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I didn’t realize an eye roll and considering that they’re LARPing themselves for theatrical effect… was “getting bent out of shape”. Perhaps I enjoy competence
by SV_BubbleTime 7mo ago
I didn’t realize an eye roll and considering that they’re LARPing themselves for theatrical effect… was “getting bent out of shape”.
Perhaps I enjoy competence over narrative nonsense? Maybe pessimism has been highly undersold this generation and too many people are willing to buy into any basic narrative of emotion nudging they’re shown?
- mylies43 7mo agoI mean are they really larping? They are mission control for NASA seems like if anyone is going to giving dramatic pre-launch sentiments they would be the ones
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- daveguy 7mo agoThey had one part - literally one line - of a scripted and serious safety checklist where they could express themselves. Some chose to be kinda muted, some chose to be kinda over the top. Maybe get over yourself?
- SV_BubbleTime 7mo agoAround when they resume the count down at 10 min, the blonde woman with the super curved monitor breaks into her best Apollo Themed inspirational speech… shit, if she went on any longer she was about to say how this was one small step for man… Again… IT IS COOL… but remind WHY on all the theatrics if you would. We put more than a dozen men on the moon, right? Why is fly once around it 60 years later that big of a deal? It’s OK to say “They were trying to be fun and inspiring but yes it came off a little cheesy because they’re nerds.”