mtbdork

mtbdork t1_ix5nsc9 wrote

Ever since the first rovers sent to Mars “disappointed” government officials by not accomplishing their goal of finding life.

Nowadays, NASA has to be much more lamesauce conservative about their goals in order to secure and maintain funding by making politicians happy.

Every estimate was probably made as pessimistically as possible so that anything that was better than “exactly according to these pessimistic plans” was a positive surprise, incentivizing politicians to give them further funding to do what they really want, which is really cool stuff. The quiet part they can’t say out loud…

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mtbdork t1_ix157pb wrote

Reply to comment by VanDuser1332 in Who controls the world ? by [deleted]

Spoken like somebody who doesn’t understand how the S&P500 works.

Fine, go stockpile mosin nagants, MRE’s, and hard alcohol for the coming apocalypse. I don’t give a fuck. You’re still a moron and you’re only digging a deeper hole for yourself dude.

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mtbdork t1_ix12xie wrote

Reply to comment by VanDuser1332 in Who controls the world ? by [deleted]

The fact that you just called it “downs” makes you a moron as well.

Go read a book, and maybe stick with small purchases of broad index funds on a fixed schedule for your investment strategy.

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