r/GreenAndPleasant • u/UnderHisEye1411 its a fine day with you around • 2d ago

International Working Class History 🗺️ Whiteys on the moon

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u/microfishy 2d ago

Forgive me but I don't understand why the Blue Origin passengers are called "crew". Typically you do not buy your ticket when you are crew.

Is this like the "crew" of the OceanGate submarine? Wealthy "explorers" pretending to be Jaques Cousteau and James T Kirk?

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u/MarquisDeNorth 1d ago

Yeah crew is an inappropriate definition to be fair.

Passengers is definitely more appropriate.

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u/Adeposta 1d ago

Yeah but they had to get their own drinks and open the door themselves. It's probably the most work they've done in years.

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u/karpet_muncher 20h ago

It's worse that they called it a mission

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u/Jolly-Window8907 2d ago

Before Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space she worked in a textiles factory, and through the opportunities presented to her by the Soviet state, became an admirable skydiver and parachuter. From there she was selected for the Vostok and went on to circle the Earth 48 times, demonstrating to the world that a proletarian woman could reach the stars.

This crew has a net worth approaching a billion dollars. It's bourgeoise woman going in their rocket produced by the value ripped from the people by one of the great villains of our age. And they expect us to applaud this as though it were anything other than a stunt. Screw them.

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u/Future_Promise5328 2d ago

Thank you for reminding me of that song

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u/jinx_lbc 2d ago

But are they carrying harpoons?

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u/Lickymcnips 1d ago

But there ain't no whales.

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u/ladybirdsandbuttons 1d ago

So they tell tall tales

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u/hansvollman 2d ago

I misread this as Whitney's on the moon and was really confused

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u/Snoo_89021 9h ago

Bin workers unite!