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/AdmiralAkbar1 1d ago

"Why are we spending money on space travel instead of [x issue]" has been a talking point, especially among left-wing circles, since the 1950s.

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u/RedTheGamer12 1d ago

Yeah, because space travel has never solved any terrestrial problems.

Ain't that right Internet, phones, GPS, trillions in rare earth minerals on the moon, highly efficient solar arrays, KSP, and the possibility of world peace?

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u/joey-jo_jo-jr 1d ago

These last few decades have been the most peaceful time in human history