Has anyone ever said something SO surprising to you, you couldnt understand how they

Vesayen · June 24, 2003, 17:08

ALWAYS had a big interest in spaceflight, stars etc.....

At the very least I would think most people would be uninterested, but I couldnt imagine, it hadent ever occured to me there was someone who was ENTIRLEY AGAINST IT!!

I was talking to someone rescently and they asked me what kinda books I liked...... I mentioned sci-fi. Here is their response:

"Oh I cant stand sci-fi or anything to do with space. All those people really just wanna go to other planets, which dosent effect us at all, its all such a waste of time. Anything to do with exploring or studying space is a waste"

I've had people say things to me I didnt expect, but my jaw dropped... my brain shut down. I was so COMPLETLEY disarmed by what she said I was left speechless, and a few moment later I had so many things to say(how moronically wrong she is on every level) that I didnt know where to start!

I told her I had to go... conversation ended.

Thoughts on this airhead, OR when someone said something to you so surprising, you couldnt imagine anyone believed that?

rah · June 24, 2003, 17:10

You would then be shocked at how many people in the US think that any space program is a waste of money.

mrmitchell · June 24, 2003, 17:12

She's an airhead.

But she's a woman, too.

Compromises, compromises.

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I myself have gotten things like that. It's best to ignore it (or the person entirely), because there's no recovery for 99% of the cases.

SlowwHand · June 24, 2003, 17:12

Or that there was ever a man on the moon.
Smoke and mirrors.

Vesayen · June 24, 2003, 17:13

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Originally posted by rah
You would then be shocked at how many people in the US think that any space program is a waste of money.

I guess they dont like velcro, powertools or computers...... LOL

Really? This is the only person I've ever met who said it was a waste of money.

mrmitchell · June 24, 2003, 17:13

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You would then be shocked at how many people in the US think that any space program is a waste of money.

You would also be shocked at how many people in the US use AOL, and how many can't identify Iraq on a world map.

GePap · June 24, 2003, 17:14

Yes, just right now, before posting this.

Vesayen · June 24, 2003, 17:15

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Originally posted by SlowwHand
Or that there was ever a man on the moon.
Smoke and mirrors.

That wasent quite as bad, but the first time I heard this said, I was left UTTERLY speechless..... especially since 3 of my familly members worked on the original space flights!

Dis · June 24, 2003, 17:16

she may be right

and they can't identify Iraq on a world map because it doesn't exist

It is property of the U.S. and England right now. We're thinking about turning it into a vacation resort community.

mrmitchell · June 24, 2003, 17:17

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That wasent quite as bad, but the first time I heard this said, I was left UTTERLY speechless..... especially since 3 of my familly members worked on the original space flights!

If she knew that when she unleashed her horror of poor thought process, then she's not only an airhead but she also doesn't really think things through before saying them. Scoundrel.

Vesayen · June 24, 2003, 17:19

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Originally posted by mrmitchell

If she knew that when she unleashed her horror of poor thought process, then she's not only an airhead but she also doesn't really think things through before saying them. Scoundrel.

No way she knew, but alot of my familly is in the aero-space industry.

MrFun · June 24, 2003, 18:05

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Originally posted by SlowwHand
Or that there was ever a man on the moon.
Smoke and mirrors.

The first space shuttle was fake too -- it was obviously made of paper mache with other illusionary effects.

Al B. Sure! · June 24, 2003, 18:08

Vesayan:

I would've said the same exact thing to you. hell, i know a girl who loves sci-fi and i said basically the same thing to her.

the only sci-fi shows that i actually like are StarGate (which up until the last 2-3 seasons really wasn't very sci-fi) and the original Star Trek (sci-fi made for a popular audience... that ****'s whats up)

thanks

BustaMike · June 24, 2003, 18:17

So you believe that "anything to do with exploring or studying space is a waste" Speer, or you just don't like sci-fi stuff, because the first really would be quite ignorant.

