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.
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.
He doesn't want the aliens to learn swear words or they might start adding them to the crop circles. Obviously.
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
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
Links that aren't region locked:
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
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
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.
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).
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.
Wholsome ending
