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).
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some_random_nick@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoIt 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
Mirodir@discuss.tchncs.de 5 weeks ago
TommySoda@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
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.
Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I swear I remember she didn’t
TWeaK@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
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: omny.fm/…/suck-my-dick-and-balls-i-work-for-nasa-…
Media file: chtbl.com/track/5899E/podtrac.com/…/audio.mp3?utm…
GBU_28@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
TWeaK@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
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.
buddascrayon@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
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.
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Transphobes? Did she literally have dick and balls?
buddascrayon@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
She is a trans woman. She hadn’t even told her family at the time.
Shapillon@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
What a weird ass way to phrase that question.