Al B. Sure! · June 24, 2003, 18:51

i just don't like sci-fi... it's bizarre stuff. i guess i would have a higher opinion of it if there wasn't that stereotype of the obsessed star trek fan and what not but even still, it's not very appealing to me.

as for the exploration and studying of space, i do think it's somewhat of a waste. i'd have to know how much public funding NASA is getting though... if it's only a few dollars per person per year than i guess it's alright.

nevertheless, i think NASA should become more profit oriented and try to utilize space resources. i would think a commercially-oriented NASA would have a mining colony on the moon by now...

and yeah i can see how a majority of americans would be against NASA. there's little practical information or material coming from the space program. everything like microwaves and velcro and all that are side products that did not come from exploring space.

thanks

Al B. Sure! · June 24, 2003, 18:53

and i don't see how that would be ignorant... if someone don't want money to go to the military, would that be ignorant? if someone don't want money to go to PBS, would that be ignorant?

St Leo · June 24, 2003, 19:00

"All education should be privatized."

"We should all wear clothing because God forced us in the Garden of Eden."

Etc.

BustaMike · June 24, 2003, 19:09

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Originally posted by Albert Speer
and i don't see how that would be ignorant... if someone don't want money to go to the military, would that be ignorant? if someone don't want money to go to PBS, would that be ignorant?

I think it would be ignorant because of the tremendous amount of things that can be directly attributed to the space program. These are just a select few http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/spinoffs2.htm that I found doing a 5 sec. google search. Some of this stuff (i.e. medical imaging, fire equipment) seems pretty damn important. By completely cutting space program funding, you're also completely cutting the research that creates these things, and I find that ignorant. That's all.

Inverse Icarus · June 24, 2003, 19:53

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Originally posted by mrmitchell
She's an airhead.

But she's a woman, too.

thats redundant.

Sava · June 24, 2003, 19:56

When I tell people my ethnicity, Serbian/Yugoslavian, most often I get a response like this:

"Yugoslavia? That's near China right?"

Inverse Icarus · June 24, 2003, 19:57

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Originally posted by Sava
When I tell people my ethnicity, Serbian/Yugoslavian, most often I get a response like this:

"Yugoslavia? That's near China right?"

well, if you lived around here, you'd get a response like "GET OUT OF MY COUNTRY YOU SERBIAN DOG!"

which do you prefer?

Sava · June 24, 2003, 21:32

do you live in Texas, UBer? I thought you were on the east coast.

MrFun · June 24, 2003, 21:33

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Originally posted by Sava
do you live in Texas, UBer? I thought you were on the east coast.

As a tourist ad goes . . . . .

Texas -- a whole new country.

Or something like that, anyway . . . .

Sava · June 24, 2003, 21:34

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Texas -- a whole new country.

they need liberation then

Poogas · June 24, 2003, 23:08

I've had moronic things said to me a time or two... one the best ones, was said during a history class.... "Damn Communist Nazi's "

I wanted to crap my self and back hand him.

Urban Ranger · June 24, 2003, 23:18

Surprises don't have to be bad.

I remember when I just got into uni at the age of 18, this gorgeous woman, half Chinese and half Spanish, who came from the Barbados, just came up to me one day and said, "Hi, I am Judy, lets go have a cup of tea."

At that point my brain just shut down. I have no idea how I looked, but couldn't be that bad because she started laughing.

Nubclear · June 24, 2003, 23:25

I was reprimanding someone online, when they said

"Sorry, but my internet just gave out. "

He claims he was dead serious, but....That left me speechless for a whole minute.

Imran Siddiqui · June 24, 2003, 23:42

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I remember when I just got into uni at the age of 18, this gorgeous woman, half Chinese and half Spanish, who came from the Barbados, just came up to me one day and said, "Hi, I am Judy, lets go have a cup of tea."

Dreams don't count

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Inverse Icarus · June 24, 2003, 23:46

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Originally posted by Sava
do you live in Texas, UBer? I thought you were on the east coast.

New York, Long Island actually, but there is a large veteran community, who's brains have been washed with the dehumanizing effects of a war. golly, i love talking to those boys.

Al B. Sure! · June 24, 2003, 23:48

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I was reprimanding someone online, when they said

"Sorry, but my internet just gave out. "

i dont get it...