"Boaty McBoatface"

[Deleted member 491001]

Just read this on NPR.

NEW $300 million boat in England overwhelmingly gets votes to be named Boaty McBoatface, but now considerations are being made as to instituting a more appropriate name.

U.K. Science Minister Torpedoes 'Boaty McBoatface' As Ship Name http://n.pr/1YEQJK8

Quote from article:

"According to The Guardian, Boaty McBoatface "received 124,109 votes, four times more than RRS Poppy-Mai — named after a 16-month-old girl with incurable cancer — which came in second place."

 

[Dizzy]

Never change, internet.

 

[thebluerider]

no disrespect to sick kids, but poppy-Mai is shite, too

 

[OverCoronavirus Pressure]

Just read this on NPR.

NEW $300 million boat in England overwhelmingly gets votes to be named Boaty McBoatface, but now considerations are being made as to instituting a more appropriate name.

U.K. Science Minister Torpedoes 'Boaty McBoatface' As Ship Name http://n.pr/1YEQJK8

Quote from article:

"According to The Guardian, Boaty McBoatface "received 124,109 votes, four times more than RRS Poppy-Mai — named after a 16-month-old girl with incurable cancer — which came in second place."

Great name and nice to see American-style conspicuous consumption is an everyone thing.

 

[PolishHeadlock]

This topic is so old my Dad e-mailed it to me using AOL

 

[ookii]

 

[Zer]

If this Boaty dude had cancer they wouldn't pull this shit

 

[BisexualMMA]

Illuminati.

 

[Jesus X]

This topic is so old my Dad e-mailed it to me using AOL

Lol

 

[Deleted member 491001]

This topic is so old my Dad e-mailed it to me using AOL

Lol, I hear that, still made me laugh

 

[Kalmah]

No way they're going to use that name, they're already back-pedalling.

This seems to happen with all of these naming competitions, if these cunts aren't going to honour to results they shouldn't let people vote for a name. Waste of time when they just choose the name they want any ways.

 

[Sunfish]

They said they reserved the right not to use the name that came top, presumably because of something like this happening.

It did inspire some Australian dude to name a racehorse horsey mchorseface so it wasn't in vain.

 

[EJAXXX]

Boats and hoes

 

[GODZILLA213]

 

[Kick Strickland]

lol I love it!

if these cunts aren't going to honour to results they shouldn't let people vote for a name. Waste of time when they just choose the name they want any ways.

Just like presidential elections

 

[Sunfish]

11 minutes, ain't nobody got time for that!

 

[Hagelslag2]

No way they're going to use that name, they're already back-pedalling.

This seems to happen with all of these naming competitions, if these cunts aren't going to honour to results they shouldn't let people vote for a name. Waste of time when they just choose the name they want any ways.

Doritos did a naming campaign in the Netherlands, which got hijacked by a Dutch website. They actually stuck to their promise and named it 'Doritos Geen Stijl', which, freely translated, means 'Doritos Classless'.

 

[El Chimpo]

the innanet has spoken...how dare they reconsider...

 

[WorldofWarcraft]

Thanks, 4chan

 

[Jesse Pinkman]

This is that Tumblr retard generation trying to be important again. I'm surprised it wasn't "USS Emma Watson Potato Agender Express".