• MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    I’m no nameologist but I think it means they were a sailor who rode nukes around Oregon, like that one cowboy riding a nuke in that cold war documentary I watched.

    Edit: here’s a screenshot from the documentary

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      3 days ago

      That kid was a prodigy. Landed that nuke softer than that jet blue with the sideways landing gear.