Performing two original songs, stand-up comedian, writer and musician Marcia Belsky shares comical commentary on some peculiar aspects of our culture — from Instagram-stalking your crush to fending off mansplainers on social media — and lampoons NASA’s notorious decision to provide astronaut Sally Ride with an egregious supply of tampons for her six-day trip to space in 1983.
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May 13, 2022 at 11:11 am
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May 13, 2022 at 11:22 am
She looks like the female version of Alfred Molina
that one guy no one ever notices
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She does
Roberto Lee
May 13, 2022 at 3:20 pm
You read my mind Peter Parker
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May 13, 2022 at 11:22 am
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May 13, 2022 at 11:34 am
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EqualityExpectingEnigmatic
May 13, 2022 at 11:35 am
Gotta love it! Amusing set on the absurd perspective SOME men possess. Anyone trying to vouch for NASA has to begin with the fact the strings were TIED together. Simply funny!
Motivation Eyes
May 13, 2022 at 11:47 am
*Everyone who reads this, we don’t know each other and probably never will but I wish you all the best in life and all the luck in the world*
Alien Alias
May 13, 2022 at 11:48 am
Thank God I discard most of my comments these days.
EverythingIsScience
May 13, 2022 at 12:20 pm
for the record considering the price for moving a single kilogram to space, one hundred tampons cost 270 dollars.
CMDR After Hours
May 13, 2022 at 12:23 pm
If you believe this sort of thing, I don’t know what to tell you maybe the indoctrination does end up winning with you. Do your research, the world is waking up to their lies and you can as well.
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May 13, 2022 at 9:27 pm
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Brian Miller
May 13, 2022 at 12:24 pm
Marcia’s delivery is so funny it’s easy to miss the critical point: We are bad mind readers. Like, really bad. Researcher Nicholas Epley coined the term “The Illusion of Insight” to describe this phenomenon, by which we try to imagine someone else’s perspective by “putting ourselves in their shoes.” Unfortunately, we’re terrible at it. The key to understanding someone else’s perspective and truly connecting with them is, as Marcia pointed out, asking questions. Ask meaningful and relevant questions, and then genuinely listen to their answers. Don’t listen for how you feel about their answers, listen for how they feel about them. So many problems are solved before they begin by simply asking people to describe their perspective to you, and resisting the urge to judge or add your opinion to the mix.
Samson Fernendez
May 13, 2022 at 3:16 pm
Will it work if, for example, someone asks me “why are you vegan?”, And instead of answering, I ask them “well, do you mind explaining your perspective on veganism?” first?
Samson Fernendez
May 13, 2022 at 12:58 pm
Can someone explain her point please? 🙂
Human
May 13, 2022 at 1:16 pm
Oh she’s adorable and funny.
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May 13, 2022 at 1:26 pm
I just wanted to come back to this video to say the next video that played was The Amazing Atheist giving a motivational talk and going on a diet.
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May 13, 2022 at 3:54 pm
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May 13, 2022 at 2:22 pm
4:40 We’re allowed on TikTok, but you will not catch me on there! TikTok is owned by ByteDance which is subject to the whims of the Chinese Communist Party.
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May 13, 2022 at 3:39 pm
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May 13, 2022 at 7:31 pm
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heather hill
May 13, 2022 at 3:48 pm
I like to think that she would have told them to lessen the payload with all them tampons there what are you guys insane and I wish you would have gotten space she was my hero this child I remember this incident really so although you made me laugh now I’m sad it’s kind of funny isn’t it I will have a nice day thanks for this comic really it’s really needed
consummateVssss
May 13, 2022 at 9:23 pm
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Goobian
May 13, 2022 at 3:53 pm
Absolute disaster of a flow is the beginnings of another song.
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May 13, 2022 at 4:48 pm
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May 13, 2022 at 5:57 pm
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May 13, 2022 at 9:13 pm
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consummateVssss
May 13, 2022 at 9:19 pm
From NASA’s oral history transcript in 2002 interview with Sally Ride:
I remember the engineers trying to decide how many tampons should fly on a one-week flight;
they asked, “Is 100 the right number?”
“No. That would not be the right number.”
They said, “Well, we want to be safe.”
