| ▲ | vinceguidry 8 hours ago | |
> Lack of such frantic craziness is seen as boring (I never heard of this word boring in my childhood). Slow life in general is being viewed as socially unacceptable. We are frogs in a boiling pot. Reminds me of this clip of Jeff Bezos being a total dick to William Shatner. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GQoHIBDogU Shatner later realized that 11 minutes in space wasn't really anything to write home about and that billionaires are assholes. | ||
| ▲ | AndrewOMartin 25 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | |
I learned about this from YouTuber Angela Collier recently and, not too take anything away from the thesis of their video or from your point, a longer video of the same event shows Bezos giving Shatner his undivided attention immediately after the shorter video ends. Longer video here: https://cosmicperspective.com/william-shatner-overview-effec... | ||
| ▲ | mdaniel 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
> Shatner later realized that 11 minutes in space wasn't really anything to write home about I am totally on board with the qualifier "not worth the money," but I can't imagine an outcome that's not worth writing home about. Hell, I'd probably enjoy the ride just as much as the view because when else do you get to go multi-Mach? | ||