Nah, you clearly don't know what I'm talking about. :)

...You know, you could have just said "I don't give a shit about further space exploration" in your first reply and saved us this whole conversation.

Wait, what?

/earth/ crossing??

I think you have sorely misunderstood the problems facing further space exploration. We do NOT need the fuel on earth. This is not where we need it. We have the ability to make fuel here already. We need a permanent place to make fuel (and acquire water) OFF of earth because those are the two heaviest things we take up into space and the biggest limitors to our exploring further in it.

Not to mention that asteroids are not exactly easy to get to? I mean good luck doing the maths of all those trajectories and avoiding everything else in the asteroid belt while you're at it. I thought you maybe knew something I didn't regarding that, but I am finding myself sorely disappointed.

You think mining asteroids is a better idea?...

I am intrigued; please elaborate.

Yep, no reason to go to Mars. It's not like there's resources to make rocket fuel and water there, making it the next logical step for space exploration or anything.

Calling assholes assholes does not invalidate arguments. Ignoring everything else said in favour of pointing out ad hominems is some bullshit tone policing.

Ditto. Kind of mad to be finding out about these just as they're getting ready to remove it!

For me (and anybody else with an APD), yes. Yes I do. It's that or spend half an hour on the phone repeatedly saying "I'm sorry, can you repeat that?" before eventually giving up and still not knowing what they were talking about.

As a non-American, this seems rather...uhh...I mean...it's just...you know what? I don't want to know. I just don't.

Considering he's been battling this cancer for years...I'm gonna have to say that yeah, he saw it coming.

Are you trying to tell me you drive 65-70 on that narrow, winding, 2-lane backroad?

You, sir, scare the Bejeezus out of me.

How is parent a troll? Promoting good grammar and educating people is never trolling. Just because you dislike being corrected, don't mod the grammar nazis trolls.

- Your Friendly Neighbourhood Grammar Nazi

I'm fairly certain 'lefties' are the ones who advocate free speech. I'm not 100% on American politics, but here at least it's the 'lefties' supporting civil liberties.

It's the 'think of the children!' people you want to be attacking here. The ones that want to destroy freedoms for the sake of not offending anybody. I think you'll find they're right-wing. ;)

Did anybody else read that as Santa Claus banning toys?...

I'm hard-wired to the router. No wireless card in this computer. ...I feel left out now. Maybe I should go check it out from the computer upstairs.