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Buzz Aldrin is my new hero! Hahaha
Jul 2, 2017 6:52 PM
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CaitheRaith
"For fucks sake, how much longer do I have to stand here?" - Aldrin, probably.
CaitheRaith
"Also, am I required to agree with this twat?" - Aldrin, very likely.
JagMitten
"At some point in the future, we're going to look back and say, 'How did we do it without space?'"
HeywouldJablowme
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Paulysium
the head should never be more floppy than the balls
IReactToCommentsInMemesAndGifs
NSFW
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HeywouldJablowme
Lolololol
IReactToCommentsInMemesAndGifs
Username checks out......
noelleo21122000
He's just trying to kiss ass to get and keep space exploration funding, no better reason to kiss ass than that though.
LumburgOR
karimonsterbitches
Remember, this old man straight KOed a motherfucker for calling the moon landing fake. After he landed on the moon.
KQRNEL
He went fuckrupt since he came back from the moon. Love this guy
GustaMove
It's an actual thing. Pale Blue Dot Syndrome. Astronauts who've been to space become big-picture thinkers who hate petty bullshit.
ArmyThrowAwayAccount
Or he is a man in his 80s and has to go to the bathroom
ArtOfKarolMichalec
I met him!!!
EmmersumBigguns
Buzz has always been my hero
StonerCommenter
Buzz is going through the 5 stages of mourning, plus more
neeners
Aldrin is an active supporter of the Republican Party, headlining fundraisers for GOP members of Congress.
Individualsocksinthewashingmachine
New hero? I can only assume OP is very young.
rojamb23
He's a damn universal treasure!
Individualsocksinthewashingmachine
Damn straight. Plus I think he's one of the ones that got the custom corvette stingray from NASA, which is like the coolest car ever
SmokiestLemming
OldLongTallAndUgly
This is appropriate on so many levels haha
EliteSpork
There can't possibly be an anymore relevant place to use this.
KerimCanZBZ
Ha, nice one
JagMitten
'We don't really don't know. But it could be. It has to be something — but it could be infinity, right?'
theishist
blueipDriver
Hello ?
MrPredator
Due to where he is right now, that's quite spot on.
Kopar
This is so perfect
kenscar
Buzz Aldrin has more manliness in one nostril hair than Trump has in his entire f'ing family
userfriendly19777
gmoney4321
He was my hero long before this.
dirtydanisreal
Shit, I'm going back to the Moon
DirtPoorFarmerSeedingUsersub
What particular brand of horseshit is Trump selling to cause our hero to react thusly? Sauce?
TearingAway
something about how we will say...how did we ever live w/o space...then he explains infinity and compares it to the EO he is signing...
mvandrei
http://www.facebook.com/DailyMail/videos/2494872950572438
ArmyThrowAwayAccount
He didn't understand a "to infinity and beyond" reference. This was a speech about funding NASA but the anti Trump feelings are strong
FlyingTigerRose
Probably Trumpelthinskin just started talking...
GuardsmanMiku
so he's your hero for this? not the whole moon thing? ok...
redbob5k
#3 be like
FluffRat
I like that this has Mars in the filename.
iwilldare
Kind of looks like George C. Scott
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idonthavetimeforthiseither
Yeah, if you squint then hit yourself on the head with a hammer
ZorkFox
Huh. I just saw that movie for the first time last week.
StealThisRepost
They'll see the big board!
ImFrank
This comparison makes it so much better. Haha
HeywouldJablowme
Lost my copy of Dr. Strangelove when I broke up with my last girlfriend. Finally came on cable and recorded it to DVR. So happy ☺
OaksParcel
Reminds me more of Cranky Kong from Donkey Kong Country:
markokralji
Dr. Strangelove ?
aarhusianer
Great Scott!
qwill
He looks like George Carlin to me
Akurei00
Nah, definitely the half-brother of Robert Englund.
Solborn
OkButWhyWereTheyFilming
I loved him in City Slickers.
Axewhipe
#3
stardust4265
George C. Scott was born in the same town I was.
aFadingMemory
Ol Bucky!
Kopar
Buzz Aldrin should play George C. Scott in a movie
HeywouldJablowme
He absolutely amazing in dr. Strangelove. Probably the best performance in that movie
Hybris51129
Now that I look I finally realize that's Scott. I always associated him more with Patton.
tracerbullet6
Fun fact via Wikipedia: Kubrick tricked Scott into playing it over the top by telling him that his takes were just warmup takes to get loose
madp1atypus
More than peter sellers? I think not. It was seller's movie through and through. The president, Strangelove, and Mandrake?
