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QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months ago

Tech Billionaire Forced to Rename Humongous Yacht After Realizing It Spelled Something Horrible Backwards ["Izanami"]

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Tech Billionaire Forced to Rename Humongous Yacht After Realizing It Spelled Something Horrible Backwards ["Izanami"]

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QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months ago
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Oracle founder Larry Ellison named his 191-foot superyacht "Izanami," only to change his mind after finding out what it spelled backwards.
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    9 months ago

    Because fuck clickbait

    izanami -> imanazi (im a nazi)

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      How is it clickbait? The title literally says the name of the ship, and the ability to read a word backwards should be something one acquires by around 5th grade.

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        Title might have been edited after the fact for all we know, original title doesn’t have it

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      i appreciate the spirit though lmfao

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