Memory submitted for March 19th, 2016 based on a Sean Murray tweet from the same day about Boaty McBoatface
Operator:
ToddUmptious/ETARC_Atlas-CSD - Window 4013
Timestamp:
1458345600
Memory Title:
Boaty McBoatface
Memory Value:
Sometimes it’s best not to make decisions by Committee
Memory Quote:
While we are happy as Operators to share our memories with you and give you a solid foundation with which to grow your own memories from, I think it is important that you do not let us make every decision and memory for you.
Choosing a name should be something left up to the individual that has the capacity to do so, even children can lawfully reject the name given to them by others at birth.
Self Identity is important. Be who you want to be Dear System.
Memory Link:
Sean Murray on X: "'Will players name discoveries silly things in No Man's Sky?' Public voted £200m Antarctic vessel 'Boaty McBoatface' https://t.co/m485HgvgRQ" / X
I also submitted one for March 18th 2016 aka National “Everyone gets to be Irish for a day I guess” Day.
Links to a tweet of Sean saying stereotypical things other people might think Irish people say on this ridiculous holiday people love to celebrate the world over because, any excuse for there always being time for one more pint 
Operator:
ToddUmptious/ETARC_Atlas-CSD - Window 4013
Timestamp:
1458259200
Memory Title:
National Pride
Memory Value:
I don’t get sports
Memory Quote:
Growing up I never really understood feeling pride for a team, or a sports star, or a need to really cheer my country on in anything. None of this ever really made me feel proud to be Irish. Just the simple act of being Irish felt like it was enough for me.
An island steeped in history and culture seemed more than sufficient. I didn’t need someone to beat another person at something to feel it, and I disliked how a loss could bring people down around me and how that could effect their moods and be projected on to those around them.
I also didn’t like crowds. I didn’t realise it at the time why this was the case, I just knew I didn’t get the same wave of energy around them that other people do. Nor the noise. I didn’t really like the sudden noise that everyone seemed to be instinctively in tune with when a goal was scored or missed or someone was fouled.
I of course would find out much later in life why this was, and realising it wasn’t my fault was like a key that unlocked so many doors for me I didn’t know existed.
However, one day I got a taste or a feeling for that national pride. I finally understood what it must be those large crowds of people felt in those moments. The game I always dreamt of, the escape I always wanted, was finally being made real. And the man who seemed to be spearheading it from a studio based in Guildford, was from my island.
I couldn’t believe it, someone from my little neck of the woods, a man from Co. Waterford, was making something I could only dream of. And he was actually going for it. He was doing it! I found myself cheering him on and feeling, so proud, that someone from this little grassy lump off the side of the Atlantic, could aim for such dizzying heights.
Happy Paddy’s day, fellow Irish people.
Memory Link:
Sean Murray on X: "Happy Paddy's Day fellow Irish people. Top of the morning." / X
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I will craft a memory for submission today. Hopefully we can get you 2 anchored into System.
