a real shitbag, but his advocacy for and investment in automated vehicles has saved over a million lives every year.”
  10. “Don’t be ridiculous. We’re not gonna ask you to get rid of your car… but we’re gonna imply that that you are a nazi supporter if you don’t.”
  11. I'll once again ask for any receipts that show me actually praising or supporting Musk himself.
  12. Catch up to the thread. What I posted wasn't "whatboutism", but pointing out the absurdity of pressuring Tesla owners who have owned their cars for years prior to Elon's nazi turn to answer for the fact that they own a Tesla. It's as absurd as calling out a current Mercedes owner for that company's nazi cronyism 80 years ago. I wasn't saying that it's OK to ignore Elon's nazi tendencies because we gave Henry Ford a pass. That would be whataboutism.
  13. Sigh... I know we're all just try to score internet argument cool points here, but I'll answer seriously. I bought a new vehicle four years ago. The vehicle is practical, easy to maintain, and as a bonus is fun to drive. It has very low fuel and maintenance costs. Because I was intrigued with the technology and wanted to support autonomous vehicle development while experiencing incremental builds, I purchased FSD. FSD also had the outside chance of someday leading to a path for passive income with the vehicle. The passive income potential was not my primary motivation for purchasing the car or FSD. It was an interesting possibility, but nothing I counted on. What I did count on was having a vehicle that I could drive until the wheels fell off. At this point, the vehicle is almost completely paid off and runs as well (better) than when I first got it, and I still enjoy driving it as much as I ever did. This car feels like it will run forever, and I am looking forward to the next 5-6 years of driving with no car payment. If I were to sell it now out of a sense of outrage, I would have to go out and replace the car and those 5-6 years of no car payment go poof like a fart in the wind. I am appalled by Elon's behavior, but I'm not about to eat tens of thousands of dollars to prove that point to the internet and random people on the road.
  14. I'm not thrilled about it, either, but I'm not about to take a big financial hit just to show my in-group bona fides because someone turned out to be a much bigger asshole than I thought he was four years ago.
  15. Doesn't matter. Time is a flat circle, right? Whether the nazis are in the past, present, or future, we have to show our outrage. My purchase occurred 4 yrs ago, before Musk revealed himself as a complete ass. It's ridiculous to expect an individual to divest themselves of a major purchase at a loss to protest new revelations of a CEO's character. It's just as ridiculous as what I proposed above. If I were an individual jumping to purchase the new Model Y today, boycotting might be a discussion worth having.
  16. Elon already got my money four years ago. My deal is with the bank. Nothing I do with the vehicle now can hurt him. In fact, the people looking to take it off your hands at this point might be active supporters of his recent behavior. Why would you want to help them while taking a financial hit yourself all to make yourself feel better and virtue signal? Just slap a "Fuck You, Elon" bumper sticker on the back and keep trucking.
  17. If you want to be truly anti-nazi, there are a lot of brands to boycott. Should probably shut down NASA, too.
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