Angus McIntyreMar 13

The fact that the British defense attaché to the United Arab Emirates is called Group Captain Sandy Sandilands is proof that this season's writers are just getting lazier and lazier.

Humanity is fast closing in on our "Game of Thrones, Season 8” moment, and the chaotic season finale of “A Planet Called Earth” is just going to leave our audience in the rest of the galaxy furious and disappointed.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/03/10/raf-chief-sandy-sandilands-leads-british-desert-sorties/

Show threadRatsnake Games 🔞Mar 13
@angusm i mean, where would *you* station someone with that name? Bloody Greenland?
Show threadAlien software, human hardwareMar 13
@ratsnakegames @angusm ok, both fair points, but I'd like to take a step back and have a word with the parents, last name Sandilands, who name(!) their son(!) Sandy(!).
Show threadRatsnake Games 🔞Mar 13
@mavu @angusm I can't read the full article but they put "Sandy" in quotes at one point so it might be a nickname based on his last name rather than his actual, legal, given name
Show threadAlien software, human hardwareMar 13
@ratsnakegames @angusm kind of relieved and disappointed at the same time about that.
Show threadRatsnake Games 🔞
@mavu @angusm i know, it shows a staggering lack of commitment to the bit if you pass up such a golden opportunity
Mar 13 at 5:16pmWeb