What was the original exchange? I can’t remember, though I do remember the drama to follow.
There’s probably higher quality pictures out there, but I figured this would work
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/nasa-internship-twitter-controversy
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:
Censoring language on a screenshot is so stupid. Who is doing this? For what purpose?
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”
That’s only slightly less dogshit.
Language
Suck my dick and balls. I’m shit posting on Lemmy!
And I am on the National Shitposting Council that oversees Lemmy.
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
Who the fuck tweets at people telling them not to swear?
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.
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”.
TBF, if someone tells you to chill, is your first response to double down on your first mistake?
Hell yeah it is
As a young lass excited for an amazing carrier opportunity? I might.
Especially in an Internet setting where that’s the cultural norm. At work it’s different, but the internet is casual and defiant
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.
If you want to learn more about it than is frankly reasonable, Jamie Loftus recorded a detailed history including an interview with Naomi H.
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
Heartbreaking.
Also imagine having a social media account actual tied to you irl
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.
Until she discovers a problem and tries to become a whistleblower.
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.
I was today years old when i realised that NASA employees arent allowed to swear. Fuck that dude, dont care who he is.
He doesn’t want the aliens to learn swear words or they might start adding them to the crop circles. Obviously.
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.
