To think millions of litres of fuel shouldn't be wasted on sending a rocket to the moon

With this current fuel crisis it's total madness sending a rocket to the moon. What is the point. Nobody is even going to land on the moon. Doubt therei s any oil on the moon.

I haven't complained about modern technology. I've said I have no interest in it other than as a tool. I don't care if it functions, how it functions or if it stops functioning.

A privilege is to be able to wake up in the morning and see the sun. It's not tapping on a machine you paid for and arguing with people you will never meet.

Off you pop then.

It's always amazing when people complain about modern technology whilst using it every day of their lives. The privilege of that is just completely lost on such people.

Is your DMum a man then?

55 years thanks to satellites and space technology. Gotten quicker, easier and cheaper thanks to it.

Satellites came in 1957.

Again. International phone calls. It got better and easier due to satellites.

Good for you. Lots of us have family that love and care about us. And we like to speak to them. (And they like to speak to us) Facetimed DMum today. He lives across the pond and it's always nice to catch up.

I've already answered that one.
It's occasional. It's amusing. If it stopped tomorrow it would only save me time.

If the internet "went away" at least we wouldn't have to hear from her.

And yet here you are, on the Internet, chatting away without any sense of irony whatsoever.

And yet here you are, on the Internet, chatting away without any sense of irony whatsoever.

As I say if I die, I die. The medicine I needed today isn't available. The chemist can't get it. Hasn't been able to for months. I'll have to do without - that's with the internet.

Transport - Mostly I use my bike. Sometimes the train, but that's only for treats so I that won't be devastating.

Sanitation? I have a long drop lav.

Tools? Got all the tools I need.

Building materials? What am I going to build? Might need to repair stuff I suppose but I have done so without buying new materials for nearly a decade now.

Detergents? You might have me there. I'll just have to smell.

I don't want to call anyone.
Are you on Elon's payroll?

Well you can fuck off to Mars with the horrible fucking abusive cunt too then and stay there.

Imagine thinking Elon Musk has ever done anything worthwhile, good or useful in his life. Yep, Mars is the best place for space cadets like you! 😂

55 years thanks to satellites and space technology. Gotten quicker, easier and cheaper thanks to it.

Satellites came in 1957.

Again. International phone calls. It got better and easier due to satellites.

Like it or not the supply chains for pretty much everything rely on the internet. As long as your self-sufficiency extends to never needing medical care, transport, sanitation, detergents, tools, building materials etc then you'll be peachy.

It's been possible to phone the world direct for about 55 years now.

There has been a global postal system since 1874.
3 million homes in Britain had TV by 1954.
The Met Office opened in 1854.
You grow basil, you don't make it.

You don't remember the world before the internet at all do you.
You can read about this stuff if you have little experience of life.

You go to that then. Grow your own veg (we did this as well. We made our own basil for some pesto. It was delicious)

Prior to internet and digital communication you'd find it hard to speak to relatives across the world. Harder to share media, see what's happening across the world and be a part of the global community. You go do you. We'll be living in the modern world and going to new heights.

Again before we had satellites there was no satellite TV, no GPS no satellite weather forecasting. All things we've benefited from.

Elon is awesome. He does renewable energy and space exploration. I'd rather have 1 Elon than a 1000 of you.

You go to that then. Grow your own veg (we did this as well. We made our own basil for some pesto. It was delicious)

Prior to internet and digital communication you'd find it hard to speak to relatives across the world. Harder to share media, see what's happening across the world and be a part of the global community. You go do you. We'll be living in the modern world and going to new heights.

Again before we had satellites there was no satellite TV, no GPS no satellite weather forecasting. All things we've benefited from.

The internet and phone are tools I use briefly in my day. I have no interest in them other than that. If they ceased to function then I'd probably benefit by not chatting about nonsense on here with people I'll never meet.

Nope. Never want to travel on a plane again.

I raise and grow 90% of my own food. The rest I buy from the local farm shop.
I have enough clothes to last me the 20 years I might possibly live.
My fuel grows in the local woodland and on my own land.
I'm happy to be here but everything comes to an end and if I die I die.

Not caring about technology is a freedom.

I think exploring space is a complete waste anyway. There are people out there literally starving to death, with no access to clean water, and we're sending people into outer space? For what? When you think of the number of people the cost of one single mission could feed, it's ridiculous.