{"id":29244,"date":"2018-02-07T20:18:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T14:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/officechai.com\/?p=29244"},"modified":"2018-02-07T20:19:39","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T14:49:39","slug":"starman-memes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/officechai.com\/office-humour\/starman-memes\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX Sent Starman Into Space In A Tesla, And Spawned Thousands Of Memes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Last night, SpaceX dished out what will likely become an iconic image for decades to come &#8212; Elon Musk&#8217;s <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/officechai.com\/stories\/elon-musk-seriously-sending-tesla-space\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\">personal<\/span> <\/a>cherry-red Tesla Roadster flying off into space, as the earth slowly receded in the background. But the Tesla also had a passenger. A mannequin, whom Musk had dubbed Starman, had been strapped to the front seat. And while the internet was in awe of SpaceX&#8217;s achievement, Starman quickly became a meme.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">People hoped he was having a nice ride.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Just_Shiv\/status\/961140734513565709<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">And thought that a car would look rather out of place in space.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/JKRLMazur\/status\/960995039802400768<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Lots of Uber jokes were made.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;where tf my uber driver taking me&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SpaceX?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SpaceX<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Starman?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Starman<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FalconHeavy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FalconHeavy<\/a> \ud83d\ude80\ud83d\ude97\ud83c\udf0e <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RUeFVAGSAL\">pic.twitter.com\/RUeFVAGSAL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chief Canuck (@ChiefCanuck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChiefCanuck\/status\/961010625232093185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 6, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My uber driver seems to be taking the long way home&#8230;.rating: 1 star.  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/spaceX?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#spaceX<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/starman?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#starman<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/spacegeek?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#spacegeek<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Nsb2iHEtoG\">pic.twitter.com\/Nsb2iHEtoG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Josh Frank (@jfrank76) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jfrank76\/status\/961098399322923014?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 7, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">People also took digs at Apple Maps.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/missafayres\/status\/961006322341756928<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">And put Starman in popular memes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/rudy_mustang\/status\/961088392879624197<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Indians too got into the act, comparing him to some famous drivers.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Elon Musk should have checked inside mannequin&#39;s helmet before <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FalconHeavyLaunch?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FalconHeavyLaunch<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Starman?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Starman<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FNy4EKNN1z\">pic.twitter.com\/FNy4EKNN1z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; No one (@sanmistryious) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sanmistryious\/status\/961088741598224384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 7, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">And people came up with conspiracy theories.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/warrenellis\/status\/961004270253428742<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0Pop culture references, too, were aplenty.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Roads? Where we&#39;re going we don&#39;t need roads&#8230;&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FalconHeavy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FalconHeavy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Starman?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Starman<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AKZRP5YrQ4\">pic.twitter.com\/AKZRP5YrQ4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matt Deras (@mattderas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattderas\/status\/961002078616408064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 6, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/syberghost\/status\/960997358489227265<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">But people ultimately applauded the achievement &#8212; humanity might be currently embroiled in wars and petty feuds, but even a billion years from now, Starman will still be in space, gently floating away in his red Tesla.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/DirkMaggs\/status\/961149746411864065<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, SpaceX dished out what will likely become an iconic image for decades to come &#8212; Elon Musk&#8217;s personal cherry-red Tesla Roadster&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-office-humour"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>SpaceX Sent 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