For someone just starting their career path, scoring at internship at a company or organization you admire can be pretty exciting. When that internship is with none other than NASA, we’re probably getting close to “dream come true” territory, so some serious celebration is obviously in order.
Unfortunately for one would-be NASA intern, that dream can quickly turn into a nightmare. A Twitter user who goes by the handle ‘Naomi H’ recently discovered that it’s easy to cross the line and risk your internship status as well as your budding career in science, and all it took was a particularly vulgar social media exchange.
The saga began when Naomi H posted a tweet announcing that he or she had scored an internship with NASA. It was a bit verbose in its wording. “EVERYONE SHUT THE FUCK UP,” the tweet reads. “I GOT ACCEPTED FOR A NASA INTERNSHIP.”
Okay, fair enough. Obviously a bit of excitement going on there, but the fact that some employers keep a close eye on their staff’s social media dealings — and that we’re talking about NASA here — should probably warrant some more careful wording. A gentleman by the name of Homer Hickam told Naomi H as much. The soon-to-be-intern’s reply is, well, pretty rough.
That’s when Hickam revealed that he’s actually a former NASA engineer and current member of the National Space Council which oversees NASA. Eesh.
It’s important to note here that Hickam’s status doesn’t give him any control over who NASA hires or fires, or which interns it allows through the door. Nevertheless, the would-be intern’s offer was rescinded shortly after the Twitter kerfuffle. Apparently Twitter had caught wind of the dustup because the #NASA hashtag was used in some of the replies that followed.
“I’m a Vietnam vet and not at all offended by the F-word,” Hickam wrote in a blog post that has since been deleted. “However, when I saw NASA and the word used together, it occurred to me that this young person might get in trouble if NASA saw it so I tweeted to her one word: ‘Language’ and intended to leave it at that.”
Hickam and Naomi H have since mended ties, and Hickam says he believes she does deserve the position. Whether or not he has the leverage to make it happen remains to be seen.
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For this child I prayed; and the LORD has given me my petition which I asked of him: So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a door post of the temple of the LORD. And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept bitterly. read more.
And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your handmaid, and remember me, and not forget your handmaid, but will give unto your handmaid a male child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head. And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli observed her mouth. Now Hannah spoke in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunk. And Eli said unto her, How long will you be drunk? put away your wine from you. And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD. Count not your handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I been speaking. Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant you your petition that you have asked of him. And she said, Let your handmaid find grace in your sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad. And they rose up in the morning early, and worshiped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her. Therefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bore a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD. And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child is weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide forever. And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seems to you good; tarry until you have weaned him; only the LORD establish his word. So the woman abode, and nursed her son until she weaned him. And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a skin of wine, and brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was young. And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli. And she said, Oh my lord, as your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman that stood by you here, praying unto the LORD. Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he lives he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshiped the LORD there.
And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel groaned by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
44 But I say to you, iLove your enemies and jpray for those who persecute you, 45 kso that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and lsends rain on the just and on the unjust. 46 mFor if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? 47 And if you greet only your brothers,9 what more are you doing than others? Do not even nthe Gentiles do the same? 48 oYou therefore must be pperfect, qas your heavenly Father is perfect.