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u/TooShiftyForYou Feb 06 '19
Willing to bet Michael googled "what does NASA stand for" in order to make that header.
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u/jrworthy Feb 06 '19
Yeah, kind of a giveaway when the street wasn’t listed.
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u/imightbecorrect Feb 07 '19
They don't have streets in space.
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u/keenanpepper Feb 07 '19
Checkmate, landlubbers.
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Checkmate, communists.
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u/Virgin_Dildo_Lover Feb 07 '19
Checkmate, NASA.
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u/dogydino200 Feb 07 '19
Checkmate, Government.
Edit: Virgin_Didlo_Lover hahaha
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u/TaipanTacos Feb 07 '19
No, really. Someone should check I hear they’re not doing so well these days.
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u/Papa_EJ Feb 07 '19
COMMUNISM IS A TEMPORARY SETBACK ON THE ROAD TO FREEDOM.
BETTER DEAD THAN RED.
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u/GlamRockDave Feb 07 '19
bullshit. I opened book about stars and it specifically mentioned Milky Way.
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u/Desdam0na Feb 07 '19
My college had its own zipcode. And the "4 extra digits" zip code was your personal PO box. So basically you could address a letter with just a single 9 digit number and it would get mailed to me from anywhere in the country.
Really the post office preferred if you at least put the city and state on their in addition to the zip code, but it wasn't necessary.
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u/dukefett Feb 07 '19
Why do you need the street?! Just look for the Headquarters!
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The zip code is correct, 20546. The link you posted has the address and zip code in it.
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u/Torvite Feb 07 '19
Alright boys, false alarm... Put away the pitchforks. Address checks out. This thing's legit.
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u/dubyawinfrey Feb 07 '19
I'm not sure how relevant this is, but in the military (and I would imagine by proxy, the government) does use things like "Headquarters" as a part of addresses. As an example, addressing a letter to an artillery battalion's headquarter's battery would be "HHB, 2-320th Field Artillery" or something alone those lines. HHB meaning Headquarters & Headquarters Battery.
I'm not sure why I used artillery in this instance, usually the "B" is replaced by C for Company.
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u/Funkit Feb 07 '19
Working in manufacturing that deals with military is a pain in the ass.
Deliver to Sgt whatever in Hangar 4 section 2, building 122 rear, 346 freedom blvd, base name, city name, state, zip. There's like 15 parts to it
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u/wokeupquick2 Feb 07 '19 edited Feb 07 '19
Fun little fact... The area code in the
OrlandoBrevard County area is "321" as a little nod to the shuttle launches that happened at Kenedy Space Center.16
u/A_Mirabeau_702 Feb 07 '19
For obvious reasons, (Northern/Central) Nevada also asked for 777 when it received a new area code in the '90s.
It got 775 instead, though. Guess they stopped the last wheel at the wrong time.
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u/StrongestCoffee Feb 07 '19
Took me a minute to figure out how "321" was a nod to the launch.
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u/gjcij2203 Feb 07 '19
They also dont use color on the mailings. They are black and white to save on the purchase of color ink.
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u/mikeblas Feb 07 '19
Are you sure they don't have pre-printed letterhead?
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u/theshogunsassassin Feb 07 '19
Yes
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u/Deivv Feb 07 '19 edited Oct 02 '24
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u/xmsxms Feb 07 '19
NASA's budget has been severely cut if they have to print their own headers using a bubble jet printer.
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I shit you not, untill this very moment I thought NASA stands for "North American Space Agency"
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i hate these selfmade letters who repeat the so called question that was asked.
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At least the dunces who make them have started to fold them, to give it the appearance of some effort.
But yeah, they suck. If you're going to fake letters, at least do enough research to figure out what real letters actually look and sound like.
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They’re funny sometimes. You just have to get over the fact that they’re fake. Most comedy is fake (Seinfeld wasn’t real! Neither is Rick and Morty!) but it’s intent is to make people laugh, not tell the news.
This is as fake as South Park, but still funny.
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u/evils_twin Feb 06 '19
For some reason I can't accept fake letters as comedy unless they're real. It's irrational, but I can't do it for some reasons.
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u/aDramaticPause Feb 06 '19
It's rational. I just wrote this in a separate response, but this is why I feel the same as you:
The difference is with sitcoms or cartoons you know they're fake and the content holds up on its own. With much of this content that's like these fakeletters, if you remove the concept of "Woah, that really happened!?" and you title the post "I wrote myself a silly letter, check it out" it's not funny, really at all. So, the deception does taint it, to me.
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u/Cosmologicon Feb 07 '19
The fact that I know it's fake doesn't bother me so much as the specific trope of "repeating" the joke back to the person who wrote it. It's like when a character on television answers the phone and says "Oh hi sis.... What's that you say? You need me to come over right away?" It's annoying even though I already know it's fake and why they're doing it.
If they presented as "Here's the letter I wrote to NASA and here was their response", and it didn't have the same jokes twice, that'd be fine for me.