HeywouldJablowme
All excellent characters. But George was so over-the-top. I think Mandrake would be my second favorite
HeywouldJablowme
Or maybe Sergeant bat guano
madp1atypus
I agree that Scott was great, among several others, but sellers owned it.
HeywouldJablowme
It was definitely sellers movie. He was so dry that it made Georgia's character stand out even more
RelartOfGivia
. Need to watch this
HeywouldJablowme
Yes. Yes you do. Great movie.
AsAHistorian
Oh wow.
umbrellamaker
Protect your bodily fluids
wyatt8740
I do not avoid women, Mandrake. But I do deny them my essence.
discorage
AAAH! MY GROIN!
IBentMyWookie
VonJello
Give that man the $10,000!
TheCryingOnTheInsideKind
Yep. Now, if only Trump would pull a Slim Pickens...
wyatt8740
randolphjcarter
By manually triggering a global nuclear holocaust?
Snarkywisecrack
By blowing himself up!
TheCryingOnTheInsideKind
It's happening under him either way, so the least he could do is an hero himself in the process
amoeba15
Dear sweet god, I haven't heard an hero in a looong time. +1 for the reference, -3000 for making me feel old.
SpaghettoRaviolo
I bet you a new pc build that it doesnt happen
TheCryingOnTheInsideKind
If there's anyone I trust in a wager, it's BallsDeepInADog ;)
TheGalacticLeprechaunwithtinynipples
What is a nuclear holocaust?
fluhatinrapper
Wait 2-5 years and find out first hand.!
faethorferenc
Trump.. cuts down the school funding, expects clever people to conquer space... but just for america.
Begotten
President doesn't have the ability to cut school funding, but mhmm.
SomeCrazyNerd
His proposed budget does thoiugh. It's what their negotiating with their congressional allies for.
wonder89
His only interest in space is to do business with Elon Musk. Republicans believe science is "the devil's tool"
DiarrheaTsunami
Well maybe Democrats would get elected more if they would stop being so blatantly racist, whiny and corrupt?
seronx
Ol' Musky.*
MadCat221
He's trying to resist the urge to treat Drumpf as a moon hoaxer.
RyanGiggs11
lul Drumpf!!1! Bernie can still win!!
TrustMeImABassist
aFactIsAFact
What moon?
thedarksideoftheforce
That's no moon...
MightyMorphinPowerPenguins
+1 for Drumpf. Be true to your roots.
MadCat221
Well, I do it because "Trump" is a dominance gesture done by his ancestors at some point. Look at his own name, "Donald" (particularly the>
MadCat221
>"Don" part), and the name of his youngest son, "Barron", and to a lesser extent, his ego trip with "Donald Junior". I choose to not>
MadCat221
>dignify that.
schwanzwurst
How progressive of you to keep using a German name as insult, but hey, we're all just fucking nazis anyway and won't mind, right?
MadCat221
Actually, trigger-happy, I'm doing it to not dignify his dominance-dickwaving americanized last name.
Rexli78
The reason people do it is because A) the name is hilarious, B) it's giving Trump a taste of his own medicine.
schwanzwurst
You are a horrible person applying a double standard like that. "It's okay if it is against trump, this won't insult anyone else."
Rexli78
Considering Trump practically built his campaign on mocking people you're the one w/ a double standard
Tarlon
"Really? He just said that? Welp, we've hit rock bottom now."
cybermage256
Been my hero for years. Ever since he punched that kid "reporter"
Douk1
https://m.imgur.com/r/funny/LfLJ7zM
Starwaster
He later said he regretted it but he has nothing to apologize for in my book
CrimsonShortOne
Yup, for saying that he never went to the moon
adr1an
Landing on the moon v. Punching a guy.
TK421isAFK
And hung out with Elmo, though it was kinda awkward, like he's never talked to children before.
userfriendly19777
dirtydanisreal
I'd be proud to get punched by one of the astronauts who faked the moon landing.
StumbleJunkie
Guys chill, it is obviously a joke. I lol'ed :-)
nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnm
Please be a joke
chilachinchila
mynamesjeffshortforjerrithan
Either his comment is a joke or he is.
