Pat @Pat@qoto.org

@icedquinn

Just realized that my response could have easily been generated by a bot, so...

Holy woof!

@icedquinn

woof!

@iankenway

Why no answer to my question?

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This one is 100% true. ATV is an abbreviation for “All-Terrain Vehicle”, but it is also an abbreviation for “Automated Transfer Vehicle”, which is a cargo spacecraft used for resupplying the ISS (International Space Station).

By first mentioning a car in space and by showing a picture of all-terrain vehicles, this statement makes it sound like they but all-terrain vehicles in space, when in this case “ATV” actually refers to the spacecraft.

@freemo

>"I casually mentioned to someone at work..."

You got to be careful with that casual talk at work, it'll get you into trouble.

@johnabs @maze

#TruthBeTold #vehicle #orbit #universe #ATV #European #Space #Agency #ESA #Tesla #Roadster #abbreviations

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Most people are aware that SpaceX launched a Tesla Roadster into space, but did you know that between 2008-2015 the European Space Agency put several ATVs into orbit?

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#TruthBeTold = A statement that is logically or literally true (or partly true), but seems to imply something that isn’t true or is just plain weird. (for rhetoric, logic or propaganda studies… or just for fun) (public domain image per commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:All-terrain_vehicle_Quad._New_Brunswick_2008_7575.jpg)

@johnabs @freemo @maze

I know some guys with small swords.

@freemo @ruddyrid

As long as "we got this" in handcuffs, I'm fine with it.

>"What a horrible death. When are we finally going to get rid of all these gasoline-powered cars?"

In 2035 apparently.

https://www.nbc12.com/2022/08/26/californias-2035-ban-new-gas-powered-cars-set-apply-virginia/

(I'm sure this accident had an effect on the regulators who passed this new rule.)

@icedquinn

Set an alarm clock to go off in eight hours. When it goes off, stop working.

(You can send donations for this professional advice to my patreon account)

@iankenway

I think I'm missing something here. What does nuclear war have to do with capitalism?

Oops! I got the wrong hash tags on this one. Those are for an upcoming #FTW.

This should have stuff like #disaster, #ark, #space, #50s, #lovetriangle, #astronomy ...

#science #fiction #ScienceFiction #SciFi #film #movie #robot #revolution #technology #puppet #future #past #work #propaganda #Data #Robbie #HAL # #capitalism #serfdom

Retro SciFi Film of the Week…

When Worlds Collide (1951)

Although the story of approaching doom with people trying to avoid or escape disaster is a very old story (e.g. Noah’s Ark), I think this was the first to cover the specific case of a planet (or star) approaching Earth. The film is an adaptation of the novel, which was written in 1933. The story was very influential in science fiction, with many stories afterwards having the premise of an asteroid, star, planet or whatever heading toward Earth with our survival in the balance. It really has become a subgenre. Flash Gordon directly borrowed many aspects from the novel.

Its fairly well produced for the time it was released, with elaborate sets and decent actors. However, the graphical special effects set a new low. Today it’s done with computer graphics, but back then they were hand drawn. I actually laughed out loud when I saw them. And of course the film predates our having anything at all in space, so things like zero-G, etc., are off, but otherwise the film is very good for a 50’s scifi.

#polarization not polorization

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This one is 100% true. Cosmetologists have no theories about the Inflationary Epoch and have no intention to investigate it at all, because cosmetologists specialize in beauty treatments for skin and hair, not the origins and nature of the universe.

#TruthBeTold #webb #telescope #bigbang #universe #inflation #CMB #polorization #light #lightyear #cosmologists

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The Inflationary Epoch is a supposed brief period occurring shortly after the beginning of the Big Bang during which the universe rapidly expanded. However, cosmetologists have absolutely no theories whatsoever to explain why it happened, how long it took, or where the theory originated. They also have no intention to attempt to measure the B-mode polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation in order to provide observations to support the theory.

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(public domain image from NASA)

@brandezzainfo

Your strategy sucks, cause you just got banned.

@trinsec

I like to think that most who saw it and didn't vote, did so because they got the joke, they understood that it was just rhetorical.

@trinsec

If only there was a way to see how many abstained. ;)

a = n - 4

a=abstained
n=number of humans in the fedeverse who saw it