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[Kopra]

Say no to space sex, kids. It's dangerous.

 

[Houruck]

[crockrocket]

 

This is very clearly the best part of the thread.

[MomOw]

[Massive_Assailant_Stingray]

This has potential to be one of the greatest things to happen to space. Pretty much anything that we could do in space (out side of giant death rays, and mass annihilation) is a great thing. This is going to get people to talk about space, that's amazing. With the conversation focused on space sex, we can easily take that conversation to space flight, exploration, life, technology.

 

I would say that it's a shame if you let some silly morals to negatively affect your view of this achievement. But honestly that's almost a positive in itself. Get mad, get real mad you prudes. I hope you get so dang mad you go donate 100 dollars to Nasa, or your favorite private space organization that aligns better with your ideals. "If they can have sex in space, why can't we fund this space hotel." That kind of stuff, all your prudish embarrassment could be a good motivator for other advances in space.

 

But the fact is sex sells. Sex is selling us music, tv, movies, food. But right now sex is trying to sell us space, and that's rad. If you have a problem with that, you should take it up with general pop culture, but don't turn down space just because it's being packaged to us like everything else.

[MechFighter5e3bf9]

you all did the same thing when you first became alone with internet access

[Massive_Assailant_Stingray]

you all did the same thing when you first became alone with internet access

 

Google pictures of pokemon?

[ticklemyiguana]

This has potential to be one of the greatest things to happen to space. Pretty much anything that we could do in space (out side of giant death rays, and mass annihilation) is a great thing. This is going to get people to talk about space, that's amazing. With the conversation focused on space sex, we can easily take that conversation to space flight, exploration, life, technology.

 

I would say that it's a shame if you let some silly morals to negatively affect your view of this achievement. But honestly that's almost a positive in itself. Get mad, get real mad you prudes. I hope you get so dang mad you go donate 100 dollars to Nasa, or your favorite private space organization that aligns better with your ideals. "If they can have sex in space, why can't we fund this space hotel." That kind of stuff, all your prudish embarrassment could be a good motivator for other advances in space.

 

But the fact is sex sells. Sex is selling us music, tv, movies, food. But right now sex is trying to sell us space, and that's rad. If you have a problem with that, you should take it up with general pop culture, but don't turn down space just because it's being packaged to us like everything else.

I had to unlike and like this again.

[(KDR) Seron16]

But the fact is sex sells.

Yes, you're entirely right, sex sells.

 

I just like to buy other things while I'm at the shop. And sometimes I complain about the brusselsprouts no matter how good they are for me because they're well, brusselsprouts. ;)

[Massive_Assailant_Stingray]

Yes, you're entirely right, sex sells.

 

I just like to buy other things while I'm at the shop. And sometimes I complain about the brusselsprouts no matter how good they are for me because they're well, brusselsprouts. ;)

 

Dude, brussel sprouts are a highly under rated vegetable. You gotta slather them up with butter and salt like most vegetables. But they are great.

[hoghead]

Ugfh. You're all hopeless. Every new thing that we do in space is one step closer to building a life out there, but all you see is porn. Perverts.

I don't know tic, its all fun and games till someone has to clean up the mess. I can hear the janitor now.......O MY GOD ITS EVERYWHERE!!!!!!

[(KDR) Seron16]

Dude, brussel sprouts are a highly under rated vegetable. You gotta slather them up with butter and salt like most vegetables. But they are great.

Used up all my butter on my corn on the cob and all my salt on my cucumbers!

[phed]

You're quite right that there are many worse things that humanity in general could be doing in space.

But that why I bring up Star Trek. It may very well be a unrealistic dream, but in that future humanity has moved past its obsession with material things, past its base desires being the singular over-arching goals of our lives, past war over race and religion, etc and so on.

Yet people are putting money into creating what we have down here, up there. Sex is a good and amazing thing, but it saddens me that it is the incentive that's convinced people to fight for going into space when so many other avenues of advancement for up there could and should be supported.

Look, I'm a cynical, realist guy, but sometimes I draw a line and say I'm disappointed we've crossed it. But yes, you're right, I'm glad its not a weapon or some other worse thing, and I'm glad someone wants to go to space like I do, whatever the reason. The world is always shades of grey my friend.

But, dude, captain kirk was hooking up with every shade of the rainbow of alien poonani, and though military decorum was more on the forefront in the next generation and deep space nine, romance formed many a plot point.

And sure no racism, but let's add xenophobia! It's like racism but better! Now we can make up whole species to hate...

I don't think you were watching very closely...

Edited by phed, 05 July 2015 - 10:17 AM.

[(KDR) Seron16]

But, dude, captain kirk was hooking up with every shade of the rainbow of alien poonani, and though military decorum was more on the forefront in the next generation and deep space nine, romance formed many a plot point.

And sure no racism, but let's add xenophobia! It's like racism but better! Now we can make up whole species to hate...

I don't think you were watching very closely...

My parents sat me down in front of the TV to watch VHS tapes of Star Trek Next Gen in Australia when I was 2 years old, so I've watched just a little bit. 

 

I'm not so much talking about the literal human and alien characters as they are portrayed as they are, be it human, alien, etc. but the ideas behind Star Trek, behind why we expanded into space, behind Starfleet, behind the problems and situation it explored and forced us to think about. Having just watched some re-runs of DS9 I can see lots of "romance", sex, etc. and xenophobia and that has always been a part of Star Trek from TOS to DS9 to Voyager. But Star Trek is about those things (and many, many others) because it forces us to deal with them face to face. The new movies are simple action flicks, but Star Trek is an open investigation into humanity, and that seems a better dream and reason than the porn industry. Not sex, for sex is a part of our humanity. 

 

I think some of you misunderstand slightly my problems (and lack of problem) with this. ^^

[HeavyMetalFenix]

As a precautionary tale, I'm just gonna leave these snips here, from Wikipedia:

 

"Space adaptation syndrome (SAS) or space sickness is a condition experienced by around half of space travelers during adaptation to weightlessness."

 

"space motion sickness symptoms can vary from mild nausea and disorientation, to vomiting and intense discomfort; headaches and nausea"

 

"Jake Garn was sick, was pretty sick. I don't know whether we should tell stories like that. But anyway, Jake Garn, he has made a mark in the Astronaut Corps because he represents the maximum level of space sickness that anyone can ever attain, and so the mark of being totally sick and totally incompetent is one Garn. Most guys will get maybe to a tenth Garn, if that high. And within the Astronaut Corps, he forever will be remembered by that.

—Robert E. Stevenson"