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I think there are a lot of good futures that involve things being better on Earth

• triceratops 7mo ago
  Good futures, sure. But not as cool. No Tannhauser Gate, no Kessel Run.
  • jubilanti 7mo ago
    You know what's cool? Lifting a billion people out of poverty on earth. If you don't think so and still are more motivated by space opera fantasies, there is something wrong with your morals.
    • triceratops 7mo ago
      You don't know me or what motivates me. You're crossing into personal attacks and that's not ok.
    • Tadpole9181 7mo ago
      Sure, that would be astoundingly amazing. But the second sentence there is unwarranted. Someone can lament their hopes and dreams dying while still caring about the realistic needs of the world around them.
  • elil17 7mo ago
    are you equally upset that Harry Potter isn’t real? I don’t mean to come across as rude, I just can’t really understand what you mean unless you’re saying that you’re sad magic isn’t real
    • triceratops 7mo ago
      If you believed magic was real, wouldn't you be sad to learn it wasn't? You're saying you never, ever, not once thought interstellar travel and space colonies might happen one day. Far into the future, of course. My dream of interstellar travel died once I grew up a bit and learned about relativity. But colonies in our solar system and the rest are dead because of money more than anything else.