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Texan construction workers put a rocket up Team SpaceX over 'unpaid bills'
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- ensignavenger 2y agoIs it just me or is that headline impossible to parse? I have read it several times and still I have no idea what it is saying.
- munificent 2y ago"put a rocket up" is a completely weird phrase and the author clearly tried really hard to jam some rocket pun into the title but it just doesn't work.
- tsegratis 2y agoit's the kerosene on the bonfire equivalent of "step on the gas" i.e. "seriously get SpaceX moving (hopefully at speed) on the issue of unpaid bills"
- Doctor_Fegg 2y agoIt’s a British website using British idiom. Nothing weird about it at all.
- frob 2y agoI think it's supposed to be a play on the word "racket." As in, "to put up a racket" or "make a racket" meaning make a bunch of noise. I agree that it's horrendously written and really forced.
- ojbyrne 2y agoI would guess that I less safe for work domains, putting something (phallic) up is usually followed by a name for an orifice.
- Ylpertnodi 2y ago"They don't like it up 'em" - well-known phrase from the British sitcom 'Dad's Army'.
- frob 2y agoAnd now the idiom makes sense. Thank you!
- gamepsys 2y agoEven after reading the article I'm not sure what the headline means. It seems to be some sort of a debt dispute (unpaid contractors). Is the rocket put up as collateral on the lien? Are the contractors refusing to hand over the physical rocket to SpaceX until they are paid?
- raimondious 2y agoNot just you… Seems like it might be a Britishism? I think it’s saying something like “construction workers light up SpaceX”, like say bad things about them?
- wiedelphine 2y agoIt is a british phrase. I think the most commmon usage is 'put a rocket up their arse, or 'put a rocket under them; It's similar to 'light a fire under'. It means to suggest getting somebody who has been previously sluggish in acting, to act quicker.
- owlbite 2y agoYeah, definitely a common phrase in the UK, basically the sense is that if you put a (firework) rocket up someone's behind and light it, they're going to move pretty damn fast to rectify the situation before the fuse runs out.
- ianburrell 2y agoThe Register is known to make funny, confusing headlines. I think I found the definition of rocket that makes sense: "(UK slang, originally military) A severe reprimand; a telling-off. [from 20th c.]." The decoded headline would be: Texas construction workers tell off SpaceX. Or just Texas construction workers place lien on SpaceX.
- trilbyglens 2y agoI deeply hate the modern trend if "clever" headline writing. A headline with a shitty pun or work joke gets an instant skip from me. Might as well label your media outlet as satire for all I'm going to trust you.
- sparrish 2y agoWhat does 'put a rocket up' mean in that headline?
- ianburrell 2y agoWiktionary has UK slang definition of rocket of "A severe reprimand; a telling-off." I found quotes for "put a rocket up" that suggest it is UK slang. And pretty common since BBC has article for "How women students put a rocket up Cambridge".
- tocs3 2y agoSort of "Poke with a stick". Some contractors are filing leans against SpaceX assets in hopes of getting money owed.
- nozzlegear 2y agoI assumed it meant "put a rocket up their ass", a clever SpaceX-themed play on the phrase "put a boot up/in their ass".
- annacappa 2y agoFor the confused about the headline here is another article that explains the concept https://www.theregister.com/2012/07/31/firework_up_bottom_tomfoolishness/ https://www.theregister.com/2012/07/31/firework_up_bottom_to...
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- josefritzishere 2y agoLets not forget they are repeat offenders for the illegal dumping in California and Texas. https://blog.esghound.com/p/spacex-violated-the-clean-water-act https://blog.esghound.com/p/spacex-violated-the-clean-water-... https://www.expressnews.com/opinion/editorial/article/spacex-starship-environment-boca-chica-beach-18298716.php https://www.expressnews.com/opinion/editorial/article/spacex...
- thegrim33 2y ago- "repeat offenders for illegal dumping" reads the first link provided Summarizing the entire article, SpaceX's Boca Chica facility has permits for "domestic wastewater reuse authorization" and "two construction stormwater general permits", but, they apparently don't have a "permit for stormwater discharges." Not a single word about "illegal dumping". Not a single word about anything that actually happened. Not a single word about anything bad being dumped. The entire article is about SpaceX allegedly not having applied for a specific permit related to stormwater discharge. That's it.
- JumpCrisscross 2y agoOriginal source is clearer: https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/musks-spacex-is-quick-build-texas-slow-pay-its-bills-2024-05-13/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/musks-spacex-is-qui...
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- bryanlarsen 2y agoPlaying stupid games with accounts payable is standard big corporation bullshit. It is so refreshing to work with corporations that don't play those games, although they are the exception rather than the norm.
- njovin 2y agoThis is so true. I worked for a company that demanded NET90 payment terms from all vendors and frequently wouldn't even begin processing the invoice until 90 days, resulting in the contractor getting paid closer to 100-120 days. They'd also flat-out refuse to pay any sort of late fee or penalty.
- abduhl 2y agoThese aren't stupid games. Musk-affiliated companies regularly just refuse to pay. They don't pay late -- they don't pay. Their response to requests for payment are eventually met with "fuck you, sue us" after being given the run-around for months. Source: SpaceX stiffed my prior company for a middling amount of money for engineering services.
- bamboozled 2y agoYou’re just part of the plan to build a utopia on mars. Need to crack a few eggs to make an omelette according to the white man.
- euroderf 2y agoMaster Donald has taught them well.
- sebazzz 2y agoIt is just as annoying for the employees purchasing from the vendor. Constantly needing to apologise for the invoices not being paid on time, constantly needing to ping accounts payable to check what the status is (otherwise it is just a black hole you forward the invoice to).
- msie 2y agoSo, Tesla is hiring back some of the Supercharger team that they fired. How convenient after Elon Musk's payout. Make bold moves and then oops, claw some of them back.
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