• @[email protected]
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    312 months ago

    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.

    • Justin
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      82 months ago

      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”.

      • @[email protected]
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        62 months ago

        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.

      • @RememberTheApollo_
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        32 months ago

        TBF, if someone tells you to chill, is your first response to double down on your first mistake?

        • @Shapillon
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          32 months ago

          As a young lass excited for an amazing carrier opportunity? I might.

          • @captainlezbian
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            32 months ago

            Especially in an Internet setting where that’s the cultural norm. At work it’s different, but the internet is casual and defiant

            • @Shapillon
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              12 months ago

              Yeah, it doesn’t even sound that out of place in informal conversation.

    • @captainlezbian
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      22 months ago

      If professionalism mattered at nasa I need an explanation for 2/3 of the apollo 11 crew…