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[-] Allonzee@lemmy.world 54 points 3 weeks ago

[-] TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml 30 points 3 weeks ago

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 26 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I wonder what Buzz Lightyear would be called if the first two men in the moon were named Nick Adams and John Abbott or something normal.

ETA: And if they different names, would we have gotten "Blast Hardcheese?"

[-] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Puts tinfoil hair on

They were specifically selected to send secret messages to the aliens using their names.

[-] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

tinfoil hair

Does that provide better coverage than a hat?

[-] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Not really, I just feel like it looks more natural.

[-] HowManyNimons@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

And that message was...

[-] joelfromaus@aussie.zone 6 points 3 weeks ago

I believe it was “!su evas ,su pleh ,namdam a si poolF“

[-] lime@feddit.nu 3 points 3 weeks ago

do you think god stays in heaven because he, too, lives in fear of what he's created?

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The first two men to walk on the moon were named Niel and Edwin. The next two were named Charles and Alan.

[-] Revan343@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr. is much more commonly known as Buzz Aldrin, and Buzz Lightyear is named after him.

Obviously the answer to buddy's question is "whoever was the second guy on the moon" though.

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world -2 points 3 weeks ago

But if you asked most people to name the first person on the moon they’d say “Buzz Armstrong”

[-] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 weeks ago

What are you talking about??

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

And they would be wrong. Niel Armstrong didn't seem to carry a nickname; he was an aviator in the US Navy, who usually end up with callsigns, but I'm struggling to find what his was. Google "assistant" is hallucinating; it's saying that Neil Armstrong's navy callsign was "WARL" and links to a Wikipedia page about the oceanographic research ship RV Neil Armstrong(AGOR-27) whose maritime radio callsign is WARL. I know of no personal nickname or callsign of his.

Aldrin, on the other hand...I'm just now learning this. I assumed he got the nickname Buzz as a USAF pilot callsign, but no. His sister Faye mispronounced "brother" as "buzzer" which was shortened to "Buzz." And he legally changed his name to "Buzz Aldrin" in 1988. It was still a nickname during the Apollo program.

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yes, most people are wrong about a lot of things. But the zeitgeist of “Buzz” and “Armstrong” on the moon likely informed the naming conventions of fictional characters.

[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 26 points 3 weeks ago

But Neil Armstrongs backwards is “Sgnorts Mr Alien”.

[-] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago

24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence?

[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Buzz Aldrin's name backwards is: Nird Lazzub

Leonard Nimoy's name backwards is: Yo, min! Dr. Ano El?

Benedict Cumberbatch's name backward is: HG Wells, Cthulhu Balthazor

[-] superkret@feddit.org 13 points 3 weeks ago

It's also an anagram for "O girl, transmen!"

[-] Samsy@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 weeks ago

Why so complicated? Neil A. = Alien

[-] weststadtgesicht@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 weeks ago

Because this is not about being easy, it's about being funny

[-] 0ops@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

-Jesus Christ

[-] justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 weeks ago

He was an alien on the moon

[-] enbiousenvy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 weeks ago

gnort gort mfs

[-] Assman@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago

That's one small step for gnorts

[-] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 6 points 3 weeks ago

That's "Gnorts Mr Anedl Alien", to you!

[-] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Alan Tudyk has entered the chat.

[-] nomisiv@c.im 5 points 3 weeks ago

@fossilesque gnorts are gnome jorts

[-] RandomVideos@programming.dev 4 points 3 weeks ago

The entire name is "Gnorts mr. anedl Alien"

Anedl is something related to AI

DC comics, aliens, the moon and AI are all related

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

It's not merely "backwards" when you apply several arbitrary rules to get the results you want.

[-] 4am@lemm.ee 10 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks, Sheldon

[-] ace_garp@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

We are all Gnorts on this blessed day.

[-] garibaldi_biscuit@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Was... :-(

[-] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

We can be heroes. https://i.imgur.com/hdT6mQm.mp4

[-] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Gnorts Mra, inertgalactic space explorer

[-] L0rdMathias@sh.itjust.works -1 points 3 weeks ago

Idk how but you clearly doctored the results. The output has more energy in the form of extra punctuation than the input does. Something else was done other than a simple reflection. Please provide precise method of backwarding used.