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Culture Starship spotter thread (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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You know The Culture novels by Iain M Banks, right? How it has sentient starships that choose ironic names for themselves like these;

Sanctioned Parts List
So Much For Subtlety
All Through With This Niceness And Negotiation Stuff
Attitude Adjuster
Of Course I Still Love You
Funny, It Worked Last Time...

Well, if you pay attention, you can notice starships hiding in plain sight all around you. Here's a few from recent years;

Alternative Facts
Sigma Grindset
The Woke Mind Virus Is Either Defeated Or Nothing Else Matters
Girlboss
Basket Of Deplorables
Are We The Baddies?
I Am Not A Robot (Click To Confirm)

In this thread I want to know; what starship names have you spotted in the wild?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Cancel culture cruiser

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

And its sister ship, I'll Probably Get Cancelled For This

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Echo chamber?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Is a civilian residential vessel that has limited communications with The Culture as a whole.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's a cool observation, I haven't yet read the books but from what I can gather, Virtue Signaller.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

You've got the idea. When the GCU Virtue Signaler dewarps in your star system, you know shit's about to go down.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Argh accidentally deleted my original comment about my Culture ship device names. Couldn't undelete it by clicking on the trash can again because the icon went all spinny wheel on me and I had to reload the page. Terrific fucking UX, there.

But!

Social Media Influencer
UwU
Swiftie
Or Your Money Back
Hardening of Opinions

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Swiftie

Holy shit she's a fucking carrier group

Should've Said No
I Knew You Were Trouble
I Don't Wanna Live Forever
Look What You Made Me Do
...Ready For It?
Me!
You Need To Calm Down
No Body, No Crime
Anti-Hero
Is It Over Now?

And that's just in single releases

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Holy shit lol, those read like they could be straight from Banks