With the hidden pop-up being a side dig (that’s maybe more admiration than actual dig) at Musk and his amazing rocket landings: We’ll just land on an existing stack on a pad because it’s quicker. Making verrry interesting lemonade out of the lemons they have.
I doubt it’s the actual reference, but anyone that’s played Kerbal Space Program recognizes the problem. Many a time I’ve screwed up the staging and found that the second stage just… doesn’t work. On occasion I’ve had to diagnose and fix the problem as the stage tumbles uncontrollably.
The whole thing is probably also a dig against SpaceX’s philosophy of “go fast, break things”. With exaggeration for comic effect, of course.
Maybe it’s a Blue Origin reference, not SpaceX. They have less of a move-fast-and-break-things reputation, but the same-day delivery thing is Jeff Bezos’ deal.
Yeah, this was my first thought- just a “Yep, been there…”
You know who else has played Kerbal Space Program?
Shouldn’t that be “Advent Advent Calendar Calendar”?
No, I think he’s got it right. I have a D&D advent calendar, a jelly advent calendar, and a tea advent calendar. I do not have a advent D&D calendar, a advent jelly calendar, nor a advent tea calendar.
What’s an advent calendar?
An advent calendar is a fun, little way to count down to Christmas. It’s usually a box with little doors in it labelled 1 - 24 (occasionally 25) for the days in December leading to Christmas. The idea is you open a door each day and you get a little gift, like a chocolate, or in my case, a minifig or a die, a little jar of jelly or jam, or a couple of tea bags. Sometimes it’s good, like peach preserves, sometimes you get that vile concoction known as green tea.
This is last year’s Bonne Mamam jelly advent calendar:
Growing up Jewish in America, my parents didn’t let us have a Christmas tree, but some years we got an Advent calendar. It was fun to open the little door and get a chocolate snowman or something each night after dinner.
Others have pointed out the function of an Advent calendar.
Here’s the Wikipedia article about the Christian tradition of the Advent season.
Sometimes you just get pictures. I have a friend who makes them every year (and she’s quite a good artist); her pictures are usually various critters hidden around a farm scene, with a bit of Christmas touch to some of them. Sometimes the pictures are all religious ones.
Mine this year is full of wine. 'Tis the season to be jolly, after all!
It occurs to me that Americans effectively now celebrate Advent rather than the Twelve Days of Christmas.
10th anniversary what if?
Max power laser.
Brian
I used to get the beer one from Costco, but it was hard to keep up with. I would like to see a nice whiskey one for under $100.
So it’s not a new thing. Interesting. I don’t remember them at all from the last time I lived in the States (2000-2002).
Sounds like a cute custom.
I don’t think they used to be mainstream Protestant, but they’ve caught on more broadly in recent years.