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> Kate Tice, an engineer from SpaceX on the webcast, noted that touchdown was imminent. "We're going to stand by for splashdown located in the Gulf of America," she said. Ah, yes. The Gulf of America. This is why we can't have nice things.

Haha you got to love the timeline we're living at.



I would like a different timeline, please.


"I wish it need not have happened in my time" said Frodo.

"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."


What if the others were terminated by nuclear war?


According to modern sensibilities that would make us incredibly unlucky.


This only seems plausible if your subscribe to Anthroponuclear Multiple Worlds Theory

https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/history-is-weird


No new timeline for you!


Why, a gulf is not a nice thing?


> "The name of the Gulf of Mexico became a subject of dispute in 2025, when U.S. president Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14172, directing the U.S. interior secretary to change its name to the "Gulf of America" within the U.S. federal government. As of February 2025, the majority of Americans oppose the change.[1] The gulf has been known as the Gulf of Mexico since the 1550s,[2] having derived its name from Mexica, the Nahuatl term for the Aztecs.[3]"

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico%E2%80%93Ameri...




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