...remind them that reddit & 4chan still exist and show them this.
UK asks public to name $300M boat; "Boaty McBoatface" leads vote
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/uk-asks-public-to-name-boat-boaty-mcboatface-leads/
Love this. Reddit can still smoke a server.
"Due to a high amount of traffic some users may be experiencing problems using the #NameOurShip site. Please bear with us.
— NERC (@NERCscience) March 20, 2016"
You think they would have leaned from Mr. Splashy Pants (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mister_Splashy_Pants).
Or the infamous "Dub the Dew" contest.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-A_oZL9i31iY/UDOWc9psVmI/AAAAAAAAET0/OESNz6qYxsc/s1600/dub+the+dew.jpg
Great Name... It will raise the profile of the work.
certainly "like no other!"
The US gov has had a couple of these naming contests and then reneged on it when they got the silly results they weren't expecting, even though the winning answer wasn't obscene. I can think of no quicker way to disillusion someone about their government.
"Soon they will learn that resistance is futile, and the state's power is absolute."
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/apr/19/boaty-mcboatface-tyrants-have-crushed-the-peoples-will
"I can think of no quicker way to disillusion someone about their government."
YUP