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JBTaurus83

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1. Yes.

Reply to IA8IT (Original post)

Tue Jul 14, 2026, 08:56 PM

18 hrs ago

I know everyone wants to stick their head in the sand, but we’ve destroyed this planet. These rich people are not trying to get off of Earth for the fun of it.

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Is WALL-E our A.I. future? Billionaires in orbit above dead earth? [View all] IA8IT 18 hrs ago OP

Yes. JBTaurus83 18 hrs ago #1

Somebody is reading too many scifi novels. valleyrogue 18 hrs ago #2

How about dweller 18 hrs ago #3

i like that idea. FoxNewsSucks 16 hrs ago #4

*sad Neuro-sama noises* sakabatou 16 hrs ago #5

Nobody is going to be living in space when low earth orbit is full of deadly shrapnel. hunter 16 hrs ago #6

No, living in space sucks. LudwigPastorius 14 hrs ago #7

Underground "bunkers," with amenities befitting billionaires. ColoringFool 13 hrs ago #8

Bones decay in space. Justice matters. 12 hrs ago #9

Also radiation edhopper 10 hrs ago #11

You could spend hundreds of trillions edhopper 10 hrs ago #10