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[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 93 points 4 months ago (3 children)

This is the same guy who loves Iain Banks' Culture novels while somehow remaining oblivious to their strongly leftist and anti-capitalist stance, and just sees "cool spaceships go pew pew". He's a complete moron.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 72 points 4 months ago (1 children)

He also says he loves the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which is extremely anti-corporate and portrays every AI as flawed, an asshole, or both.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 33 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Except the doors; they were perfect.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 23 points 4 months ago

sighs with the satisfaction of a job well done 😮‍💨

[–] Dempf@lemmy.zip 25 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I started reading that series recently. I was aware that Elon is a fan and named multiple SpaceX modules after Culture ships. Absolutely blew my mind and made me realize how dumb he is, since The Culture seems like the opposite of everything he stands for. Plus some very pro trans messages IMHO.

[–] A7thStone@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The Culture is Fully Automated Luxury Gary Space Communism, and all he saw was AI ships have funny names.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

Set course... for Gary Space.

[–] smiletolerantly@awful.systems 5 points 4 months ago