Snowwomen@discuss.tchncs.de to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago"A guitarist who's also an astronaut" sounds more impressive than "An astronaut who plays the guitar", despite both meaning the same thing.message-squaremessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1261arrow-down19
arrow-up1252arrow-down1message-square"A guitarist who's also an astronaut" sounds more impressive than "An astronaut who plays the guitar", despite both meaning the same thing.Snowwomen@discuss.tchncs.de to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-squarerc__buggy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·2 days agoNot to me. Katy Perry is ostensibly an “astronaut”. Not a pilot, not someone who trained for years to lead science experiments in space, just a guitarist who’s also an astronaut.
minus-squareremon@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 days agoAstronauts are trained professionals, she was a passenger.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoDon’t have an opinion on that, or rather I can go bot h ways. Astronaut literally means space traveler. 🤷🏻
Not to me.
Katy Perry is ostensibly an “astronaut”. Not a pilot, not someone who trained for years to lead science experiments in space, just a guitarist who’s also an astronaut.
Astronauts are trained professionals, she was a passenger.
That’s what I say
Don’t have an opinion on that, or rather I can go bot h ways. Astronaut literally means space traveler. 🤷🏻