I would argue that what has been accomplished with the Artemis missions so far has been a parallel evolution to Apollo, and not any kind of competition.

Of course technology has advanced since the late 1960s and 1970s. But the challenges of traveling safely to the moon and back again as humans are still just as treacherous. Doing something that has never been done before in the history of humanity is incredibly impressive. Doing it repeatedly, decades apart, with vastly different people and technology proves that we can continue to accomplish this task and perhaps beyond. That is equally impressive in my book.

The innovations created by the needs of space travel have regularly and constantly improved our everyday lives. There are absolutely more important things to focus on at home, but for some reason we tend to focus on the destructive actions, rather than the constructive alternatives. Space travel by public agencies like NASA have historically been a unifying force that have consistently driven positive technologies to the human species, and not just the privileged few.

The kinds of emotions and experiences that can only be imagined by the overwhelming majority of every human that has ever existed until very recently. Sights and accomplishments, discoveries and relics our shared ancestors could have only ever dreamed of.

A powerful reminder that humanity is still capable of achieving previously impossible feats when we seek to understand, instead of destroy. When we strive to push the boundaries of our collective capabilities, rather than focusing on diminishing the capabilities of others. When we work together, and don’t arbitrarily divide ourselves apart. When we, unfortunately scarcely, recognize that we are all just a fraction of a mote of dust on that otherwise insignificant pale blue dot in the distance.

I’ll take you at your word that my lack of association is a good thing, and I appreciate your patience and continuous efforts to help me understand.

I see, thank you again for the additional details! I feel like I finally understand the joke thanks to you.

I think the reference to the track in the title text threw me off the most, and I didn’t even realize that it was supposed to be a joke until reading the top comment.

Thank you for also clarifying that you weren’t speaking negatively about me if I had been intentionally obtuse. I hope the mild distastefulness of the post isn’t due to bigotry.

Thank you for the clarification. I suspected as much, as you can see from my later comment, but I was legitimately confused.

I’m still not sure if I understand the humor (something about the implied double meaning of “hot wheels” I’m guessing), but it’s not at all uncommon for a joke to go over my head. I’m also not sure what is in any way distasteful about the post, and I hope I haven’t contributed to any distastefulness.

I’m on the spectrum so I’m used to misunderstanding things that are obvious to other people. I apologize if I came across as being intentionally obtuse to you, OP, or anyone else.

I don’t think those plastic tracks could support the weight of a human adult even if they were large enough for the wheelchairs. Especially not at the force they’d have to endure to reach sufficient looping speed and the looping itself. That’s to say nothing about the risk to the person in the wheelchair.

Is that the joke? The absurdity of the scenario?

I’m also not entirely clear how wheelchairs = hot wheels implicitly. Are you commenting on the appearance of the women in the wheelchairs, is it something to do with the wheelchairs themselves, or is it just the association that they both have wheels? Maybe something else entirely?

Apologies for my struggling to fully understand. I appreciate your clarifications.

I don’t understand, are they supposed to be looking at the reader seductively because the reader has hot wheels? Is that why you need a bigger track? So that everyone can play with the hot wheels together?

Something is clearly going over my head.

Archive link.

Where do the active code contributors to FOSS software exist on this scale?

My understanding is that focus on the mouth in social interactions is also influenced by culture. That’s why some cultures generally represented a happy face with the emoticon :) while others used ^_^

The former is focused on the mouth and the eyes lack meaningful expression, while the latter is the opposite.

Might as well drink up on the cactus juice while you still can. It is the quenchiest after all.

“Maybe it’s friendly”

I keep coming back to this comment for how clever it is in this context.

1. “Name one X” perfectly reflects the original source, specifically “name one law” from this episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine (specifically S04E04)

2. “Name one character from every game” could be interpreted as both “name an individual character from each game,” as well as “name a character with the same name in every game.”

Granted, Cid was retconned into FF1 with the GBA remake, but that change has been consistent going forward.

No, but Jecht was.

Auron came from Spira, was killed by Yunalesca after Braska summoned his final Aeon (he became disillusioned with the religion after losing both of his friends at its hands, and attacked her), and was never sent to the farplane by a summoner.

He then traveled to dream Zanarkand to watch over Tidus as he had promised Jecht.

How about:

• Magic/Magitech doesn’t kill people, people kill people. (VI)
• Killing an illegal alien and her “child” makes you a hero. (VII)
• Burn the Witches. (VIII)
• Never trust a polycule with an overweight woman, a twink, a group in robes, and a geezer. (IX)
• One of these teens will die by the end and they know it, but they will hide this fact from their lover for some reason. (X)
• You’ve been marked by a demon. Do what they say and die, or don’t and become a monster. (XIII)
• Celebrity deathmatch: who will be the ultimate (E)icon? (XVI)

Note: Only intended to be a silly joke. None of the above reflects my opinion on anything in the real world, to be fully and unambiguously clear.

I used to travel at 1 second per second. I still do, but I used to too.

By that point, Jecht was Sin, he had asked Auron (who was unsent by then) to watch over Tidus in dream Zanarkand, and wanted to bring Tidus to Spira. That was the cause of the attack at the beginning of the game.

Jecht went from Zanarkand to Spira by swimming out too far and coming into contact with the previous incarnation of Sin while it was still healing, I think?

Dream Zanarkand did still exist after that attack, otherwise Sin wouldn’t have existed throughout the game. That’s why when Sin is defeated before the eternal calm, Tidus also goes to the farplane with the Fayth. Either both exist, or neither exist.

My understanding was always that Yu Yevon and the Fayth created dream Zanarkand and Sin just before Zanarkand was destroyed by Bevelle, in order to preserve its memory.

I also seem to recall that Sin protected dream Zanarkand from discovery or interference to preserve its own ongoing existence, since Sin was constantly being summoned by the Fayth.

Major spoilers below.

By far the best. I’ve laughed so much at this.