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[–] Allonzee@lemmy.world 54 points 7 months ago
[–] TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml 34 points 7 months ago
[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 27 points 7 months ago

But Neil Armstrongs backwards is “Sgnorts Mr Alien”.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 26 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

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 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

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 7 months ago (1 children)

tinfoil hair

Does that provide better coverage than a hat?

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

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

[–] HowManyNimons@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] joelfromaus@aussie.zone 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] lime@feddit.nu 3 points 7 months 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 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

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 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months 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 7 months ago (2 children)

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 7 months ago

What are you talking about??

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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 7 months 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.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 17 points 7 months ago

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

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 14 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months 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 7 months ago

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

[–] Samsy@lemmy.ml 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Why so complicated? Neil A. = Alien

[–] weststadtgesicht@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

-Jesus Christ

[–] justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 7 months ago

He was an alien on the moon

[–] enbiousenvy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 7 months ago

gnort gort mfs

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 6 points 7 months ago

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

[–] Assman@sh.itjust.works 6 points 7 months ago

That's one small step for gnorts

[–] nomisiv@c.im 5 points 7 months ago

@fossilesque gnorts are gnome jorts

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

Alan Tudyk has entered the chat.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] 4am@lemm.ee 10 points 7 months ago

Thanks, Sheldon

[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 4 points 7 months 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

[–] garibaldi_biscuit@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)
[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

We are all Gnorts on this blessed day.

[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago
[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Gnorts Mra, inertgalactic space explorer

[–] qaopjlll@hexbear.net 1 points 7 months ago

Ron Zertnert

[–] L0rdMathias@sh.itjust.works -1 points 7 months 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.