• AnIndefiniteArticle
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    2 days ago

    Good for Europe!

    Maybe right now with fascism on the rise again it’s time to re-examine your choice of name.

    Europe’s best rockets always seem to have something Aryan about them.

    EDIT: Timely, too

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        3 days ago

        Hey now! Day’s still young and I’m just getting started.

        You don’t think that European rocketry’s Aryan history has anything to do with their current rockets being named “after the Greek myth of Ariadne but we conveniently left off the d”?

        It’s been a bad name forever. It’s always made me a bit wary. As nazi imagery resurfaces, it’s time to move on from this name which is a relic of past nazism.

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          22 hours ago

          Those damn Ancient Greeks and their fascist rockets. /shakes fist

          https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ariane

          If your day is just starting, maybe you need a coffee. There’s a distinct difference between Aryan (or Aryen in French) and Ariane (or Ariane in French).

          Different words in different languages sounding the same is a wild launch to a crusade in 2025. Wait until you hear about Ariana Grande… the most Grand of all the Aryans. I know the additional letters won’t fool you.