I’m the fucking pilot, asshat! What happens on my plane is my business! Now you wanna sit down and shut up yourself, or would you rather take a hike?

Keep an eye on that Maven kid, Simpkins. He’s going places, I tell ya.

Why is the guy from the Pringle’s can on an airplane?

TIL.

None of that changes the fact that the original definition of ‘astronaut’ was anyone who traveled into space [60 miles up] as a pilot or passenger.

No, he wasn’t, because there were no controls for him to use.

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a28472403/15000-americans-died-medicaid-expansion-obamacare/

What’s the actual difference? Any history book will confirm that Gagarin had as much control of his craft as Katy Perry or Enos the chimp did.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_X-15

The pilots of the X-15 flew into space and landed their craft.

The first ‘astronauts’ were “spam in a can.” Yuri Garagin didn’t have any controls in his craft, nor did the first few American astronauts. An ‘astronaut’ is anyone who has gone more than 60 miles up. And yes, if you have been in an airplane you can call yourself a ‘flier.’

Ask any doctor; if you’ve been awake for more than 24 hours straight you’re mentally impaired.

How long have you been up?

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Ask any doctor; if you’ve been awake for more than 24 hours straight you’re mentally impaired. That’s without any drugs, just pure biology.

I don’t have access to blood tests, but I’d bet serious money that he was using some sort of medication.

While I’d never do something like that, I can see his point. Sometimes the only way forward is to burn your bridges.

Also, all this talk about face tattoos reminds me of one of the all time great science fiction novels, “The Stars My Destination,” by Alfred Bester. One of the subplots is that the hero gets tattoos that make it easy for his enemies to find him.

Fun read. https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-stars-my-destination-alfred-bester/11574652?ean=9781876963460&next=t

https://www.businessinsider.com/ethan-westbrooks-face-tattoo-2014-9

tl,dr the man got a tattoo on his face because he knew that would disqualify him for any job except playing pro football.

Thanks.

Talk to her therapist. There might be support groups for those in your situation nearby.

I checked a site and didn’t see NYC listed.

Next time I’ll look further.

This is the problem we have to overcome.

Look at the old time abolitionists. People today try to paint them all as morally driven saints. The fact is that a lot of the opposition to slavery came from Northern capitalists who were mad they couldn’t have slaves in their factories. Other opponents were tradesmen who couldn’t compete with the slaveowners who rented out their slave carpenters and blacksmiths.

Pragmatism gets shit done.

None of these people would do anything unless they had run it by their advisors.

It’s going to be an interesting time coming up.

This is why the Right hates education.

It was Right wing ideology that destroyed the middle class. Nixon tripled down on LBJ’s Vietnam War. Then Reagan came in and moved as much manufacturing as he could overseas, creating the Rust Belt. The Bush family kept the trend going, and now Trump is doubling the debt every year.

But to the alt-right Oliver North was a hero!

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https://ca01001934.schoolwires.net/cms/lib/CA01001934/Centricity/Domain/3762/SLOW-TUESDAY-NIGHT.pdf

You will enjoy this story.

Reminds me of the poster for the Terry Gilliam classic “Time Bandits.”

They could travel anywhere in time or space. They just couldn’t tie their own shoes."