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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Light? I mean they're light sails, right? ๐Ÿ˜†

(I'll see myself out)

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is lobster sauce made out of lobsters, or is it made of something else and you put it on lobsters?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's made by lobsters. It doesn't matter what they make it of, or where it goes.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

actual LOL from me

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Oh man youโ€™ve beat me to it

[โ€“] threelonmusketeers 4 points 1 month ago

The best material would be something thin and shiny like mylar, no?

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What do Space Pirates use? Let's use that.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I would guess that the solution is in the name. Why else would they be light sails if they weren't made of light? Who's running this program?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Pixels, I think.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Gigantic lenses to burn away bad people.