Urban dictionary defines a “furry” as someone who dresses up as an animal and does sexual things.ĥ. Many have speculated that this meant she was part of the “furry” community. ![]() But in surviving screenshots, you can see that Naomi used a pink dog with long, wavy red hair as her avatar. People Are Saying That Naomi Was a “Furry” Because of Her Twitter Avatar I have also talked to the folks that had to do with her internship and made absolutely certain that there will be no black mark on her record.”Ĥ. After talking to her, I am certain she deserves a position in the aerospace industry and I’m doing all I can to secure her one that will be better than she lost. “She reached out to me with an unnecessary apology which I heartily accepted and returned with my own. In fact, he says, he had nothing to do with that decision - and has been doing everything he can to help find her a new job. Hickam says Naomi’s friends gave him a hard time on Twitter and unfairly accused him of getting Naomi fired. Hickam Says He Is Doing All He Can to Find Naomi a New Job As it turned out, it was due to the NASA hashtag her friends used that called the agency’s attention to it long after my comments were gone.”ģ. This I had nothing to do with nor could I since I do not hire and fire at the agency or have any say on employment whatsoever. Hickam added, “Later, I learned she had lost her offer for an internship with NASA. Hickam says that, as a Vietnam vet, he has plenty of experience with “the f- word” and wasn’t personally offended he says he was just trying to warn Naomi to watch her language in case someone else at NASA saw her use of the #NASA hashtag coupled with the explicit language. The blog post has since been removed, but you can read most of the original on Buzzfeed, here. Hickam wrote a blog post explaining that he had nothing to do with getting Naomi fired. (One commenter even said that NASA should not have hired someone who didn’t know Hickam’s name.) ![]() Many people online have wondered how Naomi could possibly not know who Hickam was. Hickam is a Vietnam Vet and renowned former NASA engineer the movie October Sky is based on his memoir. Hickam Says He Had Nothing to Do With Getting Naomi FiredĪfter their initial exchange, Naomi took down her offensive tweets and sent a message to Hickam, apologizing. Shortly afterwards, NASA canceled its offer to Naomi.Ģ. Hickam wrote back, “And I am on the National Space Council that oversees NASA.” That’s when Naomi went silent. That may have cost Naomi the very internship she was so proud of. Homer Hickam, the NASA engineer who trained the first Japanese astronauts, wrote back, “Language.”īut Naomi clearly had no idea who Hickam was, because she replied, “Suck my d*** and b***. She was so excited that she may have forgotten her manners the proud social media user rushed to Twitter where she allegedly wrote, “”Everyone shut the f- up. was pretty excited when she landed an internship with NASA. furry became an intern for NASA and got instantly fired after telling someone on their council to suck their dick because this is 2018. He also deleted his blog defending the furry. ![]() NASA engineer Homer Hickam deactivated his Twitter after a sustained harassment campaign from members of the furry community following a brief interaction with a would-be NASA intern (a furry) who spewed profanity at him. On August 23rd, Twitter user tweeted that Hickam "deactivated his Twitter after a sustained harassment campaign" and that he "deleted his blog defending the furry" (shown below). Meanwhile, the Twitter exchange reached the front page of /r/instantkarma. Also on August 21st, Hickam published a blog post addressing the incident on his personal blog, noting that "after talking to her, I am certain she deserves a position in the aerospace industry" and that he was working to "secure her one that will be better than she lost" (shown below). The same day, a post about the Twitter controversy was posted to the Encyclopedia Dramatica Forums. Photo: Twitter A series of vulgar tweets has cost a young woman her dream internship at. On August 21st, Twitter user posted a screenshot of the Twitter exchange along with the message "A furry became an intern for NASA and got instantly fired after telling someone on their council to suck their dick because this is 2018." Over the next week, the tweet recieved upwards of 93,900 likes and 33,000 retweets. Fri, A series of vulgar tweets has cost a young woman her dream internship at NASA. ![]() On August 20th, Twitter user posted a tweet claiming that "lost her internship" and "delete her Twitter" (shown below). On August 14th, 2018, Twitter user tweeted the message "Everyone shut the fuck up / I got accepted for a NASA internship," to which Hickam replied "Language." After replied with "Suck my dick and balls I'm working at NASA," Hickam informed her that he is "on the National Space Council that oversees NASA" (shown below).
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