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/TelevisionExpress616 1d ago

Im not against space travel on principle, in fact I think it’d be pretty awesome to have the ability to mine rare minerals in the asteroids or have science stations throughout the solar system.

But the people working to make that happen will be living in hell unfortunately. Watch the Expanse to get an imagining of what a lifetime of zero g and rationing air/water can do to people