Curious if this argument also works for other situations? "I didn't file my taxes, because it would take too long".
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I think everyone in this thread needs to re-watch the scene where Littlefinger and Cercei discuss power.
"Trump can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but Trump cannot fool all of the people all of the time."
Which stage are we at now? Have enough people been fooled yet?
Yeah, Elon and Bezos really need that money for important things. Like to fake sending plastic millionaires into space
Like to fake sending plastic millionaires into space
Are you saying the rocket launch was staged?
Idk for sure. It just seemed off. Like, it seemed like a big PR stunt. No pressurized suits or helmets, for a bunch of old ass siliconed up ladies, with no astronaut training. No frizzy zero g hair. Video of one of them falling down in zero g... The video of it landing at like twenty five miles per hour, and kicking up a ton of dust and then immediately after the ground shot with no dust still in sight. Then they opened the door early and then shut it, so Bezos could come open it with his special tool. And the door opened inward, as opposed to outwards like every other spacecraft or airplane designed to withstand that kind of pressure... I don't understand what the purpose of faking it would be, and it seems stupid and conspiratorial, but it all just reaked of bullshit
a bunch of old ass siliconed up ladies, with no astronaut training
That's because they're not astronauts, they're space tourists. You don't need to train someone how to fly a rocket when the only machine they're controlling is their seat belts.
No pressurized suits or helmets
That's because the cabin remains pressurized and oxygenated.
And the door opened inward, as opposed to outwards like every other spacecraft or airplane designed to withstand that kind of pressure
That's probably because they didn't need to open the door in space, unlike almost every other spacecraft. It's actually more secure to have it open inward when the pressure inside is higher than the pressure outside, since the pressure difference pushes the door closed rather than pushing it open.
Then we should reform our immigration policy so we can tax them right? That's the only carrot on a stick I think they conservatives might take.
They do pay taxes. This weird myth that immigrants somehow all live and work in the US for free is silly. They pay income tax if they work, they pay sales tax when they buy things, they pay property tax if they own a home or help someone financially who does.