[jrmg]

People will argue that Sharman was a cosmonaut because she went into space with the Soviet Union.

The distinction is Cold War propaganda that has never made any sense to me. We have two English words to describe the same thing, but one is only used if the act was done or facilitated by Russia?

[philipwhiuk]

We also have taikonaut but it's not taken as seriously ;)

[IAmBroom]

People will argue. ESPECIALLY on HN.

I've yet to see a discussion that doesn't have a major subthread on an apparently unrelated subject. This is the Internet's vacation spot for "Well, ackshually" interjections.

Per the unwritten guidelines, each thread must also contain at least one reference to Musk, AI, or Tim Cook.