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They should have just gone with it, and said the people have spoken. It would have been good for morale, because everyone would have a smile on their face every
by x5n1 10y ago
They should have just gone with it, and said the people have spoken. It would have been good for morale, because everyone would have a smile on their face every time they said the name in a British accent.
- distances 10y agoI disagree. I think it's fine to disregard juvenile name suggestions, and the supposed disappointment in the Internet will be forgotten in a couple of days.
- aavotins 10y agoIf so, then why did they offer the juvenile public a chance in the first place? It's not like nobody expected shenanigans
- InclinedPlane 10y ago"Juvenile", oh please. There's miles of difference between juvenile and irreverent. Keep in mind that a multi-million dollar reusable rocket stage just landed on a ship named "Of Course I Still Love You". "Boaty McBoatface" isn't such a bad name, but the rejection of the name is indicative of a very substantial cultural divide.
- Nimitz14 10y ago> supposed disappointment in the Internet will be forgotten in a couple of days. Everything will be at some point. That's not an argument.
- techterrier 10y agoBORING
- duaneb 10y ago> I think it's fine to disregard juvenile name suggestions, and the supposed disappointment in the Internet will be forgotten in a couple of days. Along with the ship itself.
- darkclarity 10y agoIt was a fun suggestion but going with it would have reminded me of the world exemplified by the movie Idiocracy. We are heading in that direction with the likes of adult colouring books, but I think it's a good sign that there is still some form of resistance.
- castis 10y agoA fun boat name and adults coloring means is indicative of a world headed towards 99% of people being intellectually retarded? Interesting.
- darkclarity 10y agoJust my observation that adults are regressing into child like behaviour as each generation takes over. Less people taking responsibility for themselves, more people hiding from the world through escapism and a general irreverence for history and tradition. I might be wrong but it keeps bubbling up.
- david927 10y agoYou're not alone; I definitely see this pattern and it's quite frightening. It's not just juvenile, which has existed for a while, it's infantile. And that's new and it's worrisome.
- ludamad 10y agoAnd you know better about how people should act? Trends come and go
- chimprich 10y agoWhat would you like to happen? That people stop doing things they feel enjoyable in order to achieve a requisite level of gravitas that would satisfy your aesthetic sense about how society should present itself?
- delecti 10y ago