A few days ago, the
United Kingdom’s Department of Business, Innovation and Skills did something.
They named a ship.
A month prior to naming
the ship, the public was asked to weigh-in on picking a moniker for the brand new
polar research vessel. The public
swelled to respond.
A frontrunner quickly
emerged on the internet. The public—at least
those poking around on the internet during the wee hours—rallied around a name
of their liking: “RSS Boaty McBoatface.”
Naturally, the Department
of Business, Innovation and Skills christened the vessel “RSS Sir David Attenborough.”
--Mitchell
Hegman
PHOTO: Ars Technica UK
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