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).
Pretty sure this podcast stays on topic throughout. There’s a chunk of background, of course, because it basically has to explain the joke every time so the discussion can happen.
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”.
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.
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.
Transphobes? Did she literally have dick and balls?
She is a trans woman. She hadn’t even told her family at the time.
What a weird ass way to phrase that question.
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).
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.
I swear I remember she didn’t
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
Why are podcasts so fucking long?
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I’d read it if it were an article.
Yep. And I’m not even remotely interested in the chitchat. Podcasts dont really work for me because theyre 90% off topic. lol
Pretty sure this podcast stays on topic throughout. There’s a chunk of background, of course, because it basically has to explain the joke every time so the discussion can happen.
To make more room for ads
Byaaaaaaaaa
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”.
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.
When some random person replies to me saying to watch my language the last thing I’m doing is googling them.
In fact, i might even be inclined to tell them to suck my dick and balls.
“Random person” is the trap
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
Yeah, it doesn’t even sound that out of place in informal conversation.
If professionalism mattered at nasa I need an explanation for 2/3 of the apollo 11 crew…
Language