I said, “Well, you can cut that in half with no problem at all.”
so if 3-6 tampons per day is “normal” that would be 21-42 for a week, so 50 seems almost conservative considering it’s NASA and all
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May 14, 2022 at 4:26 pm
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May 14, 2022 at 4:32 pm
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May 14, 2022 at 4:35 pm
We
have a RESPONSIBILITY to join TOGETHER on behalf of the world that we seek
— a world where extremists no longer threaten our people🌏!.
When long as we are denied our security by CRIMINALS,
who prey on our communities 🌏,
and who do violence against our ♀️# WOMEN and CHILDREN.
—
TODAY: 🇺🇳
United Nations | الأمـــــمُ المتّـحــــدَة
has a dual RESPONSIBILITY:
That experience guides my conviction that partnership between 🇺🇳
United Nations | الأمـــــمُ المتّـحــــدَة and Islam
MUST be based on what Islam is,
not what it isn’t√.
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🆃🅺𝓐 〘Pra𝖕a𝖙anKa𝖑i𝖘ar⃝i〙
May 14, 2022 at 4:38 pm
— 🌏Indonesian Language. —
Yang mulia,
Madam President🇺🇳..
‘ *Amina J Mohammed* beloved ‘
Aku seorang Gadis yang cantik dan Manis.
Aku juga admin. Kayak layaknya mereka Gadis Indonesia umumnya.
…
Madam President🇺🇳..
Setelah aku baca Sejarah,
Mengapa Peristiwa-Berdarah selalu dimulai dari Europe?
– World War I
– World War II
tambah lagi Europe: Mereka menyalakan Perang dalam Cold-War/ Perang dinging, antara Soviets dan USA.
Kita pun secara tidak langsung, ikut terpengaruh dalam tragedy itu. Mengapa?
—
Madam President🇺🇳..
Bisnis mereka adalah Peperangan.
Ya, dan Bagaimana tidak!
Perdagangan mereka adalah; SENJATA, BOM,
AMUNISI, dan PELEDAK.
Sejatinya, merekalah: Perusak Bumi yang SEBENARNYA.
Kemungkinan ya, Mereka akan meraup banyak UNTUNG
dalam tiap – tiap peperarang itu.
Namun, mengapa??
– mereka menuding secara luas,
bahwa:
” AGAMA adalah BIANG dari misi Perang-Dunia. ”
” AGAMA adalah Sumber penyebab
dalam Conflicts berdarah berikutnya. ”
Sungguh,
Anggapan yang demikian, tidaklah selamanya benar!.
Argument mereka, nampaknya Keliru.
serta Ucapan mereka, ‘ hanyalah Omong Kosong.’
Ketahuilah, setiap # Agama mengajarkan
Kedamaian, mengatakan kebenaran bahwa:
Membunuh satu orang tak bersalah,
Sama halnya, merusak bumi dan membunuh umat Keseluruhan.
Justru, # Agama sebagai soluti
Tuhan menurun kan # KITAB SUCI.
dan # PeranAgama di # Bumi🌎🌏🌍,
itulah # Solusi.
Thank you | Terimakasih.
dan Salam Sehat!.
Oh Mommmmmmm..🇺🇳
We love you.
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YOUNG PEOPLE deserve an equal say in their FUTURE 🌍🌏🌎.
Thank you, TED.
AND MAY GOD’S PEACE BE UPON YOU 🙏.
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Nayt FB
May 14, 2022 at 7:14 pm
Me in the beginning:
Women are so funny 😐
Me after the video:
😐 still not funny
Gaasuba Meskhenet
May 14, 2022 at 9:09 pm
5:25
Gaasuba Meskhenet
May 14, 2022 at 9:20 pm
My criticism is that she made a whole song about the tampons and made up something about tying them together to fill space instead of mentioning the Makeup Kit They Made For Her!!!!!
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May 14, 2022 at 11:06 pm
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May 14, 2022 at 11:42 pm
大詹大෴十𝟏𝟗𝟒𝟕𝟐𝟎𝟕𝟔𝟏𝟏𝟑෴大詹大
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May 15, 2022 at 1:07 am
✝️
*For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.”*
John 3:16-21
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May 18, 2022 at 12:06 am
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May 18, 2022 at 11:07 am
This was too good 😂😂
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May 18, 2022 at 10:21 pm
Ideas worth spreading