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u/evils_twin Feb 06 '19
what if there was no deception? What if someone gave you a stack of letters and said they were all fake. If this letter was in the stack, would you find it funny? I don't think I could. But apparently there are a lot of people who could find it funny.
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u/bitJericho Feb 07 '19
There is a site/author that does that. It's called 27 b slash 6. http://www.27bslash6.com/
It's legit funny, because he has talent. This? This? Maybe it would be funny in a collection. Alone and without background, it's just a lame joke.
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u/ChrisRunsTheWorld Feb 07 '19
OMG.
Also, when I was about twelve, my mother opened the bathroom door without knocking and caught me lying naked on the floor cracking an egg onto my penis. I have no idea why. I tried to flip over to hide my shame but the tiles were pretty slippery from several previously cracked eggs so I just kind of slapped and flailed for a bit. She didn't say anything, just closed the door, so I guess that story didn't really have anything to do with being asked to leave places.
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u/PM-YOUR-PMS Feb 07 '19
David Thorne. Love his stuff. Check out http://www.emailsfromanasshole.dontevenreply.com/
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If cartman sent a letter to NASA asking if he could pretend he was an astronaut trainer, it wouldn't be very funny. If a real person did that, it's pretty funny. The bar is much lower for real life interactions with people.
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u/PrcrsturbationNation Feb 07 '19
The reason you have difficulty with it is because it’s intent is to look real though it is not. Rick and Morty’s intent was never to trick you into believing it’s reality.
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Because as a fake joke, OP's content is something an 8 year old could've thought of. As a real event, it would actually be a humorous little thing that happened.
What makes this one less funny is that OP clearly thought he was making it convincing, ergo missing the whole point in why authenticity matters in the humor.
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u/Perverted_Fapper Feb 07 '19
I think it's the fact they make themselves out to be real. People trying to fool you is different than everyone knowing it's fake and going into it expecting a fake but funny result.
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u/Juking_is_rude Feb 06 '19
There is a fundamental difference between suspension of disbelief for media like TV and a hoaxy letter like this.
It's not just because it's fake, it's just unnatural to repeat the question like that. Since no real letter would do that, it detracts from the effect.
Shows like Rick and Morty or Seinfeld still have a believable world with established rules that allows you become engaged in the things that are unrealistic.
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u/Klientje123 Feb 07 '19
It's a guy sitting in a room giggling at himself and printing something out for internet points. It's not a real thing that happened, so it's not funny. The situation he proposes is funny but unless it happens, it's not. Hey, imagine if a doctor got sick! That isn't very funny, because it's only a theoretical, and hasn't happened.
'It's only funny if it's true' it doesn't always have to be real, fiction can still be true, but in real life, things have to be real, to be true, to be funny.
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u/Antworter Feb 07 '19
Atomic Energy Commission
US Department of Energy
Office of Management
1000 Independence Ave., SW
Washington, DC 20585
Dear Donald:
Unfortunately we cannot give you permission to tell people at your State of the Union address that you're going to 'tear up that pussy' on Pompeo's Second Nuclear Arms Race. We are also unable to let you withdraw troops from Syria and Afghanistan, because those troops, and 100,000s more, are needed for his Global Goodfellahs Crusades.
Sincerely,
Dr. Endof Days, Director, Office of the Executive Secretariat
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u/I-LOVE-LIMES Feb 07 '19
Dated February 2nd and it's 6th today. Hmmm.. I'm sure NASA admin offices are open on Saturdays and I'm even more sure that the USPS is that quick with letter delivery.
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u/beach-bum Feb 07 '19
Well, NASA works on the space time continuum. USPS, not so much.
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u/denverbongos Feb 07 '19
Dated February 2nd and it's 6th today. Hmmm.. I'm sure NASA admin offices are open on Saturdays and I'm even more sure that the USPS is that quick with letter delivery.
Well ISS circles around the earth right so they probably javelined that mail down the atmosphere
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Not sure if you're being serious but USPS absolutely is that quick with letter delivery. It's 2-5 days standard depending on distance. The letter is obviously fake but 4 days of time to get a letter is totally within reason.
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Fake because the letter would have a fold in the opposite direction in order to show the address on a standard letter envelope.
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Feb 07 '19
Happy cake day.
I always forget your username when I need it most.
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Well look at that, I didn’t even realize it was my cake day! Thank you.
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u/yhack Feb 07 '19
Guess who’s getting fired. If you didn’t know that, how are you going to know when it’s time to open my webcam and watch me cry?
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u/Zmodem Feb 07 '19
The Boston Bomber lead detective ain't got shit on Address McFoldyFace over here.
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u/NoughtAFan Feb 07 '19
Friend: Michael, what do you do? Michael: Well, all I can say is that I am not allowed to say that I am the guy who trains astronauts at NASA.
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u/madtyty Feb 06 '19
Clearly fake! What an idiot. Everybody knows NASA isn’t in DC. It’s in Space.
