A trip to the moon

by HappyyPuff

44 comments
  1. Parts of Stockport are grim- but compared with some nearby areas, to the north, east and west, it’s paradise…

  2. Stockport? You should try Oldham, Rochdale or…

    [*shudders*]

    … Chadderton

  3. Half?!

    Of course I would, sign me up, you’d be set for life doing lectures and events and stuff.

    Also how amazing it would be..!

  4. Yeah, but you can’t really guarantee safety in Stockport.

  5. I wouldn’t either for one good reason. There is fuck all up there worth seeing except the earth.

  6. the moon probably has better weather and fewer potholes than Slough. At least you’d get a bit of peace and quiet away from the M25

  7. Probably cheaper to get a rocket to the moon than a peak time return ticket from Stockport to London anyway

  8. Put a tea shop and a curry house up there and I’ll consider it.

  9. There are so many better holidays than a boring trip to the moon. I’d actually find it more interesting if it wasn’t guaranteed safety.

  10. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    Accurate.

  11. I would, not because it’s a ā€˜fun experience’ but because you can really become a legend. Write your name out of rocks and by the time the next people go up there it’s become a historical artefact. Take a bunch of rocks and come home rich. Build a small house out of stone for the sake of doing just that.

  12. While in theory I’d jump at the chance, in practice I don’t think space travel is a great option for a claustrophobe.

    But this statistic does seem a bit sus – I’d want to see the actual question they asked, and what the sample was.

  13. What percentage of the people asked this question would happily take a trip to Benidorm? Because that’s worse!

  14. Half of brits I have met have never left their birth town… And I have seen a lot of brits in my life

  15. I’m British and I’d love a trip to the moon. I’ve been to Stockport, there are some signs of life.

  16. Went to Stockport once for a TCG event. I had no desire to leave the shop and if you know card game shops that’s not a good thing.

  17. I wouldn’t. Purely because I legit think it would be too overwhelming an experience for me. It sounds incredible in theory but I get homesick staying at a hotel. I genuinely think I’d have some sort of existential crisis if I went to the moon.

  18. There are pubs like the Blossoms in Stockport that have so much history and character they should be nationality protected.

  19. I’ll be honest the phrase ” guaranteed safety” is a huge red flag.Ā 

  20. Stockport can be a considered a desolate wasteland, but it is my desolate wasteland and I like it here 😁.

    We do produce some good eggs. Tess Daly, Michelle Keegan and Fred Perry.

  21. Weird. I can’t fathom that with the ‘guaranteed safety clause’.

    I even struggle with my wife’s point of view that she wouldn’t go to space if it was offered, because it’s too dangerous.Ā 

  22. An absolute buffoon if you wouldn’t go to the Moon, the only person I’d let off for not
    going would be Karl Pilkington because I’m sure he’d have some funny reason not to.

  23. Stockport is a paradise compared to most of the UK.

    People live in Birmingham…by choice..or Nottingham..or Stoke.

  24. I would appreciate the opportunity to visit a lifeless grey rock with no traffic.

  25. I’ve lived in Stockport for a long time. Even came back here after a decade in London. When I had my first baby my partner and I discussed moving. We wanted to stay somewhere around Manchester and we drew up a huge list of pros and cons. Then we thought about moving back down South and the only place that ticked enough of the important boxes was Stockport.

    I don’t know anywhere quite as well connected to everything. In 15 minutes we can be at the airport (it’s actually 7) or Manchester center, or close to the hills and peak district, or half way to Liverpool, or into Cheshire, or catch a train to London. Or get to several motorways including the M6 (it’s 17 minutes away).

    Unfortunately house prices are creeping up and where I live there are now streets with million pound houses which is a first. There’s so much to do, some great history, a huge variety of talent so I’ll defend it to the hilt. Oh and businesses do well here, we have some world leading companies round here.

    Yeah there’s some less desirable areas but almost none you couldn’t walk through at night. The shopping center is shit but it’s getting better and there’s a lot of investment to turn the area around the river into what looks like will be some fairly desirable places to live. I’d be tempted once the kids are older and moved out.

    I could go on.

  26. Mate I understand that quite a lot of people are suicidal but im not taking a trip to the moon unless at least 15,000 people have gone first and its confirmed to be at least 99% safe.

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