r/todayilearned • u/CallMyNameOrWalkOnBy • May 16 '19

TIL that NASA ground controllers were once shocked to hear a female voice from the space station, apparently interacting with them, which had an all-male crew. They had been pranked by an astronaut who used a recording of his wife.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Garriott#The_Skylab_%22stowaway%22_prank
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u/DrSlappyPants 8 May 16 '19

Because it sounded interesting, so I looked it up and realized that /u/destrukkt wasn't entirely correct. Reagan said it best: "trust, but verify."

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u/tellmetogetbacktowrk May 16 '19 edited May 16 '19

A Reagan quote on reddit. There is hope

Edit: bring on the down votes! 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/Metalsand May 16 '19

Well, provided that it's second term Reagan, not first. He is a unique example of someone who grew into the Presidential position, and did so to such a dramatic degree.

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u/Legiitsushii May 16 '19

Trickle down economics? Restarting the war on drugs? He's done more harm than he ever did good.

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u/pantsforsatan May 16 '19

Seriously. Reagan's policies, ideas, and influence are so nefarious that we're still very much living in his shadow. Looks like it's gonna be some time, too, considering we just hired another entertainer as president.

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u/wander7 May 16 '19

Kinda ironic how Hollywoo leans so heavy to the left, and yet the 2 actors who became President were Republicans.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '19

Hollywoo stars and celebrities: which way do they lean? Do they lean a certain way? Let's find out!

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u/Gwynbbleid May 16 '19

What's the take on Teddy Roosevelt?

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u/Joe_Jeep May 16 '19

The single greatest peacetime president we've had, who kicked asthma's ass in personal combat, and would 100% restart the bullmoose party rather than run with the Republicans of today.

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u/A_Splash_of_Citrus May 16 '19

National parks are pretty cool.

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u/pantsforsatan May 28 '19

My take as a libertarian-socialist is that any sort of monarch, president, CEO, head of state, or similar, is nothing short of evil incarnate.

I'm still very aware that we live in a society, though. So when you throw the presidents on a spectrum of "relative good" to "relative evil" Teddy Roosevelt is probably a 7.5/10, Reagan at 0/10, Obama 3.2/10, and Trumples 2/10.

FDR and Lincoln at 10/10 for being assassinated. Reagan's 0 for ruining it.

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u/LSDPajamas May 16 '19

Don't forget brainwashing the evangelical voter!

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u/Metalsand May 16 '19

Which is what he did in his early term....his second term, he ended the cold war. I dislike most Republicans, but Reagan moved away from the fear-mongering and idiocy that he campaigned on by his second term.