Has anyone here considered that he simply may be funding subversive groups in a few countries?

Having read my share of early Soviet era sci-fi, I think you’re wrong.

Hell no. It’s nowhere near 50/50. In my experience the great moments are far more frequent than the one where you want to defenestrate them.

The relationship with them is however massively unequal, in that you basically owe all the support and they owe you next to nothing (at least at the start).

And unlike with partners and friends, you are supposed to have and maintain authority over them, and foster their growth, often against their whishes.

So it’s a lot of work. But I for instance don’t understand why people get dogs.

Cowabunga!

I mean, I hear you, but on the ISS I think the aluminum waste shouldn’t be a significant concern.

And it may be very appreciated that they help contain the coffee grounds. Cleaning a portafilter in microgravity must be an absolute nightmare.

And to be clear cleanliness in that environment is very very important.

That’s like 10 a years old TFS Titan, you’re two generations behind.

Bad bot.

The way the camera follows us in slow-mo