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TheFarseer

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31. I think they just dangle space to give some people hope

Sat Oct 25, 2025, 11:16 AM

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The real future, I fear, is for 99% of us to sit in a tiny miserable apartment and be absorbed in a fake virtual life while the 1% lives in obscene opulence. The only question is how long before they decide they don’t need the 99% anymore. I know, I’m just a ray of sunshine today 🌞

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Bezos says 'millions of people' will be living in space by 2045 - and robots will commute on our behalf to the moon [View all] dalton99a Saturday OP

Hey Bezos, don't be stupid. It's not the technology we're afraid of. It's the politics. Walleye Saturday #1

Dream on Aviation Pro Saturday #2

Egad. With luck, the billionaire class will flock to take the maiden trip. Too bad that allegorical oracle Saturday #36

Won't happen lonely bird Saturday #3

They should build a ballroom to house his mind, too. bucolic_frolic Saturday #4

Bezos has lost his mind. spanone Saturday #5

Nope.................. Lovie777 Saturday #6

"Visionaries" Have Been Saying That For 50+ Years ProfessorGAC Saturday #7

Avery Brooks sums up that promise in this commericial. Collimator Saturday #16

Me too! MorbidButterflyTat Saturday #46

LOLOLOLOL FalloutShelter Saturday #51

That's because the GOP has blocked every attempt at scientific research. Initech Saturday #48

Perhaps ProfessorGAC Saturday #49

Shut. The. Fuck. Up. hatrack Saturday #8

Beat me to it orangecrush Saturday #29

gawd that woman, WTF is that Skittles Saturday #55

She has a need to have maximum boobage showing at all times Ritabert Saturday #60

she is gross Skittles Saturday #61

Agreed. Ritabert Sunday #65

I'd bet money that that will never happen. ananda Saturday #9

And the Missus snowybirdie Saturday #10

He travels with his own flotation device leftstreet Saturday #26

... orangecrush Saturday #30

Bezos is a damaged asshole with a hole inside him that no amount of money will fill. Scrivener7 Saturday #11

I hope he spends his own money. 58Sunliner Saturday #12

Stay tuned for more exciting episodes of "Moronicus and Dementia"! struggle4progress Saturday #13

How the f are millions of people supposed to get there? Is he giving out free rides? eShirl Saturday #14

How long JBTaurus83 Saturday #15

Just another place to bombard us with ads. n/t flvegan Saturday #17

Who wants to live in a tin can in space? Jacson6 Saturday #18

Zero gravity sex? MorbidButterflyTat Saturday #45

By 2045 the world economy will have collapsed due to high unemployment cause by robots taking all the jobs. patphil Saturday #19

I turns out people dont function all that well Johonny Saturday #20

Bezos will probably start several new companies - one of them will be manufacturing and selling full-body lead suits dalton99a Saturday #22

We'll have to as our planet will become uninhabitable due to climate change surfered Saturday #21

He said "millions," though, not the billions... ColoringFool Saturday #57

Well those two would fit. They already look like 👽👽👾🛸 Polly Hennessey Saturday #23

Because the oligarch elite plan to make earth unliveable with total ignoring climate change hlthe2b Saturday #24

Here's the money shot: bluesbassman Saturday #25

+1 dalton99a Saturday #27

All those robot replaced workers can get jobs programming and repairing the robots, right? bluesbassman Saturday #35

What a Rebl2 Saturday #28

I think they just dangle space to give some people hope TheFarseer Saturday #31

How long before the 99% use their mass The Madcap Saturday #34

If they get AI drones and robot attack dogs TheFarseer Saturday #50

Newsflash - There won't be less crime on the moon. taxi Saturday #32

So twenty years from now The Madcap Saturday #33

We wouldn't need "flights" MorbidButterflyTat Saturday #44

Not gonna happen. Not inour lifetimes, probably not ever. PoindexterOglethorpe Saturday #37

I also recommend the book Retrograde Saturday #41

And hoverboards? MorbidButterflyTat Saturday #43

Both him and his wife are brain damaged botox idiots. kimbutgar Saturday #38

He is truly delusional. milestogo Saturday #39

Let's start with Bezos, Musk, and Trump. Luciferous Saturday #40

Apparently MorbidButterflyTat Saturday #42

We can't even keep planes in the air! Initech Saturday #47

I have a bridge to sell to Bezos sakabatou Saturday #52

Does he expect us to worship him as a god DBoon Saturday #53

Please warn us before you show us that picture Keepthesoulalive Saturday #54

He's nuts! N/T ColoringFool Saturday #56

Oh, yes please! Let's jettison the rich fucks into space! JoseBalow Saturday #58

High on his own supply Red Mountain Saturday #59

And the billionaire class could cut off the oxygen for the space dwellers if they became an inconvenience. raccoon Sunday #62

Sheeee-it, man, like my job's commuting ain't enough? DFW Sunday #63

Elysium isn't just a movie.... MaeScott Sunday #64

Inner space or outer space lol? miyazaki Sunday #66

'E's a loon, 'e is! Maeve Sunday #67

There is "space" all right, and it is between Bozos's ears. n/t valleyrogue Sunday #68

"I don't see how anybody can be discouraged who is alive right now," LudwigPastorius Sunday #69