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by cmeacham98 1594 days ago
Where's the sources confirming this post? Shouldn't you wait a few days and reserve judgement? I (and I assume you) still don't have any astronomer credentials, for all we know this post is a load of bullshit and the anti-Elon posters were right!

Of course, these questions are rhetorical and to make a point. But I really dislike how when a mistake like this happens people roll out the "oh you should have just waited for fact checking" when it takes me 30 seconds to click their profile and see them commenting on news articles with no sources hours after release.

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Hence the "if confirmed :)".
Yeah, I saw that, it was a funny joke. But I hope you aren't seriously implying suffixing your comment with a joke about confirmation changes the fact that you're doing the exact same thing as the anti-Elon comments you're complaining about - attacking someone based on news with little/no additional evidence.