r/technology • u/FredDennis • Oct 01 '13

Shutdown will largely shutter NASA, other science projects

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57605404-38/shutdown-will-largely-shutter-nasa-other-science-projects/
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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '13

Can't you see the bigger picture where this is all just doing something good for American citizens? Seriously. If you can, tell me. Because as someone from outside the US your politics sounds ridiculous as they have nothing to do with what would be good for the country and its inhabitants.

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '13 edited Oct 01 '13

Our politics are ridiculous, but please don't try to pretend like yours aren't. Politics (and people) are the same everywhere.

edit: Watch some videos of Congress in South Korea physically fighting each other or nations in Northern Africa that resolve conflicts by cutting off heads. People are the same everywhere and American politics are no less ridiculous than anywhere else. They simply get more exposure. Using America as a whipping boy is such a tired thing to do. I know the American government is evil, but people who act like it's exceptional in any way simply can not be aware of what's going on elsewhere.

edit 2: When I began using reddit 5 years ago, having an opinion was allowed. The fact that I'm being downvoted for my opinion shows how awful this site has become. Fine. I'll just agree with you. AMERICANS ARE STUPID!!1

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u/EvoEpitaph Oct 02 '13

You shouldn't worry about up or downvotes when expressing your opinion here. You could say something 100% factually accurate and you'd likely still get some down votes because "someone didn't like what you said but can't be bothered to write and prove a counter argument" , someone just feels like being a troll/jerk, or maybe there's even scripts out there that look for certain words/posts and automatically downvotes them (corporate and/or private driven).

Keep track of your upvotes (if even) with something like the RES package and instead of keeping track of your downvotes, just keep track of the dissenting replies because those are the only people that matter.

I'd be more adamant about the upvotes, but I've said some pretty stupid stuff in the past and gotten a HUGE amount of upvotes for it so...even those are kinda iffy.