Sponsored message
Logged in as
Audience-funded nonprofit news
radio tower icon laist logo
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
 — 
See All Episodes
Subscribe

Hey, LA listener!

Download our app for the optimal streaming experience

Apple Store logo Google play logo
  • Listen Now Playing Listen
  • Listen Now Playing Listen

This is an archival story that predates current editorial management.

This archival content was written, edited, and published prior to LAist's acquisition by its current owner, Southern California Public Radio ("SCPR"). Content, such as language choice and subject matter, in archival articles therefore may not align with SCPR's current editorial standards. To learn more about those standards and why we make this distinction, please click here.
News

If Mars Curiosity's Tweets Are Too Upbeat, Check Out Sarcastic Rover

Emma G. Gallegos
Published Aug 9, 2012 11:00 PM

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today.

Some have found the earnest and cheery disposition of NASA's Curiosity Rover on Twitter too much to handle. But a few spoof account have popped up that imagine the dark side of being a self-aware, anthropomorphized robot sent on a one-way journey to a dusty planet to study rocks. (Many of them are in the same vein as an old Onion satired about NASA's Mars rover Spirit losing its sense of purpose.)

The best of these accounts is @SarcasticRover, which besides being sarcastic is bitter, depressed, overeducated—and sometimes stoned.

The account takes aim at the drudgery of its work, meme-creating nerds back on Earth, Pluto and Buzz Aldrin. You can call him a douche, but please don't call him an ironic hipster.

Here are several of the best tweets (it was hard to narrow things down from the prolific account!):

Sponsored message

Sponsored message

Sponsored message

Related:
Gallery: Mars Curiosity Sends Back Panorama Of Its New Home Inside Gale Crater
Curiosity Survives Nail-Biting Descent To Mars' Surface

You come to LAist because you want independent reporting and trustworthy local information. Our newsroom doesn’t answer to shareholders looking to turn a profit. Instead, we answer to you and our connected community. We are free to tell the full truth, to hold power to account without fear or favor, and to follow facts wherever they lead. Our only loyalty is to our audiences and our mission: to inform, engage, and strengthen our community.

Right now, LAist has lost $1.7M in annual funding due to Congress clawing back money already approved. The support we receive from readers like you will determine how fully our newsroom can continue informing, serving, and strengthening Southern California.

If this story helped you today, please become a monthly member today to help sustain this mission. It just takes 1 minute to donate below.

Your tax-deductible donation keeps LAist independent and accessible to everyone.
Headshot of Megan Garvey
Megan Garvey
Senior Vice President News, Editor in Chief

Make your tax-deductible donation today

Trending on LAist
The Brief