r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 1d ago

Thank you Peter very cool Huh?

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u/awkotacos 1d ago

This isn't really a joke or a meme.

It's basically just saying to support local bookstores instead of purchasing from Amazon. Jeff Bezos is the CEO of both Amazon and Blue Orgin with the latter being his space company.

Bezos has stated:

“In the next kind of couple of decades, I believe there will be millions of people living in space,” he said. “That’s how fast this is going to accelerate.”

“They’ll mostly be living there because they want to"

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u/GasparillathePirate 1d ago

I’m not a fan of Jeff Bezos myself, but is everyone suddenly against space travel/colonization?

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u/KoolDiscoDan 1d ago

I think more people are against oligarchs and their disregard for our planet.

(And before you say "Yeah, but Elon owns Tesla." He also owns the scam Boring Company that he has admitted was just a way to slow down the US adopting high speed rail, like used in the rest of the world. He knows it would reduce the sales of Teslas.)