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struggle4progress

(118,309 posts)
Sat Jun 15, 2013, 08:40 PM Jun 2013

Buzz Aldrin speaks out against Tang

David Pescovitz at 10:16 am Fri, Jun 14, 2013

According to Buzz Aldrin though, "Tang sucks."

http://boingboing.net/2013/06/14/buzz-aldrin-speaks-out-against.html


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That would make a kick-ass Tang commercial!
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Um ... just sayin ... but my friends and I had all figured that out back in junior high school
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Well, he shoulda thoughta that before becaming an astronaut
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Good! The last excuse is gone, so now the government can stop wasting taxpayer money on space travel!
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Says the man who helped fake the moon landing? Yeah, right! I bet the NSA is behind this
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Oh, nice work, Buzz! You have totally destroyed my remaining faith in America!
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I wonder if he's a Chinese communist spy
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That's not actually what he said
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WTF !?? Didn't he invent the Tang-Vodka cocktail?
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Buzz Aldrin speaks out against Tang (Original Post) struggle4progress Jun 2013 OP
Buzz Aldrin: Tang Comment Was Just a Joke pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #1
It's a cover-up! struggle4progress Jun 2013 #2
Somebody got to him! LisaLynne Jun 2013 #16
but i thought that's why we went to the moon?!?! markiv Jun 2013 #3
Me, too! "We got Tang and carbon-fibre golf clubs!" has always been the official excuse struggle4progress Jun 2013 #6
Yeah. And some minor shit like, oh, computers. Warren DeMontague Jun 2013 #11
Well, I don't want to downplay the importance of video games or surfing the web for porn, struggle4progress Jun 2013 #13
You have a point there. Warren DeMontague Jun 2013 #14
! struggle4progress Jun 2013 #17
I would've voted for #2 but we figured it out in elementary school csziggy Jun 2013 #4
Some of us are slow learners struggle4progress Jun 2013 #7
I live in Florida - Dad bought Tang to check out the competition csziggy Jun 2013 #8
That contest wasn't even close, I'm sure struggle4progress Jun 2013 #10
No kidding - fesh orange juice is in a class all alone csziggy Jun 2013 #15
That's nice and with that and $2 whistler162 Jun 2013 #5
I love 'tang. Warren DeMontague Jun 2013 #9
When I was a kid astronauts were big treestar Jun 2013 #12
Household tip... MadrasT Jun 2013 #18

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
1. Buzz Aldrin: Tang Comment Was Just a Joke
Sat Jun 15, 2013, 08:47 PM
Jun 2013
6/15/2013 7:58 AM PDT BY TMZ STAFF

Houston we have a Tang problem ... Buzz Aldrin says his anti-Tang comment was blown WAY out of proportion and he has no problem with the spaceman juice.

Our photog ran into Buzz at LAX on Friday and just had to know what was up with his "Tang sucks" declaration while presenting during Spike TV's Guys Choice Awards.

The 2nd man on the moon gets was a little annoyed about the whole thing and said his comment was just a joke ... not meant to be taken seriously.

Buzz also explained how he allegedly enjoyed Tang up in space ... and it sounds way more gross than this old-timey commercial leads on.

...


http://www.tmz.com/2013/06/15/buzz-aldrin-tang-joke-spike-tv-video/



WHEW!

 

markiv

(1,489 posts)
3. but i thought that's why we went to the moon?!?!
Sat Jun 15, 2013, 08:57 PM
Jun 2013

i've always heard it said, 'we went to the moon, and now we have Tang'

and now we're hearing we didnt even need it!?!?!

WTF?!?!?

struggle4progress

(118,309 posts)
6. Me, too! "We got Tang and carbon-fibre golf clubs!" has always been the official excuse
Sat Jun 15, 2013, 09:03 PM
Jun 2013

for all the hoopla

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
11. Yeah. And some minor shit like, oh, computers.
Sat Jun 15, 2013, 10:05 PM
Jun 2013

But really investments in science, technology, human knowledge and exploration are generally a bad idea.

struggle4progress

(118,309 posts)
13. Well, I don't want to downplay the importance of video games or surfing the web for porn,
Sat Jun 15, 2013, 10:14 PM
Jun 2013

but don't weather satellites that take pictures of hurricanes really just encourage acting-out behavior by adolescent hurricanes? And is it really right to spy on asteroids, just because we're worried a big one might someday collide with Earth?

csziggy

(34,136 posts)
4. I would've voted for #2 but we figured it out in elementary school
Sat Jun 15, 2013, 09:01 PM
Jun 2013

Guess I'm showing my age.

Tang tastes like dessicated ground up orange peels.

csziggy

(34,136 posts)
8. I live in Florida - Dad bought Tang to check out the competition
Sat Jun 15, 2013, 09:09 PM
Jun 2013

To orange juice. (Disclaimer - I own part of two orange groves. One is on land my grandfather bought in 1927 and that my Dad helped plant the first trees on when he was a little kid. The other my parents bought in the 1950s.)

So we tested Tang as soon as it showed up on the grocery shelves. In comparison to fresh squeezed orange juice Tang really did suck. I've never had it since and don't plan to.

csziggy

(34,136 posts)
15. No kidding - fesh orange juice is in a class all alone
Sat Jun 15, 2013, 10:23 PM
Jun 2013

Since we would drive to our groves and pick our own oranges, we never had anything but fresh. Couldn't afford store bought. Not when we could get our own!

treestar

(82,383 posts)
12. When I was a kid astronauts were big
Sat Jun 15, 2013, 10:07 PM
Jun 2013

and they marketed Tang and some other things as stuff astronauts ate in space. I remember some breakfast bars - they were pretty cool actually, but they didn't last - marketed as eaten in space.

MadrasT

(7,237 posts)
18. Household tip...
Sat Jun 15, 2013, 10:55 PM
Jun 2013

If your dishwasher gets scuzzy inside... fill the detergent compartments with Tang and run the dishwasher.

The dishwasher will be *spotless* after running it through the Tang cycle.

I shit you not.

I don't remember who told me this, but I tried it and it works like a charm.

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