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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 12:17 AM Original message |
The astronaut story. What makes it so compelling, so irresistable? |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. It's a chick, man! |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 02:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
32. You made me laugh! |
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tuvor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
2. Woo hoo! Other people's public misery! |
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illinoisprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
3. I think it's kinda stupid. Just something that doesn't grab me. |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 03:43 AM Response to Reply #3 |
40. Seriously? Because it grabbed me and I thought I was beyond caring |
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951-Riverside (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
4. I think most people here are being heartless asshats about the whole thing |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 05:12 AM Response to Reply #4 |
45. yes, it is quite a sad situation |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
5. She was jealous cause he was docking with another space station |
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Porcupine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
6. It's Carl Sagan meets "She's Gotta Have It" |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 01:06 AM Response to Reply #6 |
29. . |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
7. It seems to who that even those who are most accomplished |
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frebrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
8. I think it's neither... |
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buzzard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
9. I was listening to a psychologist who said maybe after the lifelong ambition of |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 03:36 AM Response to Reply #9 |
37. Oh, *that's* interesting. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
10. Alan Sheppard Wouldn't Wear A Fucking Diaper |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 12:55 AM Response to Reply #10 |
23. No, after Werner Von Braun kept him sitting on his Mercury Redstone for hours before his 15 min. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 12:57 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Diapers - I'm Thinkin' That Was the End of the Space Program |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 01:03 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. That would explain the strange gel-like substance that rained from the sky in '79 |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 08:28 AM Response to Reply #27 |
57. The demise of disco! That was another republicon plot |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
11. (1) Idiots who find it irresistable.... |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 12:41 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Are you calling me an idiot? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 12:42 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Did I say "Neshanic, you're an idiot"? |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 12:46 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Just hoping, that's all...being an object of desire. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 12:54 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Yeeeaahhhh. I think I'll go stand over there now. |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 05:24 AM Response to Reply #11 |
47. That's a careless overgeneralization. nt |
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kirby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
12. Schadenfreude |
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tuvor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 01:05 AM Response to Reply #12 |
28. Welcome to DU, kirby! |
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Orangepeel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
13. the diaper |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
15. Waters - John Waters. |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 12:45 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Sorry, I lived in Baltimore. The Walters Art Museum... Waters |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
19. Tom Wolfe- "The Wrong Stuff" |
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La_Fourmi_Rouge (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
20. The diaper was natural for an astronaut. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 12:55 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. See! I Was Right! |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
21. it's EASY to resist, just try it and you can resist it easily as useless information nt |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
26. Who will play who? Paula Abdul in her first lead role |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 03:25 AM Response to Reply #26 |
35. To me, she looks like "Sarah Jessica Parker appearing as Nick Nolte" in that shot NT |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 01:54 AM Response to Original message |
30. Intelligent. Pretty. Perky. Crazy. Yep, I'm in love! |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 02:28 AM Response to Original message |
31. Honestly? |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 03:40 AM Response to Reply #31 |
39. ...what? I mean, I concur with your assessment that it's sad, not funny, but... |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 05:09 AM Response to Reply #39 |
44. Margot had a breakdown |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 05:43 AM Response to Reply #44 |
50. Yikers. |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 05:59 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. About 10 years ago, I think. nt |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 06:41 AM Response to Reply #50 |
54. read the trivia in IMDB |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 02:58 AM Response to Original message |
33. I'll tell you what does it for me |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 03:03 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Compare the mug shot with her official portrait |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 03:40 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. I'm thinking some kind of psychotic break |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 03:46 AM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Yeah, my family of doctors keeps throwing around the term "psychotic break" |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 05:06 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. the break could be drug-induced |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 05:47 AM Response to Reply #42 |
51. I'm not suggesting it was drugs, but that was my first thought when |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 03:32 AM Response to Original message |
36. I'm still waiting for the bizarre drug angle to unfold. |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 03:44 AM Response to Original message |
41. one word: ASTRONUT n/t |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 05:27 AM Response to Reply #41 |
48. Ch-ching better copyright that nt |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 05:21 AM Response to Original message |
46. Because it's an honest-to-goodness tragedy. It's Shakespearian. |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 05:30 AM Response to Original message |
49. I usually don't follow these types of stories... but there is just something about this one |
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ngant17 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 06:00 AM Response to Original message |
53. NASA and assassinations(attempted or otherwise) |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 07:25 AM Response to Reply #53 |
55. N ASA is definitely full of spooks, and up to lots of black projects |
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lectrobyte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
56. Because it brings an astronaut, the best of the best, down to the level of the lowest |
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tledford (633 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
58. It ISN'T compelling OR irresistible! |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 08:36 AM Response to Reply #58 |
60. A woman on a mission in diapers isn't compelling? |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
59. I think it's the gap between her achievements and this crazy act. |
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