GodEmperorLetoAtreidesII
"I've had enough of your snide insinuations."
eion85
How old are you? Bart Sibrel was 48 when Aldrin justifiably decked him.
Snarkywisecrack
It's like telling Hillary that Mallory got there first.
popejubal
I mean, sure Len Trexler is powerful, but why would Hillary care that Mallory Archer fucked him first? They're both grown women...
Snarkywisecrack
I meant Sir Edmond Hillary and George Mallory.
popejubal
Oh. That makes more sense.
The22ndDoctor
*38. And Buzz was 72.
eion85
You're quite right.
sundaymondayhippyday
Nicely civil
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eion85
Oh I'll be the first to admit I couldn't math my way out of a paper bag.
Nize426
He wasnt a reporter I think. Just a conspiracy theorist. Unless there was another guy he punched.
5volt
"this interview is over"
valen00
*nutjob, or whackadoo if you would rather
ProphetOfNurgle
I, personally, am quite partial to "whackadoodle" or "completely fucking bananas"
ManyManyMothers
To play devils advocate, some conspiracies do turn out to be true...
valen00
such as? I mean name 5 that are on the scale of "chemtrails" or "moon hoax"
ManyManyMothers
Off the top of my head..project ultra....sterilisation of black communities..and I know we take it for granted but the invasion of Irak=irak
GreenYawgmoth
I like "nutter butter" but that might be unfair to the cookie.
Partytor
I for one prefer "whackadoodledoo"
ProphetOfNurgle
Ooh that's nice.
valen00
(I'm trying to stop "conspiracy theorist" being a thing, they used to be called crazy people, I think that should come back)
MealeaYing
Now they're called "Mr. President". A truly embarrassing state of affairs. Lets vote for a complete nutcase! What possibly could go wrong?
Gayforbae
Well it explains the particular flavor of crazy.
rabidCOVIDphysician
But it also makes them sound valid. Like people who rape children calling themselves "pedosexual". Technically correct but too nice.
chaoslordjiro
Reporter and conspiracy theorist are not mutually exclusive.
Arcian
A reporter reports reality. A conspiracy theorist does mind gymnastics to avoid reality.
RevanTheJedi
...sadly
Nize426
Right, but I'm saying this guy wasn't a reporter.
AlcoholicsAnonymousBYO
There is that.
LapisScarab
Reporter and "guy who thinks the Moon landings were fake" definitely are though.
flikrdoodles
You flatter reporters
Nize426
This guy was literally not a reporter though, and doesn't claim to be one or anything either.
WorthEveryPenny
Kinda are, if facts are considered relevant
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TheBlackShakes
Do you know any reporters? In my experience, 90% of them are hardworking and honest. There's a difference between thinking critically about
IronicUsername
That whole landing on the moon thing was pretty neat too.
dirtydanisreal
Yeah that was a great Lost in Space episode
IWasInThePool
Oh shit, that was him?
ThermoNuke
We can only hope he punched an alien in the face while he was there.
Boredtodeath
That's against the Federation's first contact procedure
CapsShield
I understood that reference.gif
RagnarTheBold27
iamthemansheep
But in all seriousness if you do see an alien please refrain from punching it in the face. We're barely dealing with the pissed off humans
ThermoNuke
I say we do it and explain it's how we say hello. Every race in the galaxy would hate coming to visit.
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Eldibs
Let me fix that link for you -
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JodyHighroller
o thx bro
Bartheda
Certainly top 10, Top 5 even
Akurei00
What's so great about being the SECOND person to do it? Should've given Armstrong a strong arm.
XenoCore
Come back after you've been on the fucking moon.
schmonday
Stepping on the moon--something you can't even think of attempting in your entire lifetime.
koalas321
Really, Imgur? I always get annoyed when people include /s because it should be obvious, but these downvotes are proof that it's necessary.
Akurei00
Right? I thought it was clearly sarcastic. Have a point on me. +1
schmonday
He was the second person to step foot on the moon. He was the first to land on the moon, along with his crew mates.
Akurei00
Fair point. I thought about that after posting but didn't want to sink the time into correcting the joke.
IronicUsername
Guys, I'm PREEEETTTY sure this comment is meant to be a joke.
Akurei00
You're correct. I thought the Armstrong portion would be sufficient to make that clear. Have an upvote.
schmonday
Saying something as a joke doesn't excuse you from the consequence of your words,good or bad.Irks me how so many hide behind that nowadays.
