[FredPret]

You should’ve seen the storm of outrage on Twitter though. It’s actually rather a charitable take on the typical mob mentality that was on full display.

A single deep breath and a moment’s consideration would have revealed that this kind of thing is totally normal in space exploration. The outrage was driven purely bu the fact that it was Musk, and by the wording of the report, along the lines of “evil billionaire’s out of control rocket slams into moon.”

[upofadown]

Twitter is social media. It exists so that people can express their feelings in a way that lets them pretend that others might care what they feel. Objective reality just gets in the way and should be ignored in such an environment. There is no point in, say, getting outraged that people are acting without careful consideration on Twitter.

[FredPret]

Fair enough, but it speaks to the level of hate he inspires in a certain kind of person