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The New York Times described the exploded SpaceX rocket’s mission as ‘mostly successful’, and the takedowns were out of this world – 21 scathing reactions

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Captain Scott Completes Mostly Successful Expedition to South Pole

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— yarrah-goffincher.bsky.social (@yarrah-goffincher.bsky.social) 23 May 2026 at 23:40

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Why subscribe when I can get the same sort of headline from The Onion for free?

— Madwit (@madwit.bsky.social) 23 May 2026 at 20:38

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“The fire was not unexpected” Yeah, I definitely expected fire.

— pasmondictateur.bsky.social (@pasmondictateur.bsky.social) 23 May 2026 at 19:25

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Much like a driver’s test… if you can’t park it, it doesn’t matter if you’re perfect everywhere else, it doesn’t count.

— databeastff.bsky.social (@databeastff.bsky.social) 23 May 2026 at 19:03

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Me when I leave out important details of my high school paper so that I don't have to rewrite my thesis statement.

— Scurrah626 (@daemonscurrah.bsky.social) 24 May 2026 at 15:59

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I had similar success as a kid trying to make a model rocket out of a paper towel tube.

— Geoffrey Hoytsman (@courtjezter84.bsky.social) 23 May 2026 at 19:08

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MegaLOL at the bootlickers at the NY Times for introducing a success with complications mechanic into their headlines

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— Wyrd Science Magazine (@wyrdscience.bsky.social) 23 May 2026 at 19:54

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Corporate needs you find the difference between these pictures.

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— Bill Wilkinson (@drwilkinsonsci.bsky.social) 25 May 2026 at 14:31

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DOGE rocket

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— projomike.bsky.social (@projomike.bsky.social) 24 May 2026 at 04:26

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New York Times Has Mostly Non-Embarrassing Headline

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— Thanks For Sharing, Jerk (@thx4sharingjerk.bsky.social) 24 May 2026 at 02:25

That ‘mostly’ is doing a lot of heavy lifting.

As a man falling from a high rise passed the 10th story window a person asks “How’s it going?”

“So far so good” the man replies

— Dr. SkySkull (@drskyskull.bsky.social) 23 May 2026 at 16:41

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