Is it too late to be an astronaut?

1. 2016-04-18 at 3:45 AM UTC

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   Lanny Bird of Courage
   I've still got time right? I want something I can pour my life into, some cause I can die for, and what better choice than space exploration? Other planets and shit. The immediate step towards immortality, or at least as a step towards getting as close to heat death as we can. "Life without appeal" is a touching sentiment and all but not so easy to live up to. Give me my god/opiate in the form of eternal empire and let us be done with it.
   
   I can still be an astronaut right?
2. 2016-04-18 at 3:47 AM UTC

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   aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
   a space grave is cooler than a regular grave
3. 2016-04-18 at 3:51 AM UTC

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   aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
   seriously though I don't think you're too old for it, it's a rigorous selection process and an even more rigorous training-preparation regime though. you'll probably need to get a flight license and clock up plenty of hours before you're even considered... and they probably won't let you bring meth on the rocket if you do make it.
4. 2016-04-18 at 4:09 AM UTC

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   Industrial Houston
   meth labs in space
   space meth
5. 2016-04-18 at 4:15 AM UTC

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   aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
   ISS
   
   International SpeedStation
6. 2016-04-18 at 4:27 AM UTC

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   Ajax African Astronaut [rumor the placative aphakia]
   [FONT=Helvetica Neue][SIZE=16px]Bill Nye applies to be a NASA astronaut every few years, but he's always rejected. I suggest you study Bill Nye's tactics and then do the opposite. [/SIZE][/FONT]
7. 2016-04-18 at 5:24 AM UTC

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   The Self Taught Man Black Hole
   http://explosm.net/comics/466/
8. 2016-04-18 at 5:32 AM UTC

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   Industrial Houston

   http://explosm.net/comics/466/

   
   only good thing they ever put out
9. 2016-04-18 at 5:45 AM UTC

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   Lanny Bird of Courage
   I'm not sure if I hate cyanid and happiness or if I hate the way people act like it's the most profound/hilarious thing ever when it's like sub-Seinfeld tier "absurdist" comedy but it really does turn me off.
10. 2016-04-18 at 5:47 AM UTC

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    The Self Taught Man Black Hole
    You know what I hate? XKCD. I hate hate hate it.
    
    Instead of a joke, here's a graph! Unnnggghh... I'm soooo smart... fuck comedy. Just check out this fucking graph.
    
    Hey everyone, I read XKCD. Yes, that's right, I read a comic for intellectuals. This comic, for example, isn't a comic at all. It's a graph! Unnhhh I'm SO fucking smart.
    
    If I was ever Hitler, the first people going into the camps would be XKCD fans.
11. 2016-04-18 at 10:06 AM UTC

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    The Self Taught Man Black Hole

    meth labs in space
    space meth

    I was thinking lastnight how hard it would be to pack and smoke a bowl in zero G. You could get a nice fat hit in the bubble crystalized but when it melts wouldnt it just float out of the carb and not only waste the drugs but spit out hot corrosive meth oil
    
    Its never to late to be a cosmonaut. You just need lots of money or a job at NASA.