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 threadAngus McIntyre

@ratsnakegames @mavu His first name is apparently Andrew.

I'm disappointed that his parents didn't name him Alexander, in which case the diminutive form would legitimately be Sandy.

Mar 13 at 5:52pmIvory for Mac
Show threadEd DaviesMar 13
@angusm @ratsnakegames @mavu It's very common in the British military for people's nicknames to be based on their family name: “Chalky” White, “Rocky” Stone, “Shep” Shepherd, etc. (The Rocky Stone I knew was also actually Andrew but nobody ever called him that.)