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Has Anyone Noticed All These Rich Guys Metaphorically Trying to F*** Outer Space?
Money and power bring predictable “put your thing in that” behaviors
By a show of hands, am I the only one picking up on the metaphor that Elon Musk, Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos are using their money to extend the reach of their penises beyond the stratosphere? The quest to conquer galactic black holes disguised as a search for water, travel ops, or alien Prime subscribers is so obvious — and no one is saying anything.
It seems Mr. Musk was the first one with the idea. He sent a Tesla into space with an astronaut mannequin driving it, which still makes little sense even when high. I vaguely remember another mannequin passenger giving him face-down “outer space pleasure,” but I may have embellished that memory. Now that would make more sense given the current thematic.
When the rubber hits the road, we got to hand it to him. He’s been nothing but straightforward about his preoccupation with thrust.
Sir Branson’s efforts and intent seem the most reasonable.
His spaceship is a little less rocket-phallic than the others. Or is it? His starts out a threesome, two on the sides, one in the middle, that lifts off and blasts the middle one through space once it reaches an…
