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   Laffy (gottalaff@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 28-May-2025 09:39:37 JST Laffy

   Metaphor time:

   “The upper stage of SpaceX's Starship rocket sprang fuel leaks and lost attitude control, sending it into a spin, an announcer said during a live feed of its latest test”— AFP

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     RalphStark :fcknzs: :pride: :disability_flag: (ralphstark@todon.nl)'s status on Thursday, 29-May-2025 04:30:35 JST RalphStark :fcknzs: :pride: :disability_flag:

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     • Wiley Miller

     @CindyWeinstein @Wileymiller @GottaLaff Well a German Computer website titled: Starship suffers total loss on ninth flight
     The problems of the past flights, behind which company boss Elon Musk had suspected loose screws, have not been solved.

     And that's an hint to Elon "loose screws" which is a German metaphor for being crazy.

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     Wiley Miller (wileymiller@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-May-2025 04:30:37 JST Wiley Miller

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     • (((Cindy Weinstein)))

     @GottaLaff @CindyWeinstein

     Schadenfreude also works here.

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     (((Cindy Weinstein))) (cindyweinstein@zirk.us)'s status on Thursday, 29-May-2025 04:30:37 JST (((Cindy Weinstein)))

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     • Wiley Miller

     @Wileymiller @GottaLaff

     Yes, that one came to mind. Also karma (but I was sticking to the literary!).

     Steve's Place repeated this.
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     Laffy (gottalaff@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-May-2025 04:30:38 JST Laffy

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     • (((Cindy Weinstein)))

     @CindyWeinstein I never know what word to use

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     (((Cindy Weinstein))) (cindyweinstein@zirk.us)'s status on Thursday, 29-May-2025 04:30:39 JST (((Cindy Weinstein)))

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     @GottaLaff

     Metaphor, allegory, irony. -- Proud English major ready with the snark.