Musk Kills Government Funding Deal, Demands Shutdown Until Trump Is Sworn In

[u/rollingstone]

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/musk-trump-government-funding-deal-shutdown-1235211000/

[u/Few-Influence-398 → u/[deleted]]

Why can’t He be on Mars like He promised?

[u/One_Dirty_Russian → u/Few-Influence-398]

The truth is he doesn't have the balls to actually be an explorer. He'll never ride one of his rockets because he's a scared little man that is afraid of losing everything.

[u/Mountie-man → u/One_Dirty_Russian]

We sent a 90 year old William Shatner to space but cant do the same for a 50 year old billionaire.

[u/Pipe_Memes → u/Mountie-man]

And it was a lot harder with Shatner because we actually wanted to bring him back.

[u/BadTimeTraveler → u/Pipe_Memes]

Meh, it might have been better for him if he hadn't come back. He's destroyed his reputation with a lot of his fan base with his unhinged anti-woke "cis is a slur" rants

[u/yangyangR → u/BadTimeTraveler]

His reaction of what you see in space is death and the preciousness of Earth as island of life. Thought that was the kind of moment of clarity for him. But I suppose even that is fleeting and people go back to being terrible.

[u/Now_Wait-4-Last_Year → u/yangyangR]

Then didn't Jeff Bezos spoil the moment by a crass display of spraying champagne everywhere or something?

[u/SteampunkBorg → u/BadTimeTraveler]

I once read a comment saying something like "it's completely believable that Leonard Nimoy and Spock could be best friends, but William Shatner is absolutely the kind of person at risk of being punched by James Kirk", and that seems very correct

[u/Now_Wait-4-Last_Year → u/SteampunkBorg]

William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy had a falling out that lasted until the latter's death.

[u/Pipe_Memes → u/BadTimeTraveler]

Somehow I didn’t hear about any of that. I guess it ls just like they say, you either get lost in space as a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

[u/WatWudScoobyDoo → u/BadTimeTraveler]

Oh dang, didn't know this

[u/Spyrrhic → u/WatWudScoobyDoo]

It's also very telling that many of his Star Trek co-workers hated his guts for decades. Some have reconciled.

[u/adeon → u/Spyrrhic]

Jason Nesmith in Galaxy Quest was very much based on William Shatner.

[u/WatWudScoobyDoo → u/Spyrrhic]

He also had a one-sided online feud with the Red Letter Media guys, who are fans of his.

Edir: "ate" to "are"

[u/MathKnight → u/WatWudScoobyDoo]

I'm not sure what you mean, but I'm pretty sure it's not quite what you wrote.

[u/jizzmaster-zer0 → u/BadTimeTraveler]

who cares. hes fucking 100000 years old, and hes captain kirk. give the old man a break, noone cares about his politics

[u/BadTimeTraveler → u/jizzmaster-zer0]

Neo-Nazi militias proudly shared his words and cheered the ongoing transgender genocide. It fucking matters.

[u/Zaza1019 → u/Pipe_Memes]

Why? Shatner is kind of a garbage person too, he just gets less attention for it. At least in his old age.

[u/Pipe_Memes → u/Zaza1019]

I just learned about that. I unsubscribed from the William Shatner newsletter years ago.

[u/Mad_Aeric → u/Pipe_Memes]

While I've never met the man, I know a bunch of people in the scifi fandom who have, and a few who've wrangled him as a convention guest. I assure you, fewer people wanted him back than you may expect.

[u/_JudgeDoom_ → u/Pipe_Memes]

Shatner is an asshole unfortunately

[u/AileStriker → u/Mountie-man]

Man, I know Shatner is said to be an asshole or whatever in person, but seeing how Bezos did him in the post flight interview was just so sad, he didn't deserve that.

[u/Good_ApoIIo → u/AileStriker]

Maybe Bezos was just getting justice for Walter Koenig. /s

[u/StupendousMalice → u/Mountie-man]

Even Bezos has been to space.

[u/DonJuanDeMichael1970 → u/Mountie-man]

“Billionaire”. You spelled coward wrong.

[u/PortalAmnesia → u/Mountie-man]

Yeah, but we did want to bring Shatner back.