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Culture Starship spotter thread (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 9 months ago by octoperson@sh.itjust.works to c/nameit@sopuli.xyz
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You know The Culture novels by Iain M Banks, right? How it has sentient starships that choose ironic names for themselves like these;

  • Sanctioned Parts List
  • So Much For Subtlety
  • All Through With This Niceness And Negotiation Stuff
  • Attitude Adjuster
  • Of Course I Still Love You
  • Funny, It Worked Last Time...

Well, if you pay attention, you can notice starships hiding in plain sight all around you. Here's a few from recent years;

  • Alternative Facts
  • Sigma Grindset
  • The Woke Mind Virus Is Either Defeated Or Nothing Else Matters
  • Girlboss
  • Basket Of Deplorables
  • Are We The Baddies?
  • I Am Not A Robot (Click To Confirm)

In this thread I want to know; what starship names have you spotted in the wild?

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[-] PinkyCoyote@sopuli.xyz 7 points 9 months ago

That's a cool observation, I haven't yet read the books but from what I can gather, Virtue Signaller.

[-] octoperson@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 months ago

You've got the idea. When the GCU Virtue Signaler dewarps in your star system, you know shit's about to go down.

[-] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 9 months ago

Echo chamber?

[-] octoperson@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 months ago

Is a civilian residential vessel that has limited communications with The Culture as a whole.

[-] PitchPlease@fanaticus.social 7 points 9 months ago

Cancel culture cruiser

[-] octoperson@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 months ago

And its sister ship, I'll Probably Get Cancelled For This

[-] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 3 points 9 months ago

Argh accidentally deleted my original comment about my Culture ship device names. Couldn't undelete it by clicking on the trash can again because the icon went all spinny wheel on me and I had to reload the page. Terrific fucking UX, there.

But!

  • Social Media Influencer
  • UwU
  • Swiftie
  • Or Your Money Back
  • Hardening of Opinions
[-] octoperson@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 months ago
  • Swiftie

Holy shit she's a fucking carrier group

  • Should've Said No
  • I Knew You Were Trouble
  • I Don't Wanna Live Forever
  • Look What You Made Me Do
  • ...Ready For It?
  • Me!
  • You Need To Calm Down
  • No Body, No Crime
  • Anti-Hero
  • Is It Over Now?

And that's just in single releases

[-] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 3 points 9 months ago

Holy shit lol, those read like they could be straight from Banks

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