But look a little closer, and under all the usual rhetoric there is a realistically commercial affair.The space station may be a ludicrous mansion in the heavens, but acting as its grocery van is a valid business.
Some stories may be faintly ludicrous, such as the family who named their daughter Brexit – whatever your background, you don't need to believe it for it to support your worldview.
Much of "The Paperboy" may be a borderline ludicrous mess.
What may be his most ludicrous stance though is his opposition to pornography (seriously).
Men should be allowed to debate abortion, student media should be uncensored, and Katie Hopkins should be allowed a platform to share her views - however ludicrous they may be.
When that happens, I begin to think that Luhrmann is on to something, that there may be a future in the ludicrous, insupportable genre.
The taxman often struggles to understand start-ups that earn money by creating a market and then taking a small cut of its turnover; the result may be that tiny firms receive ludicrous tax demands.To negotiate this minefield, start-ups are forced to spend heavily on specialist advice.
Even Google admits that the LS edition (which it says stands for "ludicrous speed") may be overkill for most, but it also noted that developers will surely find ways to do interesting things with this additional power.
