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β | [[Cueball]] suggests doing something that sounds absurd and not useful at all for the daily activities of a regular human. Yet it refers in unexpected English words to the {{w|Apollo program|Apollo human spaceflight program}} which, among other things, sent people to the Moon to bring {{w|moon rock}} samples back to Earth to study them (i.e. hitting the glowing orb in the night sky with a hammer until little pieces break off) | + | [[Cueball]] suggests doing something that sounds absurd and not useful at all for the daily activities of a regular human. Yet it refers in unexpected English words to the {{w|Apollo program|Apollo human spaceflight program}} which, among other things, sent people to the Moon to bring {{w|moon rock}} samples back to Earth to study them (i.e. hitting the glowing orb in the night sky with a hammer until little pieces break off). |
The use of such language contributes to the effect of the suggestion sounding absurd. Of course, numerous results of the Apollo program have in fact had many benefits for regular people. | The use of such language contributes to the effect of the suggestion sounding absurd. Of course, numerous results of the Apollo program have in fact had many benefits for regular people. |