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[–] RagingSnarkasm@lemmy.world 46 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Company store only accepts Spacebucks as currency.

Employees soon to learn what loading sixteen tons means.

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

DOGE coin even /s

[–] TheLiveFive@lemm.ee 24 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Aren't starbases supposed to be, ya know, out in the stars?

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Yea, they should just be named Base.

[–] SenatorCollins@aussie.zone 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This base is outside the environment.

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

In a regulatory sense it is.

[–] Big_Boss_77@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 1 week ago

Terrestrially Tethered Base

[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

Give it the classy Arabic name for The Base: al-Qaida.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

yup. should name it starport.

[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

starportie potty

It's a Texas thing, you wouldn't understand.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

Can’t wait for Phony Stark to go to Mars and establish a Starbase there.

[–] Daggity@lemm.ee 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hope the residents are able to move before it becomes a Pullman town.

[–] spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Good luck selling a house that risks being damaged by falling launch pad debris

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 3 points 1 week ago

Oh I'm sure some cybertruck owner will pay money for it.

[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 15 points 1 week ago

It will be a toxic waste dump in Elon gets done with it.

[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 10 points 1 week ago

It'll be a great tourist attraction when Musk is gone and all that's left are some abandoned buildings, lots of tarnished hype, and tumbleweeds blowing through.

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Woo... whatever. Good for them

[–] einlander@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Ultor, Manifest!

Elon is speed running commander Sopot from Red Faction 2.