QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoTech Billionaire Forced to Rename Humongous Yacht After Realizing It Spelled Something Horrible Backwards ["Izanami"]futurism.comexternal-linkmessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTech Billionaire Forced to Rename Humongous Yacht After Realizing It Spelled Something Horrible Backwards ["Izanami"]futurism.comQuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square43fedilink
minus-squareGodric@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoIt is the name of a Japanese deity, so I think it is an actual accident. Funny as fuck though!
minus-squarearrow74@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoYeah a tech billionaire being into Japanese culture is marginally more likely than a billionaire being a Nazi. Lots of over lap of course but I think the Japanese culture fascination is the more likely explanation
minus-squareedible_funk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoI don’t think it’s more likely but from what I understand he’s got another boat with a Japanese name so it’s much more likely named after the deity.
It is the name of a Japanese deity, so I think it is an actual accident. Funny as fuck though!
Yeah a tech billionaire being into Japanese culture is marginally more likely than a billionaire being a Nazi. Lots of over lap of course but I think the Japanese culture fascination is the more likely explanation
I don’t think it’s more likely but from what I understand he’s got another boat with a Japanese name so it’s much more likely named after the deity.