IronicUsername
It's not hiding. He was being intentionally ridiculous for humor's sake and, personally, I thought that was fairly obvious. Also, what [1]
FuzzyX
Riding the Apollo rocket was his greatest feat ever not knowing if he would survive the mission all to go where no one has been before.
IronicUsername
He made a "to infinity and beyond joke" at one point. Trump didn't get it.
moronicisus
Did trump somehow confuse himself and think of the infinity car? He would though
MoreAshyThanLarry
Then made it clear he doesn't even know what the word means.
Darkspire
Which one?
DaithiUK
All of the words with more than two syllables.
KellyanneAlternativeFacts
Trump *seriously* doesn't seem to know what "infinity" means. I'm not exaggerating for a joke. Seriously. Again, not joking.
SwagicalYololord
The more times you emphasize how serious you are the more I think you're joking.
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McMasterx
unending.
Treblaine
Sean Spicer?
MaxtonForce
I'm seriously worried about Trump's mental health. The seat he's in has done damage to more stable people.
Zixtank
That's because Trump doesn't have a heart.
themagiciantarotcard
Please be real.
SteveMND
http://io9.gizmodo.com/buzz-aldrins-toy-story-joke-hilariously-soars-over-trum-1796573118
IAmGodot
LoTRFanatic42
davidbowieeyes
Holyshit
Steps1000
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/06/30/remarks-president-signing-executive-order-national-space-council
Affray
I think it's one part oblivious ignorance and one part having to have the last word even if he doesn't know what he's saying.
SwagicalYololord
Make that three parts trying to have the last word, no matter the cost. He's shown this kind of egomaniacal behavior hundreds of times.
NotTheMamaNotTheMama
I agrre with the last part, yes! (And also with the 1st). He really is that kind of person.
Kimanous
This makes me want to cry
Steps1000
Such is life in moscow
Kimanous
I'm sorry?
mritty
It's not that he didn't get the Toy Story reference. I'm ok with that. It's that he didn't know what "Infinity" means. That's a problem.
Darkspire
Kinda phoned it in when he attacked a teleprompter.
SwagicalYololord
Wait... are you serious?
mritty
Yes. http://io9.gizmodo.com/buzz-aldrins-toy-story-joke-hilariously-soars-over-trum-1796573118
SwagicalYololord
Holy shit, that is the cringiest thing I've seen all day
Treblaine
"This is infinity here. It could be infinity. We really dont know. But it could be. It has to be something but it could be infinity, right?"
MatrimBloodyCauthon
What a surprise.
thisisstillathing
Oh, it gets worse: https://twitter.com/PDelahanty/status/880951423898341376
JeSuisIvre
Wtf. When he doesnt understand something he just rambles incoherently to confuse people. What a moron
Callistan
Oh dear
fdisk
He always has to have the last word, you can also tell there when he's sticking to the script and when he goes rogue and tries to improv...
Affray
When he ad libs you can feel the entire mood of it shift from "I'm reading a script" to "I like my own voice, here it is saying random shit"
fdisk
It goes from eloquence to a lot of "big" "huge" "great" "many" "fantastic" and other basic hyperbolic key words.
Affray
Power words that business men in the eighties and nineties learned to regurgitate in order to sound grandiose and confident.
NuttierThanAJarOfGoobers
livingthedream
Did he have a stroke?
tinyimgurafe
America is sure having a hell of a stroke :-(
justasomeone
I don't think he has the attention span to watch anything more than a Trump infomercial.
klar971
Groznek
Jesus christ, he speaks like how a middle schooler bullshits on an essay.
JupitersWitch
He's been married 3 times his Mom killed herself before his moon landing as did his grandfather. He's battled depression and alcoholism 1/2
JupitersWitch
and he still managed to be an astronaut.
Ruhig
...that's really inspiring.
AnAsOfYetUnidentifiedIndividual
And now he has to stand next to Trump while he makes a fucking speech.
DaisyfromDownunder
and he still conned the USA to make him President
JupitersWitch
Like all politicians.
chilachinchila
He was talking about buzz not trump.
JupitersWitch
Buzz has never been the president.
chilachinchila
I never said that
CigaretteMan
Must be legitimately traumatic and saddening for him to see how far the country's fallen, at least in terms of leadership.
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randolphjcarter
He's old enough to have seen plenty lows and plenty highs. I'm sure he has a pretty good attitude about the whole mess. He's a tough nut.
