Spyke

I was today years old when I realized that she was talking to Homer Hickam, and I've seen the movie October Sky more times than I can count.

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Deepusreply
lemm.ee

I was today years old when i realised that NASA employees arent allowed to swear. Fuck that dude, dont care who he is.

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There is a level of professionalism you should have when you work at some places, but personally I think a little crass celebration should definitely be allowed.

That said, whether she knew who he was or not, her actual response wasn't necessary.

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He doesn't want the aliens to learn swear words or they might start adding them to the crop circles. Obviously.

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lemmy.sdf.org

What was the original exchange? I can't remember, though I do remember the drama to follow.

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FreshLightreply
sh.itjust.works

I bet you have your reasons for posting the most dogshit version of this picture available, while also linking to a site with a much clearer version.

In case someone wants a better version and to save a click:

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ouRKaoSreply
lemmy.today

Suck my dick and balls. I'm shit posting on Lemmy!

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frezikreply
midwest.social

And I am on the National Shitposting Council that oversees Lemmy.

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My app compressed it to the point where it looked like the other one, what happens if you tap into it?

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lemmy.world

Censoring language on a screenshot is so stupid. Who is doing this? For what purpose?

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Reach a broader audience on dogshit platforms. At least this is proper censoring and not a piss take off a line through the "bad word"

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Varykreply
sh.itjust.works

yEs!

thanks

worth it, thanks.

apparently Homer Hickman tried to help her get her job back, but it didn't work, but now she's an aerospace engineer at Boeing...so things are going great .

no problems there.

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coyootjereply
lemmy.world

Until she discovers a problem and tries to become a whistleblower.

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yup, or literally anything else that could possibly happen at that company right now.

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lemmy.world

Oh, so that's why the fronts are falling off all their boats planes.

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donreply

So it was taken from one environment to another environment.

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surprisingly enough, for Boeing it actually is nowadays.

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WolfLinkreply
sh.itjust.works

TLDR from the actual interview with her:

  • She did lose the internship. He did try to get it back for her but it didn’t work.
  • She eventually ended up working for Boeing, but on commercial jet engines rather than space stuff.
  • they called her to rescind her internship while she was at her brother’s wedding
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grrgylereply
slrpnk.net

Heartbreaking.

Also imagine having a social media account actual tied to you irl

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Also imagine having a social media account actual tied to you irl

Nothing wrong with that, need to keep in touch with friends somehow.

Posting shit like this on a social media account tied to you irl is just being stupid, that's what burners are for. If I said shit like this to a higher up at a company that I just received an internship at (even somewhere with waaaay less prestige than NASA), I would not be expecting to keep that internship.

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TWeaKreply
Gliftedreply
lemmy.world

Ahhh yes history's greatest monster Jamie Loftus

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Gliftedreply
lemmy.world

I'm talking about puts-ketchup-on-popcorn Jamie Loftus

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Just to be clear, we're talking about Jamie Loftus, prime suspect in the 2009 Grand Rapids murders?

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lemmy.world

It was something like this:

A: Everybody shut the fuck up I got accepted into NASA

B: mind your language

A: fuck you

B: denys A the scholarship

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TWeaKreply
lemm.ee

Homer didn't deny anything, he wasn't even involved in that decision. He even put in a good word for her. However she basically lied when she was asked about it and that dug her in deeper, also leaving the post up didn't help.

NASA basically wanted her to not draw controversy to the agency over social media, per their rules, and they normally have a reasonable amount of leeway. But there were a couple concerning things during the process, mistakes she made (that she has probably since grown from) that led to NASA passing on her internship.

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lemmy.world

Let's not overlook the thousands of transphobes on 4chan, 8chan, and kiwi farms who reported the tweet to NASA just to try to get her fired.

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Mirodirreply
discuss.tchncs.de

From what I remember and what a quick search on the internet confirmed, B didn't actually deny her anything. He actually went out of his way to do as much good for her as he could. He claims to have replied "Language." because he knew other people at NASA with more say on her job would find her, which would get her into trouble (and they did find her even before his first Tweet).

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TommySodareply
lemmy.world

Did... Did they get the job? I kinda hope they did. Being overly excited can fuck you over sometimes. Like a weird yell could even fuck you over.

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TWeaKreply
lemm.ee

No, she didn't. However she did end up in aerospace anyway.

There was a 16th Minute of Fame podcast episode about it, including a recent interview:

Sixteenth Minute (of Fame): suck my dick and balls i work for nasa: the naomi h story

Episode webpage: https://omny.fm/shows/sixteenthminute/suck-my-dick-and-balls-i-work-for-nasa-the-naomi-h

Media file: https://chtbl.com/track/5899E/podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/38de5e2a-0671-4ac8-87e3-b10d014842e1/f50cd677-dd14-4afc-9142-b1b5018b2e27/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=7d5c7cf0-f27f-42fa-ac39-b10d0148bed0

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Macreply
mander.xyz

Why are podcasts so fucking long?

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Justinreply
lemmy.jlh.name

Who the fuck tweets at people telling them not to swear?

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Notyoureply
sopuli.xyz

Someone high up in the chain of command you are trying to join that knows a professional public perception is important when we shot people into space? That type of thing gets taken very seriously by people in the PR world.

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Justinreply
lemmy.jlh.name

Sure, but it's understandable that there would be a misunderstanding in an interaction like that. Something like "this kind of language is not appropriate here at nasa", or simply "this is unprofessional".

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GBU_28reply
lemm.ee

That's what the first reply was saying. Someone ready to work at NASA would do a cursory Google, or know who Homer Hickam is in the first place lol.

"Language" was carrying a lot of extra weight.

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lemm.ee

When some random person replies to me saying to watch my language the last thing I'm doing is googling them.

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In fact, i might even be inclined to tell them to suck my dick and balls.

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lemmy.world

TBF, if someone tells you to chill, is your first response to double down on your first mistake?

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Especially in an Internet setting where that’s the cultural norm. At work it’s different, but the internet is casual and defiant

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It was a lot of swearing. And he wrote "Language". Then something like "who tf are you" And he answered big boss at NASA or something.

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