This Is Why Certain Decisions Shouldn't Be Made On The Internet

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  1. firehawc_69, Mar 21, 2016
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    If I ever get a boat, its name will be Boaty McBoatface.

    Maybe I'll just name my dinghy.
     
  2. Hollywood Hoist, Mar 21, 2016
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    Help name a UK research vessel "Boatimus Prime"

    Ships can bear the names of former presidents, war heroes, long-lost loves, or clever puns. However, the U.K. public appears to have taken a different tact when it comes the naming of a new polar vessel from the National Environment Research Council.

    The NERC announced the online voting contest to name the nearly $300 million boat to be launched in 2019 recently, and the leading vote-getter so far is the simple but silly "Boaty McBoatface."


    The 128-yard-long, 15,000-ton ship is described by the NERC as a "new polar research vessel which will deliver world-leading capability for UK research in both Antarctica and the Arctic."

    The Irish Examiner reports some of the other popular name suggestions are "RRS Usain Boat, RRS Ice Ice Baby and RRS Boatimus Prime."

    The hashtag "#boatymcboatface" was trending on Sunday morning, and the NERC said the sudden high interest in naming their boat has caused the voting website to sink.

    UK asks public to name $300M boat; "Boaty McBoatface" leads vote - CBS News
     
  3. Fallout, Mar 21, 2016
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    don't tell me what to boat for!
     
  4. Metroplex79, Mar 21, 2016
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    It's going to Antarctica and the Arctic?

    RSS Heatwave.
     
  5. Autobot Burnout, Mar 21, 2016
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    Sorry, I still think "Boaty McBoatface" is better than another Optimus Prime pun.
     
  6. EnergonWaffles, Mar 21, 2016
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    Too late now.

    Whether they like it or not, that boat will always be called Boaty McBoatface.
     
  7. Wheeljack_Prime, Mar 21, 2016
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    I remember one time the city of Austin, Texas wanted to rename their Solid Waste Service Department

    The populace voted to rename it "The Fred Durst Society of the Humanities and Arts"
     
  8. MetalStorm, Mar 21, 2016
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    I like "Ice Ice Baby", but yeah, "Boaty McBoatface" will go down in history as the greatest ship name of all time.

    "I served on RSS Boaty McBoatface for 5 years! It was the greatest experience of my life! We did stuff......and thangs!"
     
  9. The Kup, Mar 21, 2016
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    Boaty McBoatface? Sure... why not.
     
  10. Sylent, Mar 21, 2016
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    Since the internet came up with the name, I'm shocked it wasn't something like "SS Herp Derp."
     
  11. GoLion, Mar 21, 2016
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    ss tentacle pr0n
     
  12. moreprimeland, Mar 21, 2016
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    moreprimeland Optimus told me to do it!

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    Nothing to do with Transformers, already a thread in NonTF GD, so moving there....and merging.
     
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  13. tikgnat, Mar 22, 2016
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    I can imagine it now, David Attenborough narrating the latest wildlife program for the BBC...

    'We're here today aboard the HMS Boaty McBoatface, on a research expedition to study Orca migration...'
     
  14. Hicks_Royel, Mar 22, 2016
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    Was LuvTub an option... it should've been.
     
  15. tikgnat, Mar 22, 2016
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    Experts could overrule 'Boaty McBoatface' name choice for polar ship - BBC News

     
  16. seali_me, Mar 22, 2016
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    Puah!

    "No take back rule" rules the interwebs! The name's Boaty MacBoatFace!

    NERC: There goes "Arlene".

    The interwebs: You mean Boaty MacBoatFace, you douche.
     
  17. Purple Heart, Mar 22, 2016
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    Purple Heart Some other time..

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    Just name the damn boat Boaty McBoatface.
     
  18. EnergonWaffles, Mar 22, 2016
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    *dramatic shot of Boaty BcBoatface swaying in rough seas*

    Attenbourough: Aboard Boaty McBoatface are the top experts in marine biology. Among them, Pierre Rousseau.

    *camera cuts to a French man standing by a bunch of complex computer displays*

    Pierre: It was my dream to join an expedition on Boaty McBoatface. Boaty BcBoatface is state of the art and will help us film the orcas."




    haha that would be awesome
     
  19. BooyakaDragon, Mar 22, 2016
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    or Reddit, Reddit gets crap done as welll lol
     
  20. prfctcellrulz, Mar 22, 2016
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    That would be perfect as a tribute to David Bowie (RIP).
     
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