TashaYar
He's a tough naut.
LLCoolGeoff
You don't have nearly enough upvotes
NotACanadian
He's been through Carter and Ford, I'm sure he can take Trump
ravenskull
he is a trump supporter though
CigaretteMan
Not according to any information I can find.
Begotten
You sound like old people on Facebook during the Obama years, just saying.
CongratsYouAreHereNow
i was at a dinner party with buzz once. he's not exactly a liberal
CigaretteMan
Yeah, I don't doubt it, and it does appear that Aldrin donated to Paul Ryan's campaign. I doubt he's a big fan though.
SwagicalYololord
He's a very traditional man
MariusE34
New hero? The man landed on the moon! In 69...New hero?!
Penguinsandbroadswords
New to OP, not new to being a hero.
Holobit
OR, new hero to OP. Doing something fantastic and unimaginable doesn't turns someone into everyone's hero. eg: Trump became POTUS, ffs!
36roentgen
Hehe, 69
ScienceOnImgur
The thing of 69 was fake.
khele
IsaacNewtonDiedAVirgin
Lol same thing I thought
ForgivingCat
The real heroes are the scientists who put him there.
idonthavetimeforthiseither
He had enough confidence in them that he strapped himself to a contraption built by the lowesr bidder (John Glenn )
HoriOri
Maybe, but they didn't have their ass on the line like he did.
TheBigKahuna
If it happened before i was born it didn't happen at all
mentalpiggie
i mean, if you don't really find that impressive he might just be your new hero just now. nothing wrong with that.
ReifieR
Word.
LesbianSyphiliticSpanker
You could say they rode on a Rocket 69, Rocket-Sixty-Nine.
Cheapmonk
Just to clarify, Buzz and Neil did a 69 while mooning on the Moon and Neil came first. True story.
GrammarPolice5150
Amen. He deserves your reverence for that alone.
supersomatic
ALLEGEDLY
69MeTomCruise
Allegedly "landed"
JayKaySC
fucken what
sciencebasedlifeform
LostCatWantedDeadAndAlive
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Vaanhalen
I've been to this bar! It's in the same hotel they filmed The Shining
mikeindiakiloecho
No way... That's great! WE'VE LANDED ON THE MOON!
WaywardJester
My thought exactly
Insomnia297
We all know the moon is fake dude, give it up.
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ThtDAmbWhiteGuy
So cute
Tosety
no, it was intentionally made to look fake with plastic flags and strings so that we wouldn't believe that they've colonized Mars and Venus
ForgivingCat
sciencebasedlifeform
Insomnia297
That's good, because at the time I didn't! Just dumb humor.
wonder89
Like all military vets,we discarded these guys after their feats. Some of these guys landed on the moon and a few years later selling cars.
ThanatosElNyx
"What have you done for us lately?"-ism
Darwinsidiotcousin
Fair, but his books make it seem like that was because of the depression he went through after doing something so remarkable, not so much1/2
wonder89
It is true that Buzz had a lot of problems of his own. I heard his current wife help turn things around for him.
Darwinsidiotcousin
Because of being forgotten after. He also did really well for himself later. Think he's worth like $11 million or something
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christopherwalkenslegs
And the earth is flat and science is just magic, right? Also witches and dragons exist and fairies still take your teeth away, yes?
SinaminIsMyUsername
I normally don't call names on the internet, or even comment that often.. but you sir, are stupid. do you also believe Earth is flat?
GitGudNub
Derek pls
tehniceguy
Wat
cameltoestedsandwich
I bet their sales figures were astronomical!
rickeyspanish
you can make some good money selling cars...for real real. When I was in college, our sales manager made about 25k per month.
sinbios
What should they have done to not discard him?
wonder89
I was making a general point about our society, not a specific case.
WhistlePigger
Which ones sold cars after?
Arizoniac
Buzz Aldrin - he sold Cadillacs
BravonandaMoirangthem
Might be his passion
Arizoniac
I read in an article that he didn't like it - it was just the job he found at the time
alittlenugget
How many time do you think he said "These Cadillacs are out of this world...trust me!"
Vaenaemoenen
Why would he lie? Do you think he's been lying about something else also?
clk62
with "Walking on the Moon" playing in the background.
PapiBlanco
At least he sold good cars
VIadimirTarasenko
At least he sold well* cars