Olivia Rodrigo says she doesn't trust men who want to go to space

[gumby]

Wanting to go to space is a dealbreaker for Olivia

Comments

[varioussaints]

Fair enough. I imagine it's less of a theoretical and/or whimsical question for people in her tax bracket, given the rise of space tourism. I personally would like to go to space but only in theory and only if it were like in Star Trek, not whatever Jeff Bezos and his ilk are doing.

[weighty_ghost]

yeah i took it more as her version of the 'if the pilot passed out, do you think you could land the plane' question. shows a man's hubris

[varioussaints]

I LOVE that question. It was an icebreaker at a conference I went to pre-COVID and the number of times I heard a man say something like, well yes, I would [insert insane plan here about flying to the nearest body of water or an open field and doing the most elegant trust fall from the sky right in the exact spot they planned it] was actually insane. No, owning a PlayStation as a child is not sufficient training to land a plane.

[hazypink]

exactly this lol, I understand her immediately. Girl isn’t meeting any legitimate prospective astronauts lbr, she’s meeting rich celebs like herself and it’s good to filter out the dudes who wanna go fuck mars or whatever

[sitakhet]

I'd always probe their opinions on electric cars, and if the answer was something like "NO I WANNA HEAR THE MOTOR GO VROOM VROOM" I knew that clearly our values did not align. 😂.

[la_loony]

Does that question also help to sort out Musk fans when they only consider Teslas when talking about electric cars?

[pseudo_shigure]

same. i want to go there if they've at least sorted the toilet situation tbh.