• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    > This same country also has a space organization that is well-respected all around the world

    Lol, sure…

    Other countries don’t pay India lip service because it’s a large 3rd world country poised to become the newest sweatshop of the developed world…

    It’s because they respect a space program who retroactively changes their goals and tells their uneducated masses that everything was a resounding success.

    Just like “any day now” for the last 30 years they are going to become a world leader.

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      1 year ago

      My country once successfully launched 104 satellites with a single rocket. And this guy really believes we can’t build a secure linux distro because we’re nothing more than a “3rd world country poised to become the newest sweatshop of the developed world”. Wow, okay dude.

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        1 year ago

        Hey, another example of India doing something that makes no logical sense just for the PR and then gullible people thinking that just because no one else has done it, no one else could have!

        Man, you all are making this easy

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          > > > Hey, another example of India doing something that makes no logical sense just for the PR > >

          Only 2 of those 104 satellites were Indian. Rest all were foreign satellites. In fact 96 of them were from the USA. But yeah, obviously all these foreign satellites satellites serve no purpose whatsoever. Obviously they were launched just so ISRO could score some PR points 😂

          There is absolutely nothing impressive about launching 104 satellites in one go. What would be truly impressive is building a linux distro, amirite?

          > > > Man, you all are making this easy > >

          Insert wojak crying behind mask meme

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          no logical sense except the indigenous technology advancements that make sure india doesn’t need to rely on others for crucial operations (US denying gps info to india comes to mind) along with the money that they earn from private satellite launches, yes.

          i wonder why this is so easy for you, surely it isn’t because you are conveniently ignoring all the positives of a space program.

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            If they were doing it for real reasons…

            They’d have launched a few big ones.

            Not just throwing a bunch of junk into space to beat a record no one else is trying to beat.

            Although, to be honest I thought no one would be dumb enough to fall for the propaganda and think any of the stuff people keep bringing up in this thread was worth bragging about.

            But I can admit when I’m wrong.

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              what reasons are real enough for you?

              is a navigation system real enough? are weather satellites helping with disasters and saving lives real enough? is telecommunications real enough? is the millions they earn from private satellites real enough?

              i’m sorry all of this falls under propaganda for you. for me personally, these are all real enough to warrant a space program.

              > But I can admit when I’m wrong

              doesn’t look like it

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                > > > doesn’t look like it > >

                His brain thinks a country that can successfully launch rockets surely doesn’t have what it takes to build a secure linux distro. You think that brain is capable of admitting to mistakes?

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      Well… No idea if US landed on the moon but the videos are sus AF

      Countries spinning PR is tale as old as time

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        Yeah, the whole moon race was propaganda…

        The main reason America went was so USSR couldn’t say they were first.

        Everyone’s known this for like 50 years now…