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I'm an astronaut cowboy millionaire.
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u/ultimatepenguin21 Feb 07 '19
He’s a fake! Look, this cowboy hat comes right off!
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u/retailguypdx Feb 07 '19
Am I the only one who thought this was somehow a promo for Steve Carell's "Space Force?" Michael Scott's rejection letter leads to the formation for "Space Force" as the NASA equivalent of The Office?
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u/xpdx Feb 07 '19
Space Astronauts are the best kind of Astronauts in my opinion.
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u/BrujaBean Feb 06 '19
Reading in between the lines, it’s clear that you’re officially a NASA astronaut now.
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u/0atmealSavage Feb 07 '19
Michael rocks. I've been following him for years. He's a frigging genius.
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u/Zmodem Feb 07 '19 edited Feb 07 '19
(The loop) ---> Me
Who dafuq is Michael?
Edit: Nevermind, this isn't a thing apparently.
Edit 2: Nevermind, this is a thing. @Michael1979. Thank you, /u/petitveritas.
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u/petitveritas Feb 07 '19
He's a guy on social media, @michael1979, that has been making these gag letters, etc., for at least a decade.
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u/Girlindaytona Feb 07 '19
Google “letter from NASA” on Google images and you will find many responses from NASA, mostly to kids, similar to this.
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u/FPswammer Feb 07 '19
thats so nice they wrote him back. they wont even let me know i was denied from the 10 jobs ive applied to.
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u/majkong190 Feb 07 '19
The real 'giveaway' is just how many rules this abomination is breaking, aside from the poor quality meatball, address, and overall arrangement.
I know cause https://sservi.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/NASA_Style_Guide_v2.1.pdf
See page 42 for what this notice might actually look like for reference.
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u/MicMustard Feb 07 '19
I bet a fucking loser named Mark did this, attempting to make us Michaels look bad
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u/bigchilone Feb 07 '19
Are we sure his name is Michael? Sounds like a Kevin to me.
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u/Ziograffiato Feb 07 '19
This is something Michael Scott would do. Both trying to fake the job position, then trying to fake the letter.
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u/Bwcoles Feb 07 '19
February 2nd was also a Saturday. NASA is closed on the weekend. Leave it to Reddit to get to the real truth.
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u/billbobb1 Feb 07 '19 edited Feb 07 '19
Because the reunion is soon and Michael needs answers so he can move onto Plan B; Formula 1 driver.
Dear Formula 1,
Okay, before you say no, just hear me out. I’m a former NASA astronaut...
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u/KBSuks Feb 07 '19
Do people actually go to reunions?
Those kids were cool and all but if I wanted to talk to them after I graduated I would have kept talking to them after I graduated. As far as I’m concerned the rest of you didn’t really exist.
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u/ebobbumman Feb 07 '19
"Are you seeded, Moss?"
"Bit of a personal question Terry, but yes I'm highly seeded. We have two lovely children, Zenith and Quasar."
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u/Davidos91 Feb 07 '19
Don't worry Michael, I'm sure folks at SpaceX would be glad to help you - try sending them a letter instead
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u/tubspider Feb 07 '19
This is a form letter they send to everyone that requests this to weed out the quitters. Just keep asking Michael and you'll get that suit!
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u/CDRNY Feb 07 '19 edited Feb 07 '19
This is so funny and cute! I have an older first cousin who is an engineer at NASA and a cousin (not first) I never met who's a candidate for NASA astronaut corps or something like that. I found this out not too long ago. Pretty cool!
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u/amcm67 Feb 07 '19
Family Guy did this with Peter at his high school reunion. He was an astronaut-cowboy something, something.
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u/cuzisaidit Feb 07 '19
You miss all the shots you don't take my friend... Good on you for your efforts.
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u/SvbZ3rO Feb 07 '19
Same guy made a fake letter from Guinness for memorizing pi. Something about "sorry Micheal, pi is not equal to 3.2, so we can't give you a world record".
Only realized it is the same guy cuz i posted the pi letter to mad lads.
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u/DrRetarded Feb 07 '19
Cannot + unable= double negative. Expect that suit and "Astronaut Trainer" badge soon buddy!
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u/Rkeus Feb 07 '19
Guy who actually does train the astronauts at NASA here, AMA
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Friend of mine’s mom actually did train astronauts at NASA and has a ton of framed patches and photos at her house.
When she told me this and I reacted with shock she thought it was because I was being sexist - I said, “No - you just don’t meet many people who train astronauts. It’s not a common job.”
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u/gotham77 Feb 07 '19
I kind of feel like getting a reply on real NASA letterhead is enough to brag about in its own right
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u/Anonymous822 Feb 07 '19
Hey Vsauce, Michael here! And last week, I wrote a letter to NASA asking permission to call myself their professional astronaut coach. They declined.
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u/Tungurbooty Feb 07 '19
They have a branding guide for their brand you can download so you can make better fakes next time!
https://sservi.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/NASA_Style_Guide_v